June 2009

The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie

by daviddewain 30 June 2009

I received this book under the mutual agreement with my friend Matt that, if we promised to buy it for one another, we would finally get around to reading perhaps the most recommended book I have ever come across.

8 comments Read the full article →

Creation: Interview with Bruce Friedrich

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 27 June 2009

Podcast: Embed
Recently, The Progressive Radio Show had a great interview with Bruce Friedrich, vice president for policy and government affairs at PETA. During the conversation, Friedrich responded to several challenging questions about PETA’s tactics, drew connections between his Christian faith, his veganism and his activism on behalf of nonhuman animals, and discussed his book [...]

Read the full article →

holy fool

by Administrator 27 June 2009

“The kingdom of God has come near to you!” And with a laugh, the fool was gone.

37 comments Read the full article →

A Jesus Manifesto

by Mark Van Steenwyk 23 June 2009

So, this morning I got an email from Frank Viola’s publicist asking if I’d be willing to promote a document that he had co-written with Len Sweet. The document,  A Magna Carta for Restoring the Supremacy of Jesus Christ (a.k.a. A Jesus Manifesto for the 21st Century Church) can be found at http://ajesusmanifesto.wordpress.com.
The document, being [...]

186 comments Read the full article →

The Kingdom of God

by JoshuaDbauIII 22 June 2009

God has a dream for the world

28 comments Read the full article →

What I've learned in 25 years

by JoshuaDbauIII 22 June 2009

These are a few things that I have learned, I wish I took more time to reflect upon where I have come from, maybe these thoughts may provoke you dear reader to reflect for yourself.

5 comments Read the full article →

Event: Women’s Circle at Plow Creek

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 15 June 2009

September 4-7, 2009
19183 Plow Creek Road
Tiskilwa, IL
CALLING ALL WOMEN: You’re invited to a weekend of community and camping; hanging with old friends and making new ones; nature; discussion of anarcha-primitivism theory and practice; and what it means to be a woman in the Church. The communitarian nature of this gathering includes shared labor, [...]

Read the full article →

Come to me, all ye who labor for a living (part 3)

by Paul Munn 12 June 2009

Continuing “Come to me, all ye who labor for a living (part 2)”…
Jesus´ teaching and practice of working (and giving) without asking anything in return has significant implications. For instance, it makes our own work and the things we produce more available to the needy. If we are not working for repayment, then our services [...]

65 comments Read the full article →

The Prodigal Consumer

by Ted Troxell 11 June 2009

Sundays when I was little, our beleaguered mother — divorced, in school, raising three kids — put us on the church bus, put a roast in the crock pot, and settled in for a couple of hours of respite. She got a much-needed sabbath, we got some churchin’.
And churchin’ we got, at some sort of [...]

327 comments Read the full article →

Law and Order

by Sarah Lynne 8 June 2009

Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing her in the midst they said to him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in the act of adultery. Now in [...]

129 comments Read the full article →