May 27th, 2008 | by Joshua Kagi | published in Events, Featured
On Sunday, June 8th, at 3:30 p.m., a group of Epinoians will be meeting in the upstairs cafe’s at Fifth Street Public Market in Eugene. We will be discussing Brennan Manning’s The Wisdom of Tenderness. Even if you’re not able to read the book in time for the meeting, we’d love to have you join us.
May 2nd, 2008 | by Catherine Amber | published in Featured, Theology
Some people say that religious beliefs can neither be justified nor refuted by reason. However while sometimes this claim is used as a reason for rejecting religious beliefs at other times it is used to conclude that these beliefs are established by faith. To what extent is faith a legitimate basis for knowledge claims in religion and the different areas of knowledge?
April 9th, 2008 | by Catherine Amber | published in Culture, Featured
A book called “Unchristian” has been put out, in part by the Barna Research group. They are studying the responses of people to the notion of Christianity and Christians in general. In a nutshell, the news isn’t good. The “church” has lost credibility and strikes many as hypocritical and judgmental and specifically not a strong reflection of Jesus.
March 28th, 2008 | by Catherine Amber | published in Books, Featured
I’ve got a stack of books I am going to re-read this Spring. One I began perusing is called The Astonished Heart, by Robert Farrar Capon. The sub-title is ‘reclaiming the good news from the lost-and-found of church history.’
March 19th, 2008 | by Anthony Doheny | published in Events, Featured
Yes indeed we are gathering again! This time we are discussing Jim Palmer’s book “Divine Nobody’s”. We will be meeting in the upstairs café at 5th Street Market in downtown Eugene at 3:30 p.m. on March 30th. Even if you haven’t read the book you are more than welcome to join us.
March 19th, 2008 | by Dave Cramer | published in Culture, Featured
Sen. Barack Obama gave this speech yesterday, March 18th, in Philadelphia. This was supposed to be a speech on race, meant to address comments recently made by his former pastor in Chicago, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and also to address the politics of race in this election. Race has been a dividing point in [...]
March 15th, 2008 | by Barbara Galbraith | published in Featured, Theology
My sweet 81 year old mother subscribes to just about every e-newsletter under the sun. I don’t know how she weeds through them all, but she does, and, in the course of doing so, she comes across some real gems. This is one of those gems. I found a lot (okay, everything) [...]
March 6th, 2008 | by Catherine Amber | published in Featured, Theology
Vote for Rick!! Just had to say that
This is actually about an excerpt from Jim Wallis’ Sojourners(Sojourners) “God’s Politics” blog:
“Do you think Jesus was a politician?”
Of course not. But he had a vision of the Kingdom of God which was spiritual, personal, relational, social, economic, and yes, political - because it talked [...]
February 26th, 2008 | by Barbara Galbraith | published in Culture, Featured
For those of us (like me and Anthony) who grew up in the 60’s and 70’s (okay, Anthony gets the 80’s too…), we remember the artists who birthed the contemporary Christian music phenomenon - names like John Fischer, Phil Keaggy, and Larry Norman. Without these guys, and many others, the Christian music industry would [...]
February 23rd, 2008 | by Catherine Amber | published in Featured, Theology
What does it mean to “submit”? Which relationships and circumstances allow for variations of the word’s meaning? What is the biblical meaning most important to you?