May 2011

Conference Communique 2011: Speaker & session updates; Funds needed

by Administrator 31 May 2011

In Brave New World: Anarchism and Christianity for the Coming Age conference news…
Speakers
We have added more speakers to this year’s line-up, including:

Autumn Brown – mother, organizer, theologian, artist, facilitator who is affiliated with (Common Fire Foundation) and the smartMeme Strategy and Training Project.
Carrie Feldman — Minneapolis activist, grand jury resister and participate with Coldsnap [...]

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Stations of the Cross-#10

by Mike Fiala 30 May 2011

Stations of the Cross-#10 Jesus is stripped of his garments Good Friday, April 10,1998
at the corner of Fulton and Lorain; future site of Hollywood Video
Is Cleveland Jerusalem?
Are we among the crowd and women
who follow him from the city center to Golgotha?
Is this how the new earth and heaven are brought forth?
Land stripped of human [...]

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Iconocast Episode 29: Joyce Hollyday

by the Iconocast Collective 26 May 2011

In this episode, Joanna and Mark interview Joyce Hollyday.
Joyce is a co-founder and co-pastor of Circle of Mercy, an ecumenical congregation in Asheville, North Carolina as well as a founder of Word and World–an experiment in alternative theological education bridging the gulf between the seminary, the sanctuary, and the street. She served for fifteen years [...]

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An Embarrassing Truth: Unwinding Privilege and Hypocrisy from Within

by Jason Winton 24 May 2011

Perdoname, nunca lo haré mas. These words ought to haunt anyone who thinks to say them. They are the words of the overly confident disciple: “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will” (Matthew 26:33). Most people, if they promise that way at all, do so sparingly. I guess we sense, [...]

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The prodigal shepherd

by Mike Fiala 23 May 2011

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The Kingdom Without Borders or Nations

by Adam Dickson 17 May 2011

Recently, I travelled with a group some distance across the country to visit two good friends of ours. During this visit, we sat in relatively comfortable chairs in a spacious and lightly-decorated meeting lounge surrounded by colourful works of art. A nearby television hanging over a children’s area played Disney movies. As one of several [...]

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as many churches, as many called out

by Mike Fiala 16 May 2011

52 nails hammered into
the cross of Christ
penetrate flesh, hit home.

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Iconocast Episode 28: Jonathan Moyer

by the Iconocast Collective 12 May 2011

In this episode, Joanna and Mark interview Jonathan Moyer, co-founder of the Groupee.
The Groupee system is an alternative medium of exchange created by a community of Mennonites in Denver, Colorado for the broader church. The Groupee is a wooden token that is exchangeable for the time, labor and materials of other members of the community [...]

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Repenting of Christianity

by Mark Van Steenwyk 11 May 2011

If we are going to follow Christ, we need to repent of our Christianity.
Granted, there is no such “thing” as Christianity–Christianity has always been a messy constellation of ideas and traditions. But, for the most part, few (if any) of those ideas and traditions remain untainted from the stain of domination. So, I grant that [...]

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Standing in the Rain in San Francisco

by Rob Ham 11 May 2011

In a swirling, misty wet wind, courtesy of the Pacific ocean, we stood across the street from the Masonic Auditorium atop Nob Hill in San Francisco. There were only a few hundred of us huddled up against, Grace Cathedral bundled up and shivering, but we were there nonetheless. With us was the growing gulf between [...]

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