Archive for March, 2008
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008Something interesting happens when people see the new laptop we just got from One Laptop Per Child. They want to play with it! The design invites them to pick it up and explore. Before they know it, they are engaged with the attractive little laptop. It’s inviting.
We took advantage of the promotion OLPC had before [...]
Poor Health and Low Income
Monday, March 24th, 2008The richer you are, the better your chance for good health and a longer life. New research by the Department of Health and Human Services reported in the New York Times, documents that life expectancy is directly related to income. Those with rising income experience longer life span. Health disparity mirrors income disparity.
On the face [...]
Extending Cell Technology in Africa–Saving Lives
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008One of the advantages of cell technology is its capability to improve quality of life in places where landline technology doesn’t exist. Digital technology makes it possible to leapfrog over the more cumbersome landline infrastructure.
The technology has great value in locales that are off-the-grid. Bishop Joao Machado of Mozambique tells the story of massive flooding [...]
In Audio Lead with Your Best Quote
Friday, March 21st, 2008When producing audio lead with your best quote, writes Journalist Christine Gorman in a brief overview of a workshop on audio she attended recently as a Nieman Fellow in Journalism.
Radio was (is) my first love in the media. It’s a medium that encourages imagination on the part of the producer and listener. It gets my [...]
Jesus The Misunderstood Jew: Part 4
Friday, March 21st, 2008This is the fourth in a series of posts on differences between Jewish and Christian traditions focusing on attitudes toward the Bible, learning and dialogue.
It would be irresponsible and inaccurate to claim fascism is taking root in mainline denominations today. It isn’t.
But an insidious, destructive strain of anti-institutionalism coupled with an individualized theology that insists [...]
Jesus The Misunderstood Jew: Part 3
Thursday, March 20th, 2008This is the third in a series of posts on differences between Jewish and Christian traditions focusing in particular on attitudes toward the Bible, learning and dialogue.
The views Christians and Jews have about community affect how sacred text is studied and how it shapes faith. Levine says God has given the Torah to Israel, the [...]
Jesus the Misunderstood Jew: Part 1
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008This is the second in a series of posts on differences between Jewish and Christian traditions focusing in particular on attitudes toward the Bible, learning and dialogue.
In her book The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus, Amy Jill Levine says willingness to search and remain open to new understandings of [...]
Jesus The Misunderstood Jew: Part 2
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008This is the second in a series of posts on differences between Jewish and Christian traditions focusing in particular on attitudes toward the Bible, learning and dialogue.
It’s a measure of how enduring historic Jewish and Christian approaches to faithful inquiry are that they find fresh expression in the daily newspaper. Dr. Amy Jill Levine raises [...]
Dialogue and Disagreement in the Jewish Tradition
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008This is the first in a series of posts on differences between Jewish and Christian traditions focusing in particular on attitudes toward the Bible, learning and dialogue.
The Jew has always questioned,” says Rabbi Capers C. Funnye, Jr. profile in the Sunday New York Times. Rabbi Funnye states he found intellectual and spiritual liberation in Judaism [...]
The Fairness Doctrine: Bush Remarks in Nashville
Friday, March 14th, 2008The Fairness Doctrine was a policy enforced by the Federal Communications Commission designed to ensure that coverage of controversial issues by broadcast media is fair and balanced. The doctrine is built on the premise that broadcast license holders benefit from publicly owned airwaves and are therefore responsible to serve the public by providing balanced coverage [...]
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