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Religion Blogs 2013
“Read more than one newspaper or journal. Seek out a diversity of ideas and opinions. If we’ve done our job you’ve leaned how to ask questions.” Chancellor Tucker offered those words and many others at my college graduation. I’m sure he said other important things, but these have stuck with me. Unfortunately, “corporate media” has made it more difficult to find a diverse world of informed opinions and ideas even as the Internet has opened up our access to the world of ideas. Amateur has come to mean something different in the information age yet there has been no formal “redefinition” of the word. I’m a fan of TEDtalks, of Fora.tv, of Patheos.com, of Huffington Post, and Haretz; but I also read Christianity Today and the Wall Street Journal.
The Huffington Post has a list of the best religion blog posts from 2013, their opinion, that is worth your time. You can see a headline about the each post and there are links to the post themselves. So, if you have some time check these out.
Changes . . .
You may have noticed small changes to this blog. More are certainly coming to this site, the many that you may interact with, and change is coming or has arrived on the doorsteps of important, treasured institutions; even your faith. One change I’m making to this site is how I post from Martin Marty’s Sightings. Rather than post his entire email I’ll post a snippet and link to the web where you can read more. I encourage you to read Dr. Marty’s words on the topic, Losing Faith.
Losing Faith
Martin Marty | Sightings | December 16, 2013However, Callahan and Company in Commonweal are alerting us that while sluggish and stupid religious institutions and hierarchies need criticism, renewal, and reform, the “sensitive crown” of the human heart needs ministering by symbols, whispers, invitations, and conversations that have more to do with “the mystery of faith” than with problems of the contemporary church and culture.