I've Been Thinking

With all of the vitriol being spewed out regarding refugees and immigrants (legal or otherwise) it’s good to see these verses from Leviticus quoted by The Christian Left. This is THE Biblical position on refugees and immigrants – you shall not do wrong to the stranger who sojourns with you, legal or otherwise. And, unless you’re a Native American, in Continue reading

If being a pastor is already unglamorous work, then is being a bi-vocational pastor doubly unglamorous? Or is it in-glamorous? — Geoff Holsclaw (@geoffholsclaw) August 26, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading

There is enough for everyone's need, but there's not enough for everyone's greed. –Gandhi — Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) August 20, 2015 Continue reading

Listen to this! It’s very, very good. Wish more stuff had changed in my lifetime. Some of this stuff was happening when I was born; hopefully, it won’t continue to happen after I die.   Continue reading

“In the game of America, where money counts for everything…” Couldn’t say it any better. Continue reading

"If our church is not marked by caring for the poor, the oppressed, the hungry, we are guilty of heresy." - St. Ignatius Loyola #FeastDay — Almost Orthodoxy (@almostorthodoxy) July 31, 2015 Continue reading

I needed this…another African American teenager shot today… Continue reading

Amy Jill Levine writes, in her book The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus… When the proclamation [that if you don’t accept Jesus as Lord and savior, you will go to hell] is then accompanied by the insistence the Christians believe in a God of mercy and compassion the entire Continue reading

From Lisa Sharon Harper’s article at Sojourners, Washing Clean: Germany, Ireland, and Our America: Then I was in Dublin speaking on the power of confession and repentance to heal their land. As our cab rolled through winding streets on my way to Dublin airport on Sunday, our driver explained the full history of religious conflict Continue reading