The frequent association of the church with status, wealth and force is inappropriate for followers of Jesus and damages our witness. We are committed to exploring ways of being good news to the poor, powerless and persecuted, aware that such discipleship may attract opposition, resulting in suffering and sometimes ultimately martyrdom.
Spirituality and economics are inter-connected. [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘empire’
April 20, 2009
On market-driven Christianity and biblical tea parties…
March 15, 2009
Jesus confronts market-driven Christianity…
Lent 3B
March 15, 2009
John 2:13-25
On March 19, 1966, Texas Western College, now known as the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), put an all-black starting five on the floor for the first time in an NCAA basketball championship. That night the Texas Western Miners, led by coach Don Haskins with star players David Lattin [...]
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 [...]
June 20, 2008
The politics of friendship…
As I came back, I saw on the bank of the river a great many trees on the one side and on the other. He said to me, ‘This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the sea, the sea of stagnant waters, the water will [...]
June 2, 2008
The Gospel of peace…
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ Isaiah 52:7
As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15
You have heard that it was said, [...]
April 4, 2008
On MLK, politics, and the prophetic…
Martin Luther King, Jr. on War
Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. I am amazed at how much he accomplished in his short life. He was the leader of a movement. A prophetic voice for civil rights…against the wars of empire. He was a courageous [...]
March 28, 2008
How the World sees America…
I sat down to eat my lunch today and turned the TV on to C-SPAN2. Amar Bakshi was in the middle of a press conference speaking about his project- How the World sees America. This fascinating project took him on a 5-month trip to 11 countries around the world. Bakshi is a reporter for the [...]
March 8, 2008
The Myth of a Christian Nation…
The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the quest for political power is destroying the church arrived this week. (Only have read the introduction so far. Let me lay out why this book is an important read for Christians (HT Karissa). Here is the thesis of the book:
I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism [...]
