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The Soapboxer
Call me a fence-sitter
At the end of the day, we can only guess at the ultimate impact of technology. And when it comes down to it, I’m as leery of the technotopians as I am the technophobes. I find words like “peculiar” and “fascinating” are better descriptors of the brave new digital world than “good” or “bad.”
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Experiments
Seven criteria for the adoption of new technology
Technology stresses me right out. Not so much the high-tech stuff, but the very notion of stuff itself; this phenomenon of technology that churns out better freezer bags, nicer church pulpits and an endless (literally) array of other stuff.
Loaded space
Mya Wheeler Wiens, _Geez_ board member and former staffer, examines how we are affected by the places that surround us.-
The Soapboxer
Nature is soulful again
With the weight of philosophy and religion behind it, the narrative of humanity’s transcendency of and mastery over
nature was assured. Today, many contemporary Christians have embraced it to the point
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Editorial
Editorial
About a year ago, I sat in our garage and took a crap in a bucket.
Issues on the horizon: Sermon contest, disabilities, freebies
If you’re a writer and want to send pitches, or just want a peek at what we’re working on in the coming year, here’s a list of topics on our plate. Complete with deadlines for pitches.Scrambling for high ground on both sides of the deathbed
Even from my vantage-point, an atheist working in the realm of faith (certainly an anomaly) I get it from both sides. The unbelievers are perplexed by my engagement with the community and why I would do it, while conversations within the faith community clearly develop barriers once I ‘out’ myself.-
Editorial
Fat acceptance: a basic primer
Fat acceptance – also known as size acceptance, body positivity, weight neutrality and not-waxing-rhapsodic-about-dieting – is a social and corporeal justice principle, founded on the revolutionary idea that it is not productive to spend every waking moment of every day actively hating your body.
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Editorial
Into the muck
Infertility has been the impetus for my pilgrimage into the muck. It could have been something else.
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Editorial
I feel pretty: Lessons from men and pornography
One of the men began our night by admitting that he was addicted to online pornography and no longer found real women beautiful. His bravery and honesty in the face of a subject that is riddled with judgment and shame humbled us.
