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Eric O. Ledermann
Hey! Thanks for stopping by. Pour yourself a cup o' jo, take a load off your feet, and check out what's here. You are looking at my ramblings about issues of faith, life and culture—they are my own and are not necessarily shared by those with whom I work, live or otherwise engage.
Heck, a week from now I may not even agree with what I write here! The Spirit of God is always moving; always shaping and reshaping, transforming and re-forming, each of us according to God's hope and vision for humanity. I hope we may be able to listen, pay attention, and respond faithfully. To steal a phrase from our UCC sisters and brothers: "God is still speaking."
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Peace and blessings,
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I just finished the final book of The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. I am shaken by this story—it’s honesty about the realities of the human race, the circle of violence that seems to plague every generation, evidence of our fears and insecurities taken out on our neighbors.
I don’t know how intentional Ms. Collins was about her portrayal of our tendencies toward violence, but it is scary how true her story rings against the daily news. I highly recommend this trilogy, available in print and Kindle. It’s geared toward young adults, so a it’s a pretty face-paced read.
Though the trilogy is set an a futuristic vision of the what becomes of the United States after a final collapse and major rebellion, I could not help but perceive the Capitol in The Hunger Games as a continuation [...]
I received an email the other day from Faithful America, a progressive online community motivated by faith to take action on the pressing moral issues of our time (from their website)—you can read the article and plea for signatures here. Normally, I can appreciate what Faithful America has to say…normally. But I struggled with this email. The subject was: “URGENT: Church arresting Occupiers!”
Immediately, I thought, What? As I read it my heart began to sink, and not for reasons one might immediately think. Evidently Occupy Wall Street protesters are looking for a new place to “occupy”. The occupiers have their eye on a vacant lot called Duarte Square owned by Trinity Wall Street Episcopal Church. But the church has been reluctant to allow it because they don’t feel the space is adequate (no bathroom facilities, for starters) and because it is leased to another organization [...]
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