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My 5 y.o. daughter on evangelism
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Patton Dodd
When she heard in church that she could tell people that Jesus was God: “There’s NO WAY I’m doing that! People can just believe, but I’m not telling them!” Very Calvinist of her, no?
There’s No Sex Ed in Seminary
By
Patton Dodd
So says a report released today. Seminarians might be having it, but they aren’t talking about it. The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing surveyed 36 seminaries and rabbinical schools, and found that ministers-to-be are woefully under-prepared for dealing with one of the most central issues in their congregants’ lives: More than 90%…
Stanley Fish’s Top 10 American Movies
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Patton Dodd
That’s the top story on the NY Times Most Emailed List right now (another list that never fails to fascinate–subject for another post). Stanley Fish is a hugely influential literary and legal scholar, and I’ve long been an admirer–but Fish on film? And a Top 10 list to boot? I clicked expecting to snort. But…
What will you eat in 2009?
By
Patton Dodd
I read the food journalism of Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser for years, and considered myself someone who cared about the production and distribution of food. I strove to be aware of how meals found their way to my plate, and learned a little more about cooking each year. But last summer, I read Barbara…
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