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Karl Barth is undoubtedly amongst the most important leaders of the church that we have seen. Not just because his startling theology that continues to serve as a slap in the face of the easy-and-wrong answers we want to offer but because of the way he applied that theology to the reality of evil in [...]

I was once told not to worry about national debt levels since every debt can also be seen as an asset. I think I will use that line if I miss a Credit Union payment. I think the economic crisis can prompt Christians to really re-think what it means to be communities of people who [...]

Douglas Coupland, he of the “future-is-great” school wrote an op-ed in the NY Times today that poses the questions I think need to be posed of capitalism.
If we are coerced by circumstances to cut back on consumption and then decide to keep that leveling off process going, does the system not face a catastrophe? [...]

Over the weekend I had a guy tell me that primary school teachers earn too much money. The way they made this point was to complain about what banks pay their graduate recruits in the first year. This conversation clarified things for me.
Ireland is debating pay cuts for the public sector and taxes on [...]

John Updike died today.
Does the God of the Bible really exist? And contrary to the way we tend to assume society is going, is there any hope for civilization if He does not? These were the questions John Updike asked throughout his career. He wasn’t sure if we could know the answer to the first [...]

I like Obama and pray that he does a magnificent job. But don’t forget that if he ran in Ireland, he’d be the most right-wing candidate going. Democrats are just Republicans who wear make-up that looks nicer to European eyes.
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Call me stupid if you like and you’d be right. I thought it couldn’t be so bad because goshdarnedit Will Smith sure is likeable. But let’s be honest folks, 7 Pounds might be the worst movie of the year that isn’t The Spirit. In between studying for exams like a maniac I thought I’d take [...]

The superb Inhabitatio Dei reminds us that although we woke up today with a new President of the USA, we still live in Empire. And Christians need to continue to strive to re-imagine a life that is counter cultural and redemptive and gracious in the context of a social structure that is profoundly flawed.
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I re-read Hey Nostradmus! by Douglas Coupland last week. I am a bit of a Coupland fanboy and so I devoured this book in one evening when it was published in 2003. It tells the story of the aftermath of a high school massacre in Vancouver. Yet this is a very different treatment to something [...]

As the legacy of Bush begins to form, there is a shitload of crap journalism to read, that is only of interest to show why, without the remarkable appearance of Obama, the Bush successors were likely to have won another term. Anti-Bush rhetoric had no love for truth, the big issues or even coherent arguments. [...]