August 2009

Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 30 August 2009

This fall will mark the release of a book project that brings together twelve people who hold both anarchism and religious faith as significant parts of their identities. Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives features anarchists from Christian, Buddhist, Muslim and Daoist traditions whose essays “provide an outline history of some of the leading currents of [...]

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A Taste of New Heaven, New Earth: A Post-Conference Reflection

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 27 August 2009

The New Heaven, New Earth: Anarchism and Christianity Beyond Empire conference brought close to 250 people together to talk, dance, learn, sing, worship, and fellowship. There were rich presentations on civilization and anarcho-primtivism, explorations in anarcho-primitivist parenting, forthright conversations on race, racism and being anti-racist activists, personal stories of living out God’s gift economy, insights [...]

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911 Campaign: Lament Violence, Invest in Peace

by Shane Claiborne 27 August 2009

As we remember the eighth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, we join our voices with the psalmist in a cry of lament: “How long, O Lord, until Abel’s blood stops crying, until justice rolls down like waters, until the lion can lay down with the lamb in a restored creation?” We lament the violence [...]

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Book Review: A People’s History of Christianity

by Michael Iafrate 27 August 2009

The title of Diana Butler Bass’ new book,  A People’s History of Christianity, immediately grabbed my attention, as I am a pretty big fan of Howard Zinn. Indeed, Bass’ book is billed as an attempt to write church history “in the same spirit” as Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States. With this kind [...]

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Breaking Down Dichotomies: Being "Yourself" in a Gendered Reality

by Sarah Lynne 26 August 2009

In light of our recent discussions on Jesus Manifesto about sexuality within the church, I’d like to discuss some thoughts I’ve had based on a conversation with a friend of mine who recently identified herself as transgendered.  This conversation has lead me to think more deeply and seriously about the nature of sexuality, gender, and [...]

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By what authority?

by Paul Munn 26 August 2009

We´ve started a process in our church to select a new elder. There is no pastor in the church (I like that), which means the elders are considered the leaders, and have more authority than perhaps in most churches. Also, we live on a farm with a number of other families, with the church leaders [...]

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Grounded

by JoshuaDbauIII 25 August 2009

When I think about being grounded, I think about assessing the situation in which I happen to find myself. I think about people who are grounded, I think about those who seem to know what is going on in their context and they understand the way in which they are needed; to interact, to [...]

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Is this the kind of fast I have chosen?

by Administrator 22 August 2009

Is this the kind of fast I have chosen,
only a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it only for bowing one’s head like a reed
and for lying on sackcloth and ashes?
Is that what you call a fast,
a day acceptable to the LORD ?
“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen:
to loose the [...]

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put down

by Paul Munn 21 August 2009

She ran her fingers through his thick hair and scratched the back of his head. He smiled at her. He liked that.
“Good boy,” she cooed, “you´re a good old dog.”
“But unfortunately you have good old dog breath, too.” She wrinkled her nose. “Too many meat by-products.” Then she moved around behind the big dog and [...]

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The Tornado, the Baptists, and Old People

by Kimberly Roth 21 August 2009

Lots of girls gathered in the hallway outside of our ground-floor dorm room, having descended from higher floors. A few of us made the potentially unwise decision to sit on the back of our couch, staring out the window at the ominous sky and blowing trees. I looked at my suitemate, “That looks serious.”It was. [...]

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