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The Disarming Child
This beautiful quote is from Moltmann's Power of the Powerless. It is well worth a read on Christmas day. The kingdom of peace comes through a child, and liberation is bestowed ...
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Now, as soon as he had ceased praying, having made mention of all that ...
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There was a time when companies who broke the law and violated human ...
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American culture seems to lack two elements that are basic to racial justice: ...
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The following is an email conversation with my friend Solomon about why I ...
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Why I'm Electing Not to Vote
October 28th, 2008The following is an email conversation with my friend Solomon about why I am not voting. The conversation came after a phone discussion. So you readers are at a disadvantage because you didn't hear the conversation. But still think that it is worth posting. Keep in mind that this is a casual conversation between two friends and isn't meant to be an academic debate. I look forward to the commentsEarly Christianity
What harm is there in saying Caesar is lord?
October 31st, 2008Now, as soon as he had ceased praying, having made mention of all that had at any time come in contact with him, both small and great, illustrious and obscure, as well as the whole Catholic Church throughout the world, the time of his departure having arrived, they set him upon an ass, and conducted him into the city, the day being that of the great Sabbath. And the Irenarch Herod, acPolitics
Peace and prisons
July 21st, 2008I'm in the process of reading some of Moltmann's works alongside of Geiko Muller-Fahrenholz's The Kingdom and the Power: The Theology of Jurgen Moltmann. Which is a delightful (so far) introduction to Moltmann's work. Muller-Fahrenholz begins his book with what Moltmann recounts as the beginning of his adventure in theology. Motmann was not raised in the church, and had no major Christian inSocial Criticism
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
November 2nd, 2008Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for proSynoptic Gospels
Jesus and Taxes [Pt. 1: Render to Caesar]
July 22nd, 2008Taxes have been on my mind lately. Mostly due to the fact that I pay them, which is, to say the least, annoying. Also, Jesus Manifesto has an article up about taxation (it is worth a read, here) which got me to thinking. We all know the story about "rendering unto Caesar" (Recorded in Mt. 22:15-22 Mk. 12:13-17, Lk. 20:20-26) Jesus is telling some parables and some Pharisees and Herodians come uTheology
The Disarming Child
December 25th, 2008This beautiful quote is from Moltmann's Power of the Powerless. It is well worth a read on Christmas day. The kingdom of peace comes through a child, and liberation is bestowed on the people who become as children: disarmingingly defenseless, disarming through their defenselessness, and making others defenseless because they themselves are so disarming. After the prophet's (Isaiah 9) mighty vis