Maundy Thursday: Betrayal and Denial The Last Supper, this revolutionary re-interpretation of the Passover, this Eucharist, has always been framed by betrayal and denial. And it still is.
Ash Wednesday: Beginning the Lenten Pilgrimage with Steve Bell Today we begin a Lenten journey. We know that this is a wilderness journey, and we know that it is going to a cross.
Truth be Told vs Truth be Lived What happens when I get interviewed by a kindred spirit, there's a bottle of port on the table, and there seems to be little time constraint? Well, the conversation goes in many directions, and sometimes things get interesting. Check out my conversation with Mark Groleau.
Ched Myers: 60 years old and still ahead of the game “But you just can’t do that!” That was the refrain from the same student over and over again.
Psalm 98: Joy, Judgment and Advent Psalm 98 is an invitation to a victory party … against the evidence, in the face of the empire.
Advent, Psalm 145 and a “Fantastic” Vision “There is a time and place in the ceaseless human endeavor to change the world, when alternative visions, no matter how fantastic, provide the grist for shaping powerful political forces for change.
Psalm 2: Which Son Shall We Kiss? You can't make the ideological rhetoric of Psalm 2 palatable simply by painting it with Jesus. At least, not unless you turn it on its head. Which is exactly what happens.
Remembrance Day Song O Lord whence the violent scourge? O Lord whence the fallen men, Along the trenches, all our kin?
Parental Advisory: Idols are F**ked up When you don’t give a flying f**k about the people in misery, when you are happy to rape their land, wipe out whole towns of peasants, allow education and health care to become almost non-existent, and in the process leave the nation with insupportable debt for generations to come, then it sure looks like some sort of idolatry is afoot. Only idolatry can explain this sacrifice of people, land and the future. Idols require sacrifice, and they have an insatiable appetite for children.
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.
Christian Expletives and Public Discourse The question was a test. So it wasn’t a real question at all.
Blowing Smoke There are days I walk outside to be with Jesus And sit on a park bench Or under the bridge There are days I leave my room to find Jesus Walking the streets and alleyways There are days I leave the lineup, and stop to bum a light.
So This is Christmas (War Is Not Over) Today is one of the days in the church calendar that I most appreciate – the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents.
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.