February 2010
13 posts
“We must not take the mystery and wonder out of the scriptures. To conquer the...”
January 2010
28 posts
“He’s whispering, “It’s gonna be ok buddy”
“From the angry accusations of the psalmist to Christ’s anguished from the...”
“We do, however, believe that altering our lives in the presence of God and the...”
Multi-Oops
“There is no way to devise or discern character through a televised medium, the only way it can be done is in community, in the context of relationships…
The use of video screens to project the image of pastors is creating a new papacy of celebrity, very much inadvertently knowing they are not out to become celebrities and have good theology, but it’s creating the papacy of celebrity and...
Conscientious Objector →
“If Jesus had been killed 20 years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing...”
Involution.
1 Samuel 16:7 poses the question, what does God see when He looks inside us?
Past the junk, pass the pain, pass the brokenness, pass our old selves and into the new God sees a space.
Inside everyone of us there is a space.
A space larger than the universe. A space where the very heart of God beats.
If you seek this space inwardly you will find infinite compasion, unending presence, perfect...
“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He...”
– Mother Teresa
Do-over on the Great Commission →
step one.
A scribe then approached and said, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
The intensity of Jesus saying no to...
“We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We...”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
“The cross is not a detour or a hurdle on the way to the kingdom, nor is it even...”
– Yoder. Politics of Jesus. (via just-see)
“We practice our faith missionally – that is, we do not isolate ourselves from...”
Another Confession
Forgive us, friend: It’s been forever since our last confession.
Where to start? We’ve really come off as self-righteous fools, haven’t we? Good intentions or not, we’ve made mistakes and we want to clear the air.
About the Crusades, we’re sorry. ‘Holy War’ is a contradiction in terms. And over 200 years of fighting is an absolute disgrace.
In memory of those who we murdered, burned at the...
Tracts.
You cannot and will never be able to express the entire purpose of the incomprehensible cosmos and the narrative they have been written in, climaxing with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ to save not simply individual souls but to restore and bring everything back to rights, in a tract.
You cannot express the beauty, complexity, pain and passion of the Gospel in a four step process in...
We think that Jesus invited us to follow him because he was showing the way to fulfill the creator’s deepest dreams for our lives. We want to experience “the kingdom of God” that Jesus proclaimed—greater wholeness for ourselves and our world. We believe that conversion is a life-long process of learning to trust and discover how to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly...
Heaven. Here. Now.
Your Kingdom Come. On Earth as in Heaven.
We are not waiting for what’s to come, we are experiencing it now in small glimpses.
We are not being sucked into a far off pie in the sky but are bringing the presence of God, Heaven, here to the Earth He has chosen to redeem, recreate and restore to it’s intended beauty.
We must live as the New Jerusalem has come.
Let the holy hoedown...
“These pastors, representative of so many contemporary Christians, believe that...”
– Skye Jethani - The Divine Commodity
“I believe there is a Creator, a revolutionary force at work that is compelling...”
“People do not get crucified for charity. People are crucified for living out a...”
“I recognize that I have inherited and perpetuated empty ways of life that must...”
“In my experience, it’s much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react...”
– (via eliza5) (via just-see)
Isaiah 56:6-12
This is the kind of fast day I’m after:
to break the chains of injustice,
get rid of exploitation in the workplace,
free the oppressed,
cancel debts.
What I’m interested in seeing you do is:
sharing your food with the hungry,
inviting the homeless poor into your homes,
putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad,
being available to your own families.
Do this and the lights will...
“God, bring your kingdom in the heart of the people I find it hard to love. Show...”
Un-Kingdom →
