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DJesus UnCrossed SNL Skit and the Violence of American Christianity
Warning, the following video has violent and bloody imagery. If this offends you, do not watch the SNL skit. Many have written about this skit over the past couple of days. My view is that their...
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America’s Unforgivable Youth: What Lupe Fiasco can Teach the Church
By Scott Sandars from Melbourne, Australia (Lupe Fiasco) [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Growing up, I developed a love for rap music. Yep. Many of...
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North Korea may bomb the hell out of us and blow us to smithereens, yet we...
If this image is not to be shared, please feel free to contact me and I will take it down. ***I wrote this article prior to the events in Boston, otherwise my title would have been a bit more...
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Re-Membering Memorial Day with Love
photo © 2010 US Army Africa | more info Remember… …that life is a gift. To call it a gift is to imply that we did not earn it. Life is grace. Peace preserves life. So on this Memorial Day weekend we...
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When Violence Hits Home: “sparing the rod,” spanking, & peaceful parenting
[Kurt's Editor Note: The following article, written by Rachel Boldwyn, reflects my general approach to spanking. Lauren and I have no plans to spank our daughter, for the reasons listed in this article...
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The Global Immersion Project – everyday peacemakers. global conflict....
Kurt’s Introduction: Some of you may already know, I’m currently preparing for a trip to Israel/Palestine. Not only is it a dream come true to get to walk where Jesus walked, but this trip is quite...
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Introducing “PangeaCast”– a new missional/anabaptist podcast resource
I’ve pondered starting a podcast for years. Tried it once but didn’t have the time to really invest. Now that I’m leading a church community, it seems like the time has come.PangeaCast is the digital...
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Revelation #1: Anabaptist Apocalyptic Fever, a Fresh Word, and Exile
Yesterday at Pangea Communities we began the LONG journey preaching through the book of Revelation. I spend some time in this first talk wrestling with apocalyptic fanaticism in my own tradition of...
View ArticleGiving Up on Nonviolence: For Those Who Want to Believe Peace is Possible
The more I watch the news, scroll through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and listen to NPR, the more I wonder if peace is possible. The idea that we are progressing as a human race is simply folly....
View ArticleEntering Jesus’ Kingdom of Shalom
Recently, I’ve spent some time thinking about the kingdom of God. I continue to come back to the availability of God’s kingdom–that it is an already and not yet reality. It is a kingdom that can be...
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