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On Being Cool Redux…
By
Joan Ball
Not sure why, but starting 2009 with a repost from Sept 13, 2008 just felt like the right thing to do on this snowy day in New York. Happy New Year to all… I don’t think I am remotely cool enough to roll with some of the new Christians. I’m forty-two and I sometimes watch…
Shout Out to the Hurting at Christmastime
By
Joan Ball
Tonight is Christmas Eve and I find myself facing the first Christmas in recent memory, maybe ever, that I wish was over before it began. I’m not bah humbug, nor am I falling apart sad. I am just not feeling it. Not interested. Indifferent. Part of it has to do with the loss of both…
On The Great Emergence and Chasing the Wind
By
Joan Ball
I’ve been trying to write a follow-up blog post about my trip to The Great Emergence event in Memphis since I returned to New York last week. This should have been a no-brainer, really. The event was well produced in a stunningly beautiful Episcopal cathedral. Author and keynote speaker Phyllis Tickle delivered her thought-provoking thesis…
Hope for Unity Across Generations
By
Joan Ball
My sister in law, a long time and devout Christian believer who I used to (not so lovingly) refer to as “The Baptinista” in my atheist days, sent me a link this morning. She knows I am here in Memphis at The Great Emergence event and that I am unsure why. She does not know…
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