Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
04295 – Wanna Change the World?
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03847 – Challenging Biblical Literalism
Unless biblical literalism is challenged overtly in the Christian church itself, it will, in my opinion, kill the Christian faith. It is not just a benign nuisance that afflicts Christianity at its edges; it is a mentality that renders the Christian faith unbelievable...
03797 – White Jesus & the American Flag
The American flag has been used like the image of the alabaster Jesus, a term coined by cultural critic James Baldwin. Jesus wasn’t born American, Christian or with pale pigmentation. White Jesus and the American flag started showing up in places of worship after the...
03744 – Strongman vs. Scapegoat
Beware systems and identities that need: 1. A Strongmanand2. A Scapegoat There will be no end of violence when these two exist. They legitimate and fuel each other. Jesus demonstrates how demonically futile the Strongman/Scapegoat mechanism is in his death and...
03299 – Limiting Power
The bias of the criminal justice system must be to strictly limit the power of the state over its citizens as far as this is possible while protecting the safety of others. State officials must never lose a sense of the grave dangers of their power. from Introducing...
02602 – Vulnerability & Detention
Once citizens are detained, they lose their freedom and are out of public sight, systems of oversight and accountability of this opaque prison sub-world must be developed and enforced with special care. No one is more vulnerable than when they disappear from public...
02416 – Citizen of Heaven? Or this World?
If you are a Christian you are not a citizen of this world trying to get to heaven; you are a citizen of heaven making your way through this world.
02104 – Disney Princess Theology
White Christianity suffers from a bad case of Disney Princess Theology. As each individual reads Scripture they see themselves as the princess in every story. They are Esther, never Xerxes or Haman. They are Peter, never Judas. They are the woman anointing Jesus,...
01383 – Mourners: Taking Action
Those people are not real mourners who say, "Sure, the world's in a mess, and I guess maybe I'm a bit guilty like everybody else, but what can I do about it?" What they're really saying is that they are not concerned enough about themselves or the world to look for...
00420 – Making Us Disciples
It’s hard to remember that Jesus did not come to make us safe, but rather to make us disciples, citizens of God’s new age, a kingdom of surprises.