March 2008

Book Review: Tim & Jesus Go to Church

by Mark Van Steenwyk 25 March 2008

The book would make for a great sitcom: a pastor roadtrip across the United States, critiquing several church along the way. Henderson believes that evangelism requires listening to “the good, the bad and the ugly about Christianity in order to be a better minister.” So he invited Jesus, the Son of God and supposed “founder” [...]

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Repentance and Subversion

by Daniel Tidwell 25 March 2008

Yesterday I had a conversation with some friends. In the middle of our time together one member courageously brought forward a question about our time together. She reminded us of how she had opened a topic for all of us and had been met with silence. We all remembered being moved by her openness with [...]

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A Mountain of Bones

by Mark Van Steenwyk 24 March 2008

I live at the pinnacle of a great mountain of the bones of the oppressed. Native Americans and African Americans and Latino Americans and others died to give their bones to my mountain. As a white man in the Americas, I was born profoundly privileged…even though I grew up in the lower class or at [...]

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Welcome to the Church of Consumer Jesus

by John 24 March 2008

Welcome to
The Church of Consumer Jesus
The eternal prophylactic,
Protecting you from
The scum
Of the earth
And all their mortal filth.
Protecting
For your peace of mind
The Holy Status Quo,
The warmth of knowing
That somebody else
Will get around to
Cleaning shit up
On someone else’s dime,
‘Cause Consumer Jesus
Died to give you
A mansion in the sky.
.
.
Author Bio:: John O’Hara is trying to follow Jesus. [...]

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Revolution is in the Details

by Michael Cline 22 March 2008

As a member of the University Chorale at Indiana Wesleyan University, I had the opportunity to be led by one of the most passionate men I have ever met, Dr. Todd Guy. Not only was Dr. Guy at the top of his game and could turn any run of the mill portion of music into [...]

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Virginia Church not in Virginia

by somasoul 21 March 2008

Possum Trot, VA/Harper, WV – Along route 250 in Harper WV sits a small white church. New Freedoms Community Church was founded in 2003 by Pastor Ben Taggart. Pastor Taggart, who graduated from seminary in 1988, had a dream to serve the rural peoples of western Virginia. When his small house church outgrew his living [...]

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A Better Good Friday

by Cullen Tanner 20 March 2008

As I was preparing my heart for Good Friday, I was culling through the music on my computer for something that would help me find that dark place and mourn for just awhile.
This year, I didn’t want to skip ahead to Easter. The friends and followers of Jesus sat through a long, cold Saturday before [...]

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Choosing Barabbas

by beyondwords 20 March 2008

Read Luke 23
I imagine myself at the back of the the throng of priests, rulers and people when Pilate said of Jesus, “What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have him punished and then release him.”
As a woman, I would have [...]

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The Scandal of Easter

by Mark Van Steenwyk 18 March 2008

Easter is coming. On Sunday, we remember the day that our Lord wrested free from the confines of the grave. It is the day when the final Enemy, death began its own march to the grave.
Holy Week is an odd time of year. My family didn’t celebrate Holy Week. To me, it was simply a [...]

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