Dan Snyder Archives - Contents and Containers

Essays March 14, 2014June 9, 2021

Is banning the n-word racist?

In his ever-successful attempt to make us all watch NFL coverage 24/7/365, Roger Goodell, the league’s successful, rich, and annoying commissioner, never ceases to do […] Read More

Essays October 24, 2013June 9, 2021

The NFL and its Manifest Destiny: on the Redskins and its racist name

It is ironic to be a Philadelphia sports fan these days. The teams that we really don’t like—Andy Reid’s undefeated Kansas City Chiefs, the pennant-winning […] Read More

What’s with the categories? They’re all loosely based on Circle of Hope’s idea of spiritual development, utilizing the elements to represent cyclical stages of our growth in Jesus. The posts land somewhere in one of those growth cycles, but are certainly for everyone to read. Following Jesus develops like all human development. At Circle of Hope we see ourselves moving from earth to wind to fire to water in an ongoing, organic process of receiving and enjoying our new, true selves in Jesus.

Earth: Planting seeds of faith and helping them sprout.

Wind: Taking first steps of life in the Spirit.

Fire: Accepting the gifts we bring to a community and our purpose, and learning to give them.

Water: Deepening experience of transformation.