We liberate a man
I have found Walter Wink’s brief little book on non-violence a thought-provoking read. He makes it quite clear that non-violence does not imply passive acceptance of an inhumane situation. Here’s an...
View ArticleAn alternative people, among whom inequality and violence disappear
Without an alternative people, among whom inequality and violence disappear, Jesus would not be able to be the Christ, the Messiah. The existence of this people is the convincing proof that Christian...
View ArticleA love that hangs on
God showed us in Christ a love that abides, that perseveres, that remains present to us, however bad things are, for however long it takes; a love that sticks around, a love that stays put, a love that...
View ArticleSecondary realities that are to be strongly resisted
Here’s another insightful quote from John Swinton’s Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil: Sin, evil, and suffering … are secondary realities, intruders into the goodness of...
View ArticleRepressed and stifled
When the female voice is repressed and stifled, the entire community can easily find themselves cut off from the sacred feminine, depriving themselves of the full image of God. Thus Rob Bell in What We...
View ArticleGod takes sides
God is a God who takes sides. God is God of the oppressed; God enters into their difficult, suffering situations to set things right. God is a God who is concerned to move people from slavery to...
View ArticleGod visits us right where we are
Commenting on the story of Jacob’s dream in Genesis 28:11-22, Barbara Brown Taylor (in An Altar in the World: Finding the Sacred Beneath Our Feet) notes that even though [Jacob's] family had imploded,...
View ArticleA profoundly disruptive prophetic ‘presence-in-the-world’
In a world where the Church no longer dominates Western culture and where ‘strong’ dogmatic statements are no longer heeded, the Christian is left to bear witness by faithfully following the way of...
View ArticleSecondary realities that are to be strongly resisted
Here’s another insightful quote from John Swinton’s Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil: Sin, evil, and suffering … are secondary realities, intruders into the goodness of...
View ArticleThe one and only test
The one and only test of a valid religious idea, doctrinal statement, spiritual experience or devotional practice [is] that it must lead directly to practical compassion. If your understanding of the...
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