I joined a reading group on unbanmonastery. We will be blogging and skypecasting our way through N.T. Wright's The New Testament and the People of God.
I'm excited to participate in the discussion, and to see how this type of conversation works out because I would like to initiate a few of these myself. To join in visit urbanmonastery or my new friend Justin Baeder.
I don't know if it is actually useful anyone who reads it, but I love the clarity it gives me to write it.
Today I feel thankful for perspective. Specifically the perspective this picture of earth provides. BTW, if you zoom way way in, you can even notice the moon off to the bottom right of our pale blue dot. Sagan's original speech describes a version of humanity still worth striving
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James Baldwin
