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Re: 7 Great Reads by Mexican American Authors for Cinco de Mayo

calebjseeling — Tue, 05 May 2015 20:39:08 -0000

Great list! RED CANYON FALLING ON CHURCHES by Juliana Aragon Fatula would be great on that list too.

Re: Which Movie Captures Your Part of the World? Tell Me, and You Might Win a Great Book.

calebjseeling — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 16:05:59 -0000

SILVER CITY by John Sayles perfectly captures most of the issues Colorado is still working through--the history of mining and the current problems mining has caused, racism and the poverty/enslavement of migrant workers, drugs and alcoholism, the population explosion of the single and nouveau fit in the Front Range, the squishy line between politics and land development, the commoditization of the land and natural beauty, the clash between die-hard liberals in the city and die-hard conservatives in the mountains...All couched in a great tale of the danger of powerful self-interest, the search for meaning and truth, and how the promise of self-actualization and fulfillment that Colorado offers to the rest of the nation gets twisted by those trying to take it all for themselves. It has a fantastic ensemble cast and it was filmed on location--a rarity for movies set in Colorado. Most people who have seen it have disliked it, but as a 4th generation Denverite, I love it and Roger Ebert's review is right on the money (http://www.rogerebert.com/r....

Re: Best Book Covers of 2012

calebjseeling — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 12:54:54 -0000

I love Chris Ware's artwork.

Re: Most Overlooked Books of 2012: A Literary Mixtape

calebjseeling — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:08:20 -0000

THIN BLUE SMOKE by Doug Worgul, published this year by Burnside Books. It's about Kansas City BBQ, baseball, blues, bourbon, community, 1960s racial tension, and friendship. What's not to like? It's like Garrison Keillor, David James Duncan, and Anne Tyler wrapped up into a sprawling, unique story. Plus Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick and Pulitzer-nominated author Rajif Joseph give it a big thumbs up.

Re: ThinkFWD – Pete Rollins – Resurrection as Insurrection

calebjseeling — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:47:57 -0000

Wow. That was fabulous. I love his comment about the purpose of spiritual direction/formation and about how Paul was mainly concerned with participating in Christ's death and resurrection. If it isn't about "belief," or "moral behavior," or the ideal projection of who you want to be via Facebook, I wonder what Pete would say about how to participate in the insurrection...it's a great concept, but what's always missing from great concepts is the how how HOW? Let's have a part 2! Thanks Spencer and Pete!
caleb

Re: Exclusive Audio: Brothers embark on walk across America to fight corporate personhood

calebjseeling — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:27:01 -0000

Free Speech TV caught up with the brothers after their speech in Denver and recorded an interview with them. Check out what they had to say and help us help them spread the word! --caleb/FSTV

http://www.freespeech.org/v...

Re: P90X, Old Fogie Fitness Class, and a Cry for Help

calebjseeling — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:45:21 -0000

...Down the road that I must travel
Kyrie Eleison
Through the darkness of the night [SING IT WITH ME, NOW!}
Kyrie Eleison
Where I'm going will you follow
Kyrie Eleison
On a highway in the light

Re: http://calebjseeling.tumblr.com/post/755340977

calebjseeling — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:39:07 -0000

Thanks Becky! Now if only I could do that with all the difficult people in my life...

Re: http://calebjseeling.tumblr.com/post/755340977

calebjseeling — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:00:38 -0000

Thanks for the props, and thanks too for highlighting the story in your article. It was a great idea for a writing group and it got me in a writing groove again. Thanks especially for that!

Re: http://calebjseeling.tumblr.com/post/755340977

calebjseeling — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:58:58 -0000

always looking for redemption in stories--especially my own! Thanks for reading!

Re: If I Blogged...

calebjseeling — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:28:37 -0000

thanks for this--it's a hopeful statement for gentle people like me with a deep capacity for violence too.

Re: A Brief Explanation of How I Voted and Why

calebjseeling — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:46:28 -0000

Thanks Eric. This is better, though you're still largely operating from assumption.

Actually, speaking of accuracy, the numbers I've seen show that 75% of white evangelicals voted for McCain which sound more accurate than a general 50% of "Christians." It's a more interesting and telling number, isn't it?

Regarding advisors, I was clearly referring to more than marketing and communication advisors. Your use of quotes around "most liberal" and "present" voting record still belies assumption more than fact. And who brought him into power? Are you saying the sweeping votes don't count at all? That the record turnout of youth and minorities, who have not had much of a voice in the past, don't count when they finally speak up? Are you saying everyone but the 25% of white evangelicals are complainers? You're treading on thin ice here.

You obviously have no idea about what a community organizer does and you are projecting your assumptions, again, onto him. I was a community organizer in Detroit, organizing black churches to fight social inequities brought about by the culture and government of the city and county and state at the time. In fact, I used exactly the same organizing model that Obama did. Can't get more grassroots, Christians helping each other and the poor and least of these, not relying exclusively on the government than that--something you say we as Christians should do.

We still DO have so many problems--you don't think so? Not sure stating a simple fact counts as complaining.

Haphazard voting on ANY piece of legislation is far from being small government--the "pro-life" people need to get more intelligent and nuanced in their effort if they expect to gain ground. Otherwise they simply alienate potential supporters who really want to side with them but can't, like me. And again, hearts need to change here, not big government legislation--right? Besides, a small government approach would include not making constitutional amendments willy-nilly, right? We don't make those kinds of changes to the federal constitution, neither should we make those kinds of changes to state constitutions--they should not be made into a golden hammer to ramrod specific laws onto people in hopes to change a culture--the culture change MUST come first. So in many ways, i may ironically be arguing for smaller government than you may be.

Meantime, the government must implement safety nets that will catch more people while Christians try to get their act together and become the answer to prayer everyone has. You and Tyler both say the church needs to step up. Some parts of the church are, most aren't. What are the poor supposed to do while good Christians debate whether and how to get involved? Die? Starve? They simply cannot wait for the good people who continue to do nothing. The growth in government you fear is directly proportional to the decrease in activity from Christians and the answer is not to cut off the government first, but to motivate God's people and help them become more Christlike so that the government is worked out of its job. Obama's election is a sign of the times and if he does turn the country "socialist" as my more conservative brethren fear, then it should serve as a wake up call and a motivator rather than a time for complaining and scorn and fear. Amen?

I'm probably more familiar with RU486 than you--what you're doing here is bad logic too. Google "straw man"--it's basically how you've constructed your arguments and I'm afraid it's how much of the legislation and policy decisions of the past 12 years (yes 12! I know what that includes), have been based on. But fear, a reality in decision making, does not have to be an inevitable force, especially with God in control and Jesus promising to never leave us, and until the conservatives begin thinking and acting from a platform higher than fear, it will continue to lose the upper hand. And until Christians start believing that God IS in control and that Jesus NEVER will leave us, we will continue to be bound and do nothing while wringing our hands in distress at people as "slick" and "radical" as they claim Obama to be. If he needs advisors, then for God's sake, be his friend and advisor!

Re: ixthusAgitator - How literature is really created…and edited.

calebjseeling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:34:54 -0000

it's the paper the diagram is printed on...

Re: My New Friend Bret Lott

calebjseeling — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:32:42 -0000

had to add it to my html code--i think it's morally wrong to have a blog without comment capability.