Angie and I went up to Family Camp at Diamond Arrow earlier this week to see some friends and share in that night’s service with some fellow believers. The speaker, Steve Campbell, gave a message on our identity as children of God and a little bit of what that looks like and doesn’t look like. [...]
A friend and fellow blogger is taking a trip through one of Shane Claiborne’s recent written works titled Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals. Shane Claiborne is an author and follower of Jesus who has worked with Mother Theresa and currently lives in a community in Philadelphia which seeks to reach those who are [...]
I just finished reading a blog post from a friend and brother in Christ about modern slavery. It cuts me deep every time I hear or read something like this. I really encourage you to go read it and think about ways in which we can seek the redemption of creation or, at the very [...]
This is an excerpt from Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. On the subject of our material “blessings.”
Christians have no problem helping the poor. But the question whether our ‘blessings’ are borne on the backs of the poor and things get messy. The call to ‘Make poverty history’ needs a partner: ‘Make [...]
I know I talk a lot about material possessions and wealth and consumerism and the North American market driven society. Hopefully this is a little change of pace.
Last year in preaching class a friend preached on how Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. He proposed that when Jesus said that He was [...]
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