Conflict
The Conflict Of Being Human
Adbusters has what I thought was the best article I’ve read this year. It’s in a very few words speaks the conflict of being human. We live in a guarded world and build deeply developed defense mechanisms to keep people out and at the same time lock us in. But then we scream and shout [...]
Spiritual Excuses
When Jesus said:
(New International Version) 22Blessed are you when men hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
23“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their fathers treated the prophets. (Luke [...]
Non Violent Exceptions?
Recently I asked what it meant to approach conflict with the idea that, “There is no war!“ And without a doubt the dialogs on non-violent resistance always leads to a single exception to the rule of love. We can’t help but articulate it because as parents we feel the responsibility to protect our children. Storm [...]
Remembering Our Humanity
I had a thought the other day about kids. They usually seem comfortable in their skin. And then they grow up.
Before someone is a Christian…
Before someone is a Jew…
Before someone is a Hindu or Buddhist or Muslim…
They are first a human being.
Before someone is white…
Before someone is black…
Before someone is brown or pink….
They are first [...]
The Role Of The Prophet
I wonder if someone ever said to Isaiah or Jeremiah, “How dare you criticize the what we’re doing!” I’m serious.
If ever there is a thankless job in the Ecclessia, it is the prophetic voice, the one that has the very thankless job of reminding the church, “This is not who you are.” Prophet have a [...]
