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Selma’s martyrs | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. By arealrattlesnake on March 10, 2015. The 2nd century church father Tertullian, speaking of those slain by the sanguineous Roman Empire, once wrote: “. We multiply whenever we are mown down by you; the blood of Christians is seed. Of Hispaniola’s four Mirabal sisters by then-dictator Rafael Trujillo served as the catalyst for the revolution that eventually ousted. In March of 1965, fifty years ago this weekend, the Reverend Dr. Martin...
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the cross and the lynching tree | A Real Rattlesnake
https://arealrattlesnake.com/2015/03/17/cross-lynching-tree
Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. The cross and the lynching tree. By arealrattlesnake on March 17, 2015. 8220;The Cross and the Lynching Tree are separated by nearly two thousand years. One is the universal symbol of the Christian faith; the other is the quintessential symbol of black oppression in America. Though both are symbols of death, one represents a message of hope and salvation, while the other signifies the negation of that message by white supremacy. Tell me yo...
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breaking up in the Internet age | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. Breaking up in the Internet age. By arealrattlesnake on July 17, 2014. 8220;When Anna Kozlov caught sight of the elderly man clambering out of a car in her home village of Borovlyanka in Siberia, she stopped dead in her tracks, convinced her eyes were playing tricks. This is an amazing tale. Reading it makes me break out into the biggest, sappiest smile. Love stories like these don’t happen anymore. Exist to this end, documenting inebriate...
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addiction | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. Posts tagged ‘addiction’. 3 ways to avoid turning into your parents. There’s this song called. By Tracy Chapman that’s been playing nonstop in my head lately. If it’s been a while since you’ve heard it). Is one of those songs that attempts to make a larger social commentary by telling the tale of one specific person. Kind of existence (a lá Billy Joel’s Movin’ Out/Anthony’s Song. So that’s exactly what this girl does, and we learn th...
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. Anyhow, below are some of the tentative summer plans I have this year:. I will be taking a summer class at SCUPE. Privilege from a Nikkei Perspective. I had a great time teaching Adult Christian Formation last month with my congregation, St. Paul and the Redeemer. At the e-formation conference held at Virginia Theological Seminary from June 5-8, I’ll be presenting an interactive workshop on Doing Theology Online. At Wild Goose this year:.
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kill your darlings | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. By arealrattlesnake on September 11, 2014. My friends know that my all-time favorite television show is Showtime’s dark and delightful. Now, my wonderful darkly dreaming Dexter. Has ended, a nearly decade-long run come to a bittersweet close. Root for a serial killer. It’s uncharted territory. But Dexter stirs the dark passenger in all of us. Bri even dressed up and channeled her inner Hannah McKay. The logic behind this line is that the t...
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stop praying for peace in Ferguson | A Real Rattlesnake
https://arealrattlesnake.com/2014/11/26/peace-in-ferguson
Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. Stop praying for peace in Ferguson. By arealrattlesnake on November 26, 2014. On Monday night, St. Louis county prosecuting attorney Robert McCulloch held a press conference to announce the grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson. For the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown on August 9. I’m glad he got off. 8221; and “. Trust in the system. 8221; comments were couched neatly alongside tweets and statuses cond...
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guest posting | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. I would love to share your writing on my blog. Whether you write a lot, or you don’t usually write or blog or journal, if you are at all interested or want to learn more about this, email me your idea at arealrattlesnake@gmail.com. I’d love to hear your thoughts on: social justice, Christian culture, keeping/losing the faith, or anything else you care about and that you think this blog’s readers would like to hear. October 21, 2013. Enter ...
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an open letter to UIUC’s incoming Chinese international students | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. An open letter to UIUC’s incoming Chinese international students. By arealrattlesnake on August 5, 2014. As you may have heard, there are over six hundred of your fellow countrymen coming to Illinois for the first time this year, which means that Chinese international students are slated to make up 1 in every 10 students in our fall’s freshman class. Those numbers are amazing, considering there were just. Subsequently, related budget crunc...
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reach out | A Real Rattlesnake
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Christianity, culture, lament, and what happens after sure faith. I’d love to hear from you. Email me at kenjikuramitsu@gmail.com, otherwise I can also be found making noise on Facebook. What a pleasure to spend time with you on the ride home back to U of I. I truly enjoy our conversations and look forward to many more years of discussion. See you on Friday. I love you Ryan and I love who you are becoming… continue to be the wonderful truth seeker. March 4, 2013. March 6, 2013. Breaking bread with you on...