I have not felt like blogging recently. Here are some highlights in this week’s curriculum vitae:
Friday, April 25: I went to hear Willard Swartley at the Parish Resource Center. The topic was “Teaching and Preaching on War and Peace.” He was very good. Dr. Bob Webber provided a response. Some good exchange. I need to [...]
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 voice speaking out of the [...]
“So do you think we are going to have a Muslim president?”
My colleague’s question caught me off guard. I looked up from the stack of papers I was beginning to grade during my planning period. I had turned the TV on to MSNBC and the political pundits were breaking down the prospects of Barack Obama [...]
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
1 John 4:18
Karissa is a part of the EMU cross-cultural group to the Middle-East this semester. I’m jealous! What an opportunity to explore the world–especially a part of our [...]
I identify my ecclesial context as the Anabaptist stream. However, several conversations have been a significant part of my ongoing theological process and formation. I am an associate pastor at Sunnyside Mennonite Church. Although we are a local expression of the Body of Christ, we are not independent from the Great Christian Tradition. We are [...]
Shane Claiborne, of the Simple Way community, was in Baghdad while American forces were carrying out the “shock and awe” attacks during March of 2003. When asked if he was a traitor, he responded with the following:
• “If this bloody, counterfeit liberation is American… I am proud to be Un-American.
• If depleted uranium is American… [...]
I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,”dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. His head and hair were white like [...]
Walking with Jesus is a resource that Dawn brought to my attention. Looks like an excellent resource in helping children know how to respond in the way of Jesus to bullies without being doormats.
And here is a resource that provides some practical suggestions for helping kids deal with bullying situations.
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