Comments on: Thumbs Up: Arts, Faith, and Alberta http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/05/thumbs-up-arts-faith-and-alberta/ The Institute for the Theology of Culture, an official program of Multnomah Biblical Seminary Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:46:29 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Anon http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/05/thumbs-up-arts-faith-and-alberta/#comment-2589 Anon Thu, 14 May 2009 03:19:41 +0000 http://new-wineskins.org/?p=1023#comment-2589 Those who live in glass houses should certainly know that throwing rocks is a bad idea. Own up to yourself. c/o Those who live in glass houses should certainly know that throwing rocks is a bad idea. Own up to yourself.

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]]> By: ben malick http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/05/thumbs-up-arts-faith-and-alberta/#comment-2331 ben malick Thu, 07 May 2009 07:14:53 +0000 http://new-wineskins.org/?p=1023#comment-2331 From what little i know through my experience i'd say that connecting with the neighbors on your block via common interests is the best way to create space for mutual reciprocity. I also like involvement in neighborhood associations to get a feel for what the needs are in our surrounding areas. Getting to know people across the fences of our own yards is essential in developing community that cares for each other. I've been thinking through what it would be like if I lived in a neighborhood that got "taken over" by a another ethnic group. How would I like to be treated in terms of engagement across those fences that the American Dream entails? Love your neighbor as yourself, right? From what little i know through my experience i’d say that connecting with the neighbors on your block via common interests is the best way to create space for mutual reciprocity. I also like involvement in neighborhood associations to get a feel for what the needs are in our surrounding areas. Getting to know people across the fences of our own yards is essential in developing community that cares for each other. I’ve been thinking through what it would be like if I lived in a neighborhood that got “taken over” by a another ethnic group. How would I like to be treated in terms of engagement across those fences that the American Dream entails? Love your neighbor as yourself, right?

]]> By: Rachel O'Brien http://new-wineskins.org/blog/2009/05/thumbs-up-arts-faith-and-alberta/#comment-2324 Rachel O'Brien Thu, 07 May 2009 03:35:40 +0000 http://new-wineskins.org/?p=1023#comment-2324 Thanks Ben. I had been to this event the previous year and wondered at the culture I had walked into. Portland is already weird and this was a display of its finest creators coming to play and share. Things like these are why I love our city. Its strange growing pains seem drawn across the landscape, as people like me move into places like Alberta and unknowingly change it from what it once was. How do I prevent from making the same mistake previous generations did, even as I find myself already amidst them? Thanks Ben. I had been to this event the previous year and wondered at the culture I had walked into. Portland is already weird and this was a display of its finest creators coming to play and share. Things like these are why I love our city. Its strange growing pains seem drawn across the landscape, as people like me move into places like Alberta and unknowingly change it from what it once was. How do I prevent from making the same mistake previous generations did, even as I find myself already amidst them?

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