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e of my on going research on domestic violence i keep an eye on the news right now there are articles literally every day about how the economic downturn is sparking a rise in the rates of domestic violence dv rates are usually up this time of year and with the additional stress of people losing jobs and the overall economic recession marital abuse rates are even higher than usual it occurred to me however that for women walking in this situation it would be very easy to see the reality backward i would have seen it that way i did see it that way when i was in it no matter how much the holidays may bring additional stress or how much additional stress the economic recession may cause these are not an excuse for marital abuse all these circumstances do is provide an opportunity to reveal a person s choices to be an abuser the abuser is an abuser because that is their choice the circumstances just give them another chance to show it full post via because it matters abuse christianity posted by jadon at 6 17 am 0 comments labels alienation christmas finances relationships violence if you were born today this song gets the meaning of christmas about as clearly and as jarring as possible truly fantastic song and it packs a theological punch more via notes from off center posted by jadon at 5 24 am 0 comments labels christmas humility music not holiday only is the onion on this is this national lampoons or landover baptist or the daily show check this out german politicians want holiday pews reserved for regular congregants not the holiday only attendees yes it s true continue via hacking christianity posted by jadon at 4 45 am 0 comments labels alienation christmas church fellowship scandal church and state on jan 20 an advent reflection via thinkchristian net posted by jadon at 4 41 am 0 comments labels advent alienation church critique culture leadership politics prayer religion for you a savior you ve been given a great gift in your honest struggle and confession of being a loser you re on the way you re on the road don t whine about it don t make the mistake of seeing the broad evangelical disneyland as your destination you re at that point where george bailey stood on the bridge you can despair and jump or you can know that god has sent his hope love and good news to you in a barn where shepherds worship in tearful silence where a man receives a gift he never created where a virgin says yes even to the unthinkable that grace can do the impossible go there ted find that place go as a struggler a loser one with nothing go and know that this and all it means and will ever mean is for you for you a savior a savior of strugglers losers and worse your friend and fellow loser michael full post via internetmonk com ht my end of the stick posted by jadon at 4 10 am 0 comments labels advent alienation christmas experience grace healing humility status saturday december 20 2008 looking for a kinder way i m a day late yesterday my friend adele existential punk posted an e mail she sent to parag mehta barack obama s lesbian gay bisexual transgender lgbt liaison regarding the president elect s recent announcement of inviting rick warren to give the prayer invocation at his inauguration on one hand i think obama s pick was politically daring and even savvy perhaps he can prove himself to some of the naysayers calling him a secret muslim but do those paranoid folks deserve to be placated i also think obama s pick is an important reflection of his own character obama doesn t see the world in black and white and he is tirelessly committed to building bridges and finding common ground i can always get behind that but i do understand why my friend adele is hurt by this move and so i am wounded with her warren s political stance on homosexuality apart from his theological stance which could be manifested much differently is inappropriate for a so called progressive 21st century evangelical who claims to care about human rights let james dobson and pat robertson fight their culture wars i wish warren had emerged as a clear alternative for conservative leaning christians looking for a kinder way instead this is becoming the wrong kind of political fodder at a time when american needs hope unity and grace the most full post via emerging christian posted by jadon at 10 01 pm 0 comments labels communication evangelicalism humility idealism outreach politics realism ambitious bit i have mixed feelings about president elect obama s selection of rick warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration in january on the one hand liberals are throwing a hissy fit which is always nice though i continue to pray for their ultimate salvation of course and it s good to see a fellow southern baptist pastor receive such public validation especially when he has recently jumped aboard the anti gay marriage bandwagon on the other hand i fear that warren who is a bit of a pollyanna will blow this opportunity to aggressively promote the evangelical agenda any preacher worth his salt knows that an invocation is not really a prayer it is a chance to tell god things he already knows as a means of educating your listeners on right thinking values and warren will have a boatload of listeners to educate come january 20th so here is a suggested prayer that i will be passing along to rick continue via reverend right s blog posted by jadon at 10 16 am 1 comments labels christianity humor politics prayer satire thursday december 18 2008 but if you are alive one note said it wasn t bad i just went to sleep that is a gift if you are dying that is the only thing you can give your family and the people that love you but if you are alive if you still have years ahead of you if you are still above ground breathing and living that note is not a gift it is a curse full post via the prodigal jon posted by jadon at 5 34 am 0 comments labels experience identity motivation status wednesday december 17 2008 celebration for the have nots as i chat with people loneliness is named most often as the reason why people find christmas difficult it s easy to say lonely people have the wrong perspective let s look deeper our letter boxes contain sales catalogues with jewellery that lovers can exchange for christmas spa packages for couples and menus for the family roast we walk into shopping centres filled with people rushing pushing bumping focused on making their christmas perfect around the corner are pictures of starry eyed children singing christmas carols the television airs movies about love and families everything seems geared up to tell those feeling they have not how much they are missing out on if we are using this time to celebrate christ s birth let s get with it christmas is not about the haves it s a celebration for the have nots if god had decided to hang out only with agreeable heavenly beings where would we all be what do we really need to celebrate christmas full post via musings of a third culture kid posted by jadon at 5 46 am 1 comments labels alienation christmas community experience fellowship grief humility love motivation that would take an inspiration anyone else inundated with bright colored dancing cute things ads telling you life isn t complete if you don t go to your ad here and i got a kick out of seeing somewhere that there is a new way to view the festive saturnalia your holiday of choice here which is a big new sales event on saturns this isn t just a season that threatens those now jobless