This post is part of the Emergent Village Synchroblog on “Creating Liberated Spaces in a Post-Colonial World.” ———————————————————————————————– As a white, Anglo-Saxon, American male, I am a man of significant power. And I didn’t do anything to achieve it. I am given a ridiculous amount of power simply for the fact that I was born …
The Cry Of A Wounded Soldier
[RSS - See Embedded Video] This is one of the most powerful videos on the the subject of war I have EVER seen. The speech is given by war veteran Mike Prysner. I would really encourage you, regardless of your views of military service, to watch it. Mike strikes at the heart of the problem …
The Parable Of The Good Muslim
Luke 10:25-37 25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26″What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27He answered: ” ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all …
Listening To The Fruit Of The Church
“1 in 8 Americans consider themselves ex-Christians.” (source) This is a startling statistic. Something is broken and the evidence is beginning to build. One of the things I’ve really enjoyed about the narrative of Scripture is seeing the patterns designed into the universe. What is true produces life. What is false produces death. It’s really …
Love The Way You Lie/Needing To Feel
In the simplest of terms. We’re trying to make sense of what it means to be human. I have a friend who continually hurts himself. He’s entirely self-destructive in his attempts to make relationships work. And no matter how much those around him try and love him it just doesn’t seem to make a difference. …
Looking For Her Dignity
This video struck me in a rather profound way. What happens when we look beyond the victim and begin to see the person that is present. Its a short video of an Afghan women who was tortured by her community. Her scars are right on the front of her face. But the photographer looks deeper …
Gameshow Relationships
Contrary to public opinion, I think the Bachelor and the Bachelorette are important shows. Seriously? You ask. This post started because my friend Kate Murray shared her thoughts on the show. She said: Last night I watched the Bachelorette. I never watch the Bachelorette. I don’t know what got into me, but I sat on …
Why Doesn’t The Problem Go Away
One of the central arguments I make in my book is what I call the location of the problem. Historically we’ve cast the problem outward onto Satan or God. I make the argument that the problem is located in humanity, in each of us and how we judge the self. When we judge differently than …
Jumping To Conclusions
We like to jump to conclusions, don’t we? As I begin to share the contents of my book, Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity, I’ve had several people comment on the Facebook page and a blog post I wrote for Emergent Village. The first was from a gentleman who said: “Here is …
The Destructive Nature Of Judgment
This is a very powerful video on people’s experiences of being judged, specifically within the church space. I have felt some of these statements myself and have seen them in other people’s lives. Not trying to be funny but I really loved the story of the guy who stole the Jesus statue for his grandmother. …
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