Jesus never says to the poor: "come, find the church," but he says to those of us in the church: "go into the world and find the poor, hungry, homeless, imprisoned."
03118 – Jesus Says “Go” and “Find”
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03043 – I’m So Weary…
I’m so weary of a cloistered Christianity of privilege, one that feels itself entitled to comfort and ease, one that wields absolute power and cries “oppression” when it cannot have all of it. I’m exhausted from daily encountering a Church that still works to...
02923 – “Watching” Church
Staying home to "watch church" is like staying home from a friend's wedding to watch the ceremony virtually. And keeping your wedding gift with you. Your presence and solidarity and love and hugs and eye contact and singing are needed. It's not just about passively...
02911 – Faces of the Least of These
God is not a being separate from the human. If you do not and cannot see God in the face of the hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the sick, and the imprisoned, then you cannot see God at all. God is not an external being; God is present in the faces of the least of...
02628 – Speak God’s Truth
In the home, at church, in the academy and the marketplace, and in society generally, every Christian has a calling to speak God’s truth. from The Messiah Comes to Middle-Earth
02603 – “Gather Up”
I shall Gather up All the lost souls That wander this earthAll the ones that are aloneAll the ones that are broken All the ones that never really fitted in I shall gather them all up And together we shall find our home from "Gather Up," in A Little Book of Poetry
02547 – The Dance of Eternity
It is love that calls us into being,and it is love that calls us home.For God is love, and love is the dance of eternity.
02496 – Jesus Was Single, Childless, & Homeless
Dear Christians who feel the need to talk about singleness as if it is a sin and to bully single people— as if they are somehow defective and deficient unless another human being is standing next to them. Jesus was single, childless and homeless and you follow him,...
02445 –
You are above me O GodYou are beneathYou are in airYou are in earthYou are beside meYou are within.O God of heaven,you have made your home on EarthIn the broken body of CreationKindle within mea love for you in all things. from Celtic Prayers from Iona
02283 – Christmas Paradox
Christmas is built upon this beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.