with a bad time it seems to be hell on wheels for shopaholics i may have to get that chia pet to put away for next year okay what i really want is some flight shoes without the rampant buying spree that the saturnalia season has become for those businesses there will less for all those welfare ceo s desperate times might remind our corporate sector that without a living wage consumers mysteriously disappear that would take an inspiration well tis the season full post via cab drollery ht the seminal posted by jadon at 5 16 am 0 comments labels alienation christmas consumption have yourself a peace and justice christmas via cheaper than therapy ht jordon cooper posted by jadon at 5 11 am 0 comments labels christmas justice kitsch lyrics the reason for everything ponder this for a while jesus isn t just the reason for the season he s the reason for everything everything jesus is the reason everything exists in the first place jesus is the reason anything exists at all jesus is the reason anything still exists all of creation that includes you and me is for jesus and he became one of us so that he might reclaim that which was his by right anyway only because of the incarnation death and resurrection everything becomes his in fact my question for you how should this truth affect how i think act feel and live full post via the thinklings posted by jadon at 5 03 am 0 comments labels christianity christmas creation easter grace humility status theology tuesday december 16 2008 being warm in the cold also on twitter salvationarmysk salvation army community centre it s cold outside how we handle the extreme cold at the centre via weblog news from the salvation army community centre ht jordon cooper related since we are now thigh deep in the giving season i feel it is pertinent to share my complete and total disgust with the fact that shoppers trampled a man to death on black friday if you re not familiar with the story and don t mind having your faith in humanity tested read more here a few onlookers even stopped shopping long enough to make jokes about how overweight the person was that they had just killed in their haste to save five bucks on a panini maker in order to maintain my giving spirit in the face of such a dreadful story i ve decided to give you five good reasons to do your shopping at your local deseret industries salvation army or other community thrift store full post via east coast frost posted by jadon at 9 32 pm 0 comments labels community finances generosity hope humility mercy motivation outreach winter wonder and space hubble space telescope advent calendar 2008 via the big picture ht bene diction blogs on posted by jadon at 9 17 pm 0 comments labels advent aesthetics cosmos time wonder how long how long now have we been waiting for you to come back to us almost eighty generations almost two thousand years how long now have we been waiting for you to come back to us countless wars countless plagues and famines and floods how long now have we been waiting for you to come back to us we are bleeding how long we are suffering how long we are dying how long our hearts are breaking how long our minds are breaking how long our bodies are breaking we are still waiting continue via on journeying with those in exile posted by jadon at 3 38 am 0 comments labels advent aesthetics humility mercy peace friday december 12 2008 under the radar i ve seen more emotive marys at christmas pageants in preschools often this is what we have to pick from when it comes to cinematic christmas tales if it s not an inert and literal biblical drama such as the nativity story it s a soulless contemporary comedy such as four christmases if we re not being pandered to we re being lampooned children of men takes neither of these familiar approaches which may be why it flew under the radar for so many audiences including religious ones true it s not the sort of endearing christmas movie you ll want to cuddle up with each year as part of your family s yuletide tradition but in its own way it s an advent picture to treasure via thinkchristian net posted by jadon at 9 29 pm 0 comments labels aesthetics christmas movie christmas is still coming right how the grinch prorogued parliament via calgarygrit posted by jadon at 7 59 pm 0 comments labels finances generosity humor politics squeezed for joy what could be more festive during the holiday season than singing lumps of coal yes courtesy of the american coalition for clean coal electricity accce comes a truly bizarre marketing gimmick continue via red tory 3 0 posted by jadon at 2 41 am 0 comments labels aesthetics communication environment kitsch realism tuesday december 09 2008 envy justice and dogs scientists have demonstrated that dogs can feel envy so says the new york times and so says national geographic but scientists have not in fact done any such thing what they actually seem to have demonstrated about dogs is far more interesting the experiment in question actually had little to do with the deadly sin of envy and quite a bit to do with the cardinal virtue of justice continue via slacktivist posted by jadon at 6 41 pm 0 comments labels alienation community experience justice status monday december 08 2008 s elf indulgence last year someone gave my family an elf on the shelf if you re not familiar with it it s essentially a small elf in a box and a book the book tells you that you re supposed to hide the elf each night during the holiday season and let your kids find it it s magic or a messenger of santa or something it was wildly popular last year and is probably continuing to sell well this christmas too but as i started to think about the whole real meaning of christmas debate and is santa bad discussion that you almost are required by law to have if you re a christian blogger i started to think about that elf he was just sitting there with a smug look on his face perched on the fireplace mantle looming over our nativity scene below on the hearth instead of the traditional santa vs jesus discussion i began to imagine what would happen if that elf ever ran into the characters from the nativity scene what would that conversation look like i present you elf on the shelf meets the characters from the nativity scene continue via stuff christians like posted by jadon at 4 51 pm 0 comments labels christmas humor kitsch saturday december 06 2008 for december 6th there are many reasons amir and others are so harsh toward predators and abusers especially toward children one of those reasons is the long term struggle of the victim survivor to understand and identify and accept healthy love and affection throughout their lives this is certainly true of me i have prayed for many many years that god would reveal his love to and toward and for me in tangible ways that would enable me to internalize real love i have mentioned before that my fiance is not what i was looking for but is everything i need and was afraid to need what he is and has been is a man who loves me unconditionally and with extreme patience when i share appropriate details about how he treats me with my close friends their jaws drop in awe and shock he is truly rare among men and god is using him to express his love in real and tangible ways that i will eventually internalize over time i know this may seem simple to many and i know it is difficult to explain to those who have never experienced abuse my parents grandparents ex husband ex in laws have all abused me so for my ...
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