Being Offended and Being Offensive
Can you cause offense by being offended? We’ve all heard sermons about #CausingOffense, but what about #BeingEasilyOffended? Surely, there are no admonitions against that, correct?
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News Roundup: Holidays, God Breaks Your Bones, More on Offenses, and More Meanderings
Roundup of tidbits related to recent postings and/or of interest within the COG community Holidays and Holy Days Are Upon Us The past year, I’ve attempted to get out of the habit of regurgitating the same old things when it comes to holidays and holy days (unlike some other…
What Offends You? The Answer Depends on How You Understand the Eighth Day (Last Great Day)
Should a Map With North on the Top Offend You? It Is Racist and Imperialistic, Don’t You Know? [Updated: 1 March 2014, added quote from Seth Godin that was missed first time around] Explorers’ Monument in Fremantle, Western Australia THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE MONUMENT BEFORE…
Are You Easily Offended?
“The English ask pardon of Aurangzeb, whom they have offended” Picture published 1780 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised…
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News Roundup: Holidays, God Breaks Your Bones, More on Offenses, and More Meanderings
Roundup of tidbits related to recent postings and/or of interest within the COG community Holidays and Holy Days Are Upon Us The past year, I’ve attempted to get out of the habit of regurgitating the same old things when it comes to holidays and holy days (unlike some other…
What Offends You? The Answer Depends on How You Understand the Eighth Day (Last Great Day)
Should a Map With North on the Top Offend You? It Is Racist and Imperialistic, Don’t You Know? [Updated: 1 March 2014, added quote from Seth Godin that was missed first time around] Explorers’ Monument in Fremantle, Western Australia THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY PEOPLE WHO FOUND THE MONUMENT BEFORE…
Are You Easily Offended?
“The English ask pardon of Aurangzeb, whom they have offended” Picture published 1780 4 And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: 5 the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised…