Intrinsic to fundraising is how one sells it. This certainly was true when I told others about my upcoming delegation to Kurdistan with Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and Christian Peacemaker Teams