In this post I want to engage the integrative motif of Elizondo–mestizaje. The Future is Mestizo: Life Where Cultures Meet, Revised Edition, Virgilio Elizondo
Mestizaje: the process through which two totally different peoples mix biologically and culturally so that a new people begins to emerge, e.g., Europeans and Asians give birth to Euroasians; Iberians and Indians [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘conversation’
May 4, 2009
The future is mestizo…
February 17, 2009
A dialogue on abortion and the politics of Jesus…
With the permission of my conversation partner, I am inserting all the emails we exchanged in sequence. My intent in my blog post from February 15 (EMS class assignment to engage with Stuart Murray, Post-Christendom) was never to misrepresent in any way V.’s perspective. In the interest of open dialogue with the common goal of [...]
February 15, 2009
On faith and politics in Post-Christendom…
A movement that proclaimed grace and practiced justice, a faith that had at its center a crucified man as the hope of human and cosmic transformation, could not have been converted to a religious civilization like any other without serious damage to its very essence.
-Vinoth Ramachandra, Gods that Fail: Modern Idolatry and Christian Mission
Perhaps the [...]
January 27, 2009
The Good News, Culture and Anabaptism…
Third Eye Blind – Non Dairy Creamer (new studio version!)
Steve opened our class last evening with this video. Here are some of the questions we considered as we reflected on the song, the lyrics–our culture and how the Good News (of Jesus Christ) intersects:
Who is the person singing this song? Is [...]
October 30, 2008
A call for civil discourse (making room for the other)…
I received a telephone call this morning while working in the church office at Sunnyside Mennonite Church. The caller indicated that he was concerned about the possible outcome of the upcoming presidential election. He stated that he was calling local pastors to encourage them to listen to what James Dobson has to say tonight on [...]
August 14, 2008
Albert Outler’s primer…
(Photo from NY Times. Cultural clash in Riyahd)
Notes from Who Trusts In God, Albert Outler
(New York: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1968)
the rise of modern paganism
Voltaire: the first great prophet of modern paganism. “I am not a Christian, but it is in the interest of being able to love better.” Died in [...]
July 11, 2008
Submergent meeting in Philly…
I went to Philadelphia last weekend to be a part of the Submergent Next Steps meeting. Jason Evans (Ecclesia Collective) provides some good reflections on the meeting as well as a way in which this conversation might be understood. Eliacin (Mustard Seed Associates) provides a more detailed review of our time together.
Conspiring together with Steve, Mark, Jessica, [...]
June 28, 2008
Missional Cohort (Lancaster)…
The Facebook group Missional Cohort (Lancaster) gathered for the second time last evening. Here is a bit of a summary of our conversation:
1. Read this post by Greg Boyd.
2. We talked about the tension that tends to exist between “institutional/structured” expressions of church and “missional/incarnational” expressions. We explored a number of side trails off this main [...]
May 14, 2008
Our Father chant…
At Deep Shift in the Bronx we did a chant of The Lord’s Prayer. You can find the lyrics for this version and an explanation for how to do the chant here. I really appreciated this way of saying the prayer. Another aspect of our worship during that weekend which I really appreciated was the [...]
May 1, 2008
Professor Mohammad Yunus
I heard an inspiring talk last night given by Nobel Laureate, Mohammad Yunus. He had never been to Lancaster before, but in his opening remarks he mentioned Mennonite Central Committee. He expressed appreciation for the tremendous work MCC has done in Bangladesh.
I was struck by the amazing work Dr. Yunus is doing. The hopeful way [...]
