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 articulated this in that post. …
The Charter For Compassion
[RSS - See Embedded Video] (ht) I absolutely implore you to watch this right now. Or get involved. It’s only 2:10. But it blows doors on any sermon I’ve heard in a long time. If this were the message being preached, which is a return to the heart of the Kingdom message Jesus preached, it would radically change the landscape …
Non-Violent Resistance
What if the way to end a war begins with saying, “There is no war.”? A couple of days ago, I was browsing through my Blog Reader and came across this title” “Winning The Drug War By Ending It” The title refers to a short post from Andrew Sullivan on the war on drugs, but it got me thinking about …
Confronting The Enemy Within
I’m a white Anglo male in case you didn’t know. ;-P And recently I was reminded that I am at the top of the oppressive food chain. Not a good place to be sometimes. Recently Professor Soong-Chan Rah wrote an open letter to Mike Foster, Jud Wilhite and Zondervan stating publicly his offense at the book, “Deadly Viper Character Assassins.” …
Books About Submission
A guy I read just posted a list of books about leadership, male headship and submission. Recovering Biblical Manhood & Womanhood (John Piper & Wayne Grudem) Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires, The Respect He Desperately Needs (Emerson Eggerichs) This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence (John Piper) Rocking the Roles (Robert Lewis) And my bullshit detector went …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
I don’t think the poor need us so much as much as we need them. Because they reveal something about us and to us that is very near and dear to the heart of God. Mike Hyatt paraphrasing Rich Stearns. (source)
Paul’s Admonition To Women
Is Paul’s admonition to women in 1 Timothy 2 contextual, and dare I say even his own preference? Recently someone posted a fascinating video on Youtube, which I posted. Lots of passion around the subject, and I get that. I personally think our approach to gender always need to be first through the lens of love and not just context. …
Releasing The Oppressor
In fairness to the Origins Network, I want to expand on my post, Where Are The Women. This post has created a tremendous dialog on this site and I am deeply grateful for everyone who contributed. So many great voices and thoughts emerged from this conversation. And I would like to offer why I wrote that post. At the root …
Where Are The Women?
When is perception reality? When do you call a spade a spade? I’m really wrestling with this the last couple of days. Recently, the Origins Project launched their website. It’s network launched by Erwin McManus, Dan Kimball, and Dave Gibbons, all really great guys. And the stated vision from the website is: “Vision: This network is a community of followers …
A Pastor Abandons His Church
Posted an interesting article that I posted over at Emergent Village. It’s called “Pastor Abandons His Church.” Love to get your thought on it over there.
