April 2011

Easter for the Animals

by Nekeisha Alexis-Baker 28 April 2011

To say that Jesus came to save the world means not only that Jesus came to save us, but also that Jesus came to save the animals. Jesus quite literally took the place of the animals so that that they would not have to take the place of us. — Stephen H. Webb1
Over the past [...]

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A Holy Queering: Rewilding Civilized Sexualities

by Chelsea Collonge 27 April 2011

The ideas of civilization and the acts of colonization that seek to domesticate and control that which is inherently wild and good in God’s creation, depend on a mass of binaries—complexities of the natural and social world systemically and robotically reduced to digestible “opposites”. The opposites—male/female, straight/queer, white/black, rational/erotic, human/animal, among others—are assigned values in [...]

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Life After Easter

by Matt Matheson 26 April 2011

He is risen!
He is risen indeed.
So…now what?
Easter is the most important celebratory day in the Christian faith – probably the single greatest day in all of history. On that Sunday, Jesus of Nazareth got up after having been dead – really, totally, dead – for over 36 hours, and walked out of the tomb in [...]

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Resurrection!

by Mark Van Steenwyk 25 April 2011

He is the eighth day of creation
The root of liberation.
Calling us to sedition
Against marketers and politicians.
And recruitment centers and malls.
New car dealerships and city halls.
Against wasteful greed and needless war.
We don’t need that shit no more.
It’s the jubilee year.
A new life is here.
No debts between one another.
No kings, but sisters and brothers.
No more macho b.s.
No [...]

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Hosanna

by Maria Kirby 19 April 2011

Sunday was Palm Sunday–the beginning of Holy Week. It is the day we remember how the Jews celebrated Jesus coming to Jerusalem riding on a donkey. They carpeted the road with their jackets and waved flags of palm branches as he rode past. They were sure that he was the Messiah and [...]

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The Holy Nation

by AJ Smith 19 April 2011

Throughout the narrative of Scripture we are presented with a plethora of literary masterpieces: From epic tales to romantic poetry, and from end-times prophesy to heart-wrenching tragedy, just to name a few. As lovely and hopeful as many of these stories may be, few who are familiar with the text can forget some of its [...]

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British Nuclear Weapons: A Jesus Radical Witness to Church and State

by Stuart Blythe 13 April 2011

Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, near Faslane, some twenty five miles North West of Scotland’s largest city of Glasgow is the base for Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent. This takes the form of Trident missiles carried on four nuclear powered submarines. On the 16th April 2011 an ‘Easter Peace Witness’ as part of the campaign [...]

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South Pacific Christian Anarchist gathering 15-18 April

by Graham Cameron 5 April 2011

Our next South Pacific Christian Anarchist gathering is rapidly approaching.
At 5.30pm, Friday 15 April all are welcome at the opening powhiri [formal Māori welcome] at Hine Nui o te Ao Katoa Marae in Otaki, Aotearoa New Zealand. For more information or to register (not that we really do that) you can email Caleb caleb.m.anderson@gmail.com
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SEX. RACE. MONEY. Rolling Away the Stone in the Beloved Community

by Administrator 4 April 2011

Event announcement: New Web course
This Resurrection Season we ask: Is my liberation bound up in yours?
The Hosanna! People’s Seminary (H!PS) Communities Initiative is hosting an Eastertide liberation training program, SEX. RACE. MONEY. Rolling Away the Stone in the Beloved Community. Well facilitated sessions on gender/sexuality and class/race in our communities will include presentations by Onleilove [...]

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