Psalm 137, Exile and Rocket Launchers Songs of home, songs of hope, songs that keep a faith alive, are defiled and profaned when they become the trivial entertainment of voyeuristic oppressors.
James, ‘the Rich,’ and the Complexity Argument (A meditation at on James 4.13-5.20 presented at Wine Before Beer on August 26, 2014.)
Dogged Faith Great is the faith of the woman who dares to talk back; the one who dares to question; the one who dares lean in.
From Grace’s to James (A meditation on James 2.1-26 presented at Wine Before Beer, June, 17, 2014) It takes less than two bars for everyone to know what’s up.
Bud Osborn: Priest, Prophet, Poet. Presente Bud Osborn is dead. He was my friend, my mentor, sometimes my confessor. And he kept me in cigarettes. We have lost a priest, a prophet and a poet.
World Vision – It Really Is All About the Children Andrew Stephens-Rennie asked some pretty hard questions of World Vision in his post of April 3.
World Vision, Pragmatism and the Fallen Powers A week has passed. The dust has settled. Has it? And everything’s back to the way it was.
World Vision & Church Discipline I’m making a list. A shortlist, so to speak. A short, concise list, of those who, in the wake of this World Vision fiasco, need to come under strict church discipline.
Mandela, Calvinism and Derrida As I’ve been reflecting on the death of Nelson Mandela, two thoughts keep crowding my mind.
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.