Verge
(v. vûrj) 1. to approach the nature or condition of something specified
2. to be in the process of change or transition into something else

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Poem of the moment:

A Reverie (October 1861)

One noonday, at my window in the town,
I saw a sight-saddest that eyes can see-
Young soldiers marching lustily
Unto the wars,
With fifes, and flags in motted pagentry;
While all the porches, walks, and doors
Were rich with ladies cheering royally.

They moved like Juny morning on the wave,
Their hearts were fresh as clover in its prime
(It was the breezy summer time),
Life throbbed so strong,
How should they dream that Death in rosy clime
Would come to thin their shining throng?
Youth Feels immortal, like the gods sublime.

Weeks passed; and at my window, leaving bed,
By night I mused, of easeful sleep bereft,
On those brave boys (Ah War! thy theft);
Some marching feet
Found pause at last by cliffs Potomac cleft;
Wakeful I mused, while in the street
Far footfalls died away till none were left.

—Herman Melville

Capitalist Poem #5

I was at the 7-11.
I ate a burrito.
I drank a Slurpee.
I was tired.
It was late, after work—washing dishes.
The burrito was good.
I had another.

I did it every day for a week.
I did it every day for a month.

To cook a burrito you tear off the plastic wrapper.
You push button #3 on the microwave.
Burritos are large, small, or medium.
Red or green chili peppers.
Beef or bean or both.
There are 7-11's all across the nation.

On the way out I bought a quart of beer for $1.39.
I was aware of the social injustice

in only the vaguest possible way.

—Campbell McGrath
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
A Wise Choice?

(Mary Magdalene Announces the Resurrection)

Posted by Hello According to a 2001 survey by The Barna Group, 93% of Protestant senior pastors are male. Yet this statistic stands in stark contrast with some sobering facts: women are far more likely than men to pray regularly, go to church, and attend Sunday school. At six of the nine seminaries of the Graduate Theological School, women now outnumber the men. And, at Baptist Theological Seminary, 1/3 of the students are women. If, as Galatians 3:28 puts it, "there is no male and female, for we are all one in Christ," why is it we are so hesitant to place women in more traditional roles of leadership? I have to admit that when I found out that the minister who was to preside over my father-in-laws funeral was a woman, I was a bit stand-offish. But upon meeting her and hearing her perform the service, I found her to be a very spiritual and compassionate person--which is far more than I can say about most male pastors I've met. I find this true of many women--in fact it was the influence of the matriarchs of my family who had the most profound impact on my own early spiritual life. This revelation is not so surprising to me considering the prominence of women in the four Gospels. Women sat at the foot of the cross (the men ran.) Women were present at the empty tomb. And, women told the disciples to go forward with Christ's message. In the end, I myself am comfortable with letting the Wisdom of God lead us on this as in all things. (Sophia, by the way, is ironically, the feminine metaphor for God and the Wisdom of God.)


joe harvey at 10:34 AM

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Jeffrey D. Sachs: The End to Poverty

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Marcus Borg and N.T. Wright: The Meaning of Jesus

Brian McLaren: A New Kind of Christian

Brian McLaren: The Story We Find Ourselves In

Richard Cimino and Don Lattin: Shopping for Faith

Dan Kimball: The Emerging Church

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Miroslav Volf and Dorthy C. Bass, editors: Practicing Theology

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