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Looking Ahead - Christianity21

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 10:17

christianity-211 So it’s just about two months away and I’m starting to get really excited about Christianity21. Part of that is of course just being able to go. It’s the “I’m going to the most awesome summer camp ever” feel I get from going to basically any Emergent-related event. I know I am going to have amazing conversations, meet fascinating people, and be challenged intellectually, emotionally, and theologically (not to mention attend the yoga sessions and late-night parties).

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/05/looking-ahead-christianity21/

Movie Review: Food, Inc.

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 23:18

food-inc “The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you are eating, because if you knew you might not want to eat it ” - Food, Inc.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/05/movie-review-food-inc/

Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 23:47

So a few weeks ago, John O’hara posted this prompt on his facebook status update - “Finish the sentence - Freedom is…” The answers given included everything from “…what christ paid for on the cross” to “…the ability to walk around your house butt-naked without repercussions.” I was feeling random, so I offered up the classic Janis Joplin lyric “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” I’ve never really thought about it, but since posting that, I’ve had to consider how true that lyric often is.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/06/freedoms-just-another-word-for-nothing-left-t...

Independence Day Heroes

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 13:04

founding_fathers It’s been said that July 4, 1776 was an Independence Day only if you were a white, property-owning male. For the women, the black slaves, and the Native Americans all that changed was who controlled them. So while we spend a day blowing things up to commemorate white men (sorry, couldn’t resist the picture) who brought freedom to other white men (not that they don’t deserve freedom too), I thought I might highlight a few unsung freedom fighters. No, they didn’t kill anyone, blow things up, or wear a uniform - but they helped bring significant freedoms to the most oppressed in our country.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/03/independence-day-heroes/

Human Trafficking and the Average Joe

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 08:22

human-wrists1 So a friend of mine, Shelton Green, has started an organization to help fight human trafficking - What’s Your Response. The purpose of the group is - “Bringing the issues of human trafficking and modern day slavery into the consciousness of our city and giving everyone avenues for action to end this tragedy.” It’s a great group, and Shelton is really committed to helping raise awareness about this issue.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/09/human-trafficking-and-the-average-joe/

Me Culture

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Wed, 07/01/2009 - 16:51

So last weekend I went to go see Food Inc. (I’ll get a review posted about it one of these days…). It was an amazing, and disturbing film, but part of the experience was seeing it at the Alamo Drafthouse here in Austin (which imho, is the ONLY place to see movies in town). Before the films the Drafthouse people show clips from other related movies.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/01/me-culture/

Thoughts on “A Jesus Manifesto”

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 16:32

I have to say that I’m disappointed in Frank Viola’s and Len Sweet’s latest internet push “A Magna Carta for Restoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ, a.k.a.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/06/25/thoughts-on-a-jesus-manifesto/

Stories That Mean Something

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 22:10

So for the last month or so, Mike and I have been watching the Firefly DVDs. Now that we’ve seen them and the movie, we can now join in on the “what a fantastic show, what idiot cancelled something that good???” outcry. I like good stories - stories that go deeper than mere entertainment, that take the time to explore the human condition. Stories that ask questions and in doing so run up against the mysteries of the universe.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/06/23/stories-that-mean-something/

Recession and Compassion

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 16:05

I recently read an interview with Marc Ian Barasch (author of The Compassionate Life: Walking in the Path of Kindness) in the June/July issue of Ode Magazine and loved his response to the question “can compassion and kindness survive in a recession?” He comments -

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/06/21/recession-and-compassion/

Twitter, Truth, and Revolution

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 22:15

I have been doing my best to keep up with the ongoing events in Iran. I don’t know enough to truly understand the nuances of the election or the political science behind it all, but like many others, I’ve been caught up in the human drama of it all. Photos like this one literally brought tears to me eyes. Knowing the plight of women in Iran, and hearing even limited stories in interviews or from the book Reading Lolita in Tehran, connected me on a visceral level with all that this picture symbolized.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/06/18/twitter-truth-and-revolution/

Human Trafficking and the Average Joe

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 08:22

human-wrists1 So a friend of mine, Shelton Green, has started an organization to help fight human trafficking - What’s Your Response. The purpose of the group is - “Bringing the issues of human trafficking and modern day slavery into the consciousness of our city and giving everyone avenues for action to end this tragedy.” It’s a great group, and Shelton is really committed to helping raise awareness about this issue.

