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Jungle Writers

David P. Kronmiller, Editor-In-Chief
Notes from the Jungle
Matthew Tullman, Current Events Editor
On current events.
Joyce Chen Blogging from New York.
Tharuna Devchand Blogging from South Africa.
J Lampinen
Our resident comic strip, Congo & Steve
Joanna Lord
Blogging on life, art and spirituality.
Jeremy Olsen
Director of Development emeritus and occasional commentator.
Dan Rickabus
On things musical.
Nicky Schildkraut
On poetry.

Plus guest writers and past staff, including Zach Fehst, Amy Reynolds, Aaron Vaccaro, Jae Day, Sarah Jawaid, Scott Martin, and Bronson Picket.
July 13, 2010, at 5:20 pm — Blogs | Comics — / / / / /

Congo and Steve: Real-igion

"Real-igion" by J Lampinen
Congo and Steve from creator John “J.” Lampinen of congoandsteve.com. This strip, on the theme of “religion and science”: “Real-igion.”

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June 19, 2010, at 8:27 pm — Audio | audio podcast | Blogs — / / / / / / /

I Spy

It is possible science contains the answers that questions about religion beg, such as the common debate about creationism, the existence of God, etc. How large of a grasp does science have on the origin of emotional existence?

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May 5, 2010, at 5:48 pm — Blogs | Guest Blogs — / / / / / / / /

Guest blogger ZACH FEHST: The Trouble with “Christians”

I used to volunteer every now and again to run the cash register at a bookstore operated by an anarchist collective. Many of these so-called anarchists held regular menial jobs, some even with major corporations! The group as whole demonstrated lip service to an ideal that few bothered to take seriously. Their hypocrisy turned me off to their message. Christians have a similar image problem in today’s America.

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October 14, 2009, at 11:21 pm — Blogs | Interviews | video interview | Videos — / / / /

BREAKING BREAD OVER RELIGION

We’re pleased to announce the premiere of our new series/segment “Breaking Bread” where I sit down over a meal with a guest and discuss a topic about which we don’t fundamentally see eye to eye and hope that by the end of the meal we’ll find some common ground. And to kick things off we tackled that unifying of all topics – Religion.

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