December 2009

Economics, Now.

by Heather Schommer 30 December 2009

We’re fighting for an economy of mercy.

When you tell people you believe (or hope for) universal reconciliation the knee jerk reaction is that you don’t believe in hell.
Well, I believe in hell. I believe in hell for two reasons.
First, humans have committed horrific evils and the notion that God’s wrath isn’t kindled in the face of these atrocities is ludicrous. Universalism [...]

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Remember the Holy Innocents

by Mark Van Steenwyk 29 December 2009

Today, according to some accounts, is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. The Holy Innocents are those boys under the age of two who Herod (out of fear of coming King of the Jews) killed in Bethlehem. Many traditions regard these masacred children to be the first martyrs, for they (in a very literal sense) [...]

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Revealing the Un-Kingdom of God

by Mark Van Steenwyk 28 December 2009

Traditional kingship (with absolute power, hoards of wealth, and power over the weak) has nothing to do Jesus; it’s something Jesus rejected (John 6:15). Traditional kings demand allegiance and servitude, but Jesus is about liberation—from suffering, sickness and death, exclusion, persecution, and our own sin. Jesus is a “king” who serves the “least of these”, [...]

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Free-for-All Jesus Radicals conference media

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 27 December 2009

We’re happy to report that we have video recordings from the anarchism and Christianity conference to share—and they are free. Thanks to videographer and producer Ljuba Miltsova (Cation Productions), you can see this year’s presentations by Layla AbdelRahim (“A Lullaby for the Planet: Undressing Ourselves for a Viable Parenthood”) and John Zerzan (“Anarcho-Primitivism versus [...]

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Blessed Christmas to you all!

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 25 December 2009

Thanks be to God for coming to us and being with us in the incarnation of Jesus! We hope that your Advent and Christmas seasons have been filled with as much resistance to consumerism and unnecessary waste as you can muster, and a renewed focus on reclaiming the true reason we celebrate in these days. [...]

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Welcome to Cop-enhagen

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 22 December 2009

Police in riot gear brandishing pepper-spray. Protesters arrested without provocation. Handcuffed bodies sitting on cold concrete streets. Physical abuse on caged human beings. Deliberate humiliation and the denial of so-called “basic rights.”
These are the kinds of mementos thousands of eco-activists will take home after vigorously protesting the failed Cop-enhagen talks on what I like to [...]

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My Introduction to Anarchy and Chrisitanity

by Leo Day Hennacy 21 December 2009

This is called MY introduction rather than AN introduction due to the fact that everyone is unique and has their own take on these ideas. It would be misleading to assume that I could posit an introduction to these ideas that would be collective, embodying the thoughts of all people dealing with these issues, and [...]

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What if?: Obama, the Nobel and the Lordship of Jesus

by Jarrod McKenna 21 December 2009

What if? What if Obama’s speech had not simply referenced Gandhi and King but followed them in following the way of Jesus? I have a number of friends like Nobel Prize nominee John Dear and Ken Butigan who has articulately raised concerns about Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr’s teachings [...]

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Memphis officials scrooge over the homeless for the holidays

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 8 December 2009

Late last week, an alert on the Catholic Worker e-list caught my attention. The subject line of “War on homeless accelerated in Memphis” grabbed my attention by itself, but given that we just had the annual Jesus Radicals conference in that city, I was even more intrigued. I was sad to read the following message, [...]

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