Read the Full Post:

http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/09/human-trafficking-and-the-average-joe/

Freedom’s Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 08/06/2009 - 23:47

So a few weeks ago, John O’hara posted this prompt on his facebook status update - “Finish the sentence - Freedom is…” The answers given included everything from “…what christ paid for on the cross” to “…the ability to walk around your house butt-naked without repercussions.” I was feeling random, so I offered up the classic Janis Joplin lyric “freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” I’ve never really thought about it, but since posting that, I’ve had to consider how true that lyric often is.

Read the Full Post:

http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/06/freedoms-just-another-word-for-nothing-left-t...

Looking Ahead - Christianity21

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Wed, 08/05/2009 - 10:17

christianity-211 So it’s just about two months away and I’m starting to get really excited about Christianity21. Part of that is of course just being able to go. It’s the “I’m going to the most awesome summer camp ever” feel I get from going to basically any Emergent-related event. I know I am going to have amazing conversations, meet fascinating people, and be challenged intellectually, emotionally, and theologically (not to mention attend the yoga sessions and late-night parties).

Read the Full Post:

http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/05/looking-ahead-christianity21/

Food TV, Michael Pollan, and Generation X

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 16:41

So I was fascinated by Michael Pollan’s recent (lengthy) article in the New York Times, Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch (thanks Will Samson for the head’s up). In it he takes aim at our cultural obsession with watching television about food while at the same time spending less and less time in the kitchen.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/08/03/food-tv-michael-pollan-and-generation-x/

Remembering History’s Evils

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 07/30/2009 - 16:28

Sorry for the long silence here. I spent the last week and a half at my parent’s place in Taos, New Mexico with a bunch of friends from our old church in Illinois. It was a great time, but I didn’t have two seconds together to attempt to even open my computer. Since we had friends visiting, we did touristy things all week and I couldn’t help but encounter stories of the history of the place that truly made me think.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/30/remembering-historys-evils/

Olympic Injustice

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Mon, 07/13/2009 - 15:13

I’ve been following the news story of New Zealand Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell. If you haven’t heard, he’s the taekwondo athlete who said he was forced to open a brothel to cover his training expenses for the 2012 London Olympics. Prostitution is legal in New Zealand, but this has caused some to question if he should be barred from the sport. On one hand, I see how it would be difficult to uphold the taekwondo mandate that one always display high moral standards and respect others at all times if one is a pimp.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/13/olympic-injustice/

All the Lonely People

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 23:02

“All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?”
- The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby

I didn’t really follow the media circus surrounding Michael Jackson’s death. I grew up as a conservative evangelical during the time when he was really popular, so I was never allowed to listen to his music and then never had any interest later on. I understand the idea of celebrity obsession, and there are a handful of celebrities whose passing I would mourn, but Michael Jackson wasn’t one of them. That said, I was struck by the news stories reporting on the fans who committed suicide upon hearing of his death. At last count some 12 fans have taken their life in response to his death. And that breaks my heart.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/12/all-the-lonely-people/

Gender, Language, and the South

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 00:08

I’m a Texas girl - born and raised here. And although I spent 12 years living on the OTHER side of both the Mississippi and the Mason-Dixon line, it’s hard to escape that upbringing.

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http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/08/gender-language-and-the-south/

Movie Review: Food, Inc.

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 23:18

food-inc “The industry doesn’t want you to know the truth about what you are eating, because if you knew you might not want to eat it ” - Food, Inc.

Read the Full Post:

http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/05/movie-review-food-inc/

Independence Day Heroes

Submitted by UrbanMinistry Bloggers on Fri, 07/03/2009 - 13:04

founding_fathers It’s been said that July 4, 1776 was an Independence Day only if you were a white, property-owning male. For the women, the black slaves, and the Native Americans all that changed was who controlled them. So while we spend a day blowing things up to commemorate white men (sorry, couldn’t resist the picture) who brought freedom to other white men (not that they don’t deserve freedom too), I thought I might highlight a few unsung freedom fighters. No, they didn’t kill anyone, blow things up, or wear a uniform - but they helped bring significant freedoms to the most oppressed in our country.

Read the Full Post:

http://julieclawson.com/2009/07/03/independence-day-heroes/

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