I like Jesus. There are no other ways about that. I like the Jesus my friends talk about, the one who cares about people that most people don’t care about. I like the Jesus that hangs out with the rejects, the losers, the weak, the unclean, because I see myself in all of these categories. [...]
I’ve made several forays into the healthcare debate. I’ve twittered about it, I’ve made some facebook statements, I’ve read countless articles, listened to the thoughts of the other side (both when they are well spoken, and when they are Glenn Beck level freakouts). I’ve listened to talk radio (not advisable to those with high blood [...]
Every year, all over America, churches partake in a celebration of the State, the Fourth of July (you could throw in memorial day here too). You’ll see high flying flags and symbols of America and American power all over the various ‘sanctuaries’ and church buildings, you’ll see those little yard flags lining the parking lots, [...]
I give myself two weeks before I forget and stop doing this, but for now Saturdays will be a link roundup day for the previous week. Blake had a good post on trying to define violence, and a follow up post with a pretty good definition of violence. Josh has apparently discovered the wombats, a [...]
I was introduced to this on Sunday, and I felt like it needed to be passed on. Jesus is my Friend email2friend
Peter Rollins has a propensity to say things that make you think, it’s this attribute that makes him one of the larger influences on my life. I had the pleasure of seeing him speak once, and the experience is certainly one that I would love to repeat (he actually spoke again the next night, but [...]
Note: I’ll keep this to religion, today, but these ideas can certainly (and probably will be by me) expounded out to America and our politics. There seems to be a bit of confusion between belief and certainty, and there relationship to faith. Faith, for many in the circles I grew up in, requires certainty to [...]