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Reduce, reuse, repent: Earth Day tent revival
I attended my first postmodern, eco-tent revival meeting last Sunday. What a hoot. Holy mischief, hallelujah! (Don’t miss the link to the Walmart flash mob video.)New article online: This resurrection will likely be painful
Bre Woligroski outlines her vision of utopia as a radical Christian farmer anarchist. However she acknowledges that we need redemption, and that she has much to lose in the coming revolution.Community service provision in the face of austerity: utopia?
As government austerity cutbacks of social services continue, those concerned with social justice are stepping in to continue to provide these services. Is this a form of utopia?Announcement: Consumption Sabbath
We’re co-sponsoring an old fashioned tent revival meeting with a radical twist: it’s on Earth Day, so we’re inviting people to admit their complicity in an over-consumptive society and take a pledge to shift their thinking (change their hearts?) and, hopefully, change their ways.Call for pitches: Geez 27 Sneaky Stereotypes
Call for pitches for the Fall issue, on stereotypes.New article online: Occupy Wall Street’s altar call
Josiah Neufeld explores stories that articulate why the Occupy movement holds a critical imperative for Christians in North America.Commander-in-Chief interprets Easter
President Obama hosted an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House on April 4. See what the most powerful man on earth had to say about crucifixion and resurrection.Is working less hours utopian, or dream destroying?
Juliet Schor examines the economics of working less hours in a week, a controversial topic.New article online: Happiness
Melanie examines the possibility the idea of an otherworldly heaven, or utopia, can prevent us from dreaming big enough if it is used to structure how we live.Invitation to informal launch of Geez issue on utopia
Here’s an invitation to join us for a discussion of the Spring 2012 issue on utopia, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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