Global Policemen? We’ll smash down your doors, we don’t bother to knock; We’ve done it before, so why all the shock?
Poverty, Justice and the Fruit of the Spirit A meditation on Galatians 5.22-25 shared with the Wine Before Breakfast community on August 20, 2013.
It’s Jubilee Time! (Sometimes you have to go back to basics. For Jesus that was Isaiah 61 and for us at Empire Remixed and Wine Before Breakfast it might look like Luke 4.16-30.
Dangerously Comfortable Water by Monique Stone A number of years ago I received a phone call from my ex-boyfriend.
Trayvon Martin and Bearing Witness to Injustice I’ve been wrestling with this all weekend – sometimes crying, sometimes praying.
Wedding Song A reflection on Matthew 9:14-17 delivered at the noon Eucharist of the Lutheran-Anglican Joint Assembly in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday July 6, 2013.
Bedford v. Canada by Andrew Stephens-Rennie The conversation around prostitution in Canada is a live one these days with Bedford v.
Exodus, Empire and Repentance And here’s the thing; the gospel is about exodus, it is about exiting deathly patterns of life and being embraced by Life Abundant. But “curing” gays is not the gospel. Shame is not the gospel. Indeed, Paul says that he is “not ashamed of the gospel” precisely in a context in which it is offered free of charge to those who the empire most deeply dismisses as ‘shameful.’
Breaking Down the Man Box by Andrew Stephens-Rennie For whatever reason, Mark Driscoll and his crew are planning to invade Canada, sometime in October.
Pentecost and Fire A meditation presented at Wine Before Beer, May 21, 2013 What is it about God and fire?
Beyond Egalitarian by Andrew Stephens-Rennie In my last post, responding to John Piper’s dehumanizing view of women, I mused about the benefits of subjecting myself to the authority of women for the next year.
(Dis)functionally Complementarian by Andrew Stephens-Rennie In light of John Piper’s most recent bout of asinine, vitriolic insanity, I’m considering exclusively subjecting myself to the authority of women for the next year.