Anthony B. Robinson was the Senior Minister of Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle from 1990 to 2004. He was also a member of the Plymouth Housing Group Board. After living for many years in southeast
Beyond a ritual incantation about accepting responsibility, Kerry Killinger seems to think he had no blame in the WaMu disaster. He has been using his time to figure out how to blame others.
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Seattle's Mars Hill Church, envisions a high-testosterone, ready-to-fight Jesus. Author Brian McLaren, once viewed as part of the same movement as Driscoll, asks deeper questions and draws a different figure.
There is an idea that religion should never come up in public discourse. The responsibility for vacating the public arena falls partly to Christians themselves who have accepted the argument that faith should be kept private.
If you don't have an office job, people figure you are retired. They don't hear when you tell them about your speaking, your writing, your consulting. But there are new career styles that open bridges for life transitions, and for purposeful service.
The Canadian city, enjoying a renaissance, is pedestrian-paced and happy in its diversity. Seattle has urban islands, but in Toronto one fascinating ethnic quilt flows right into the next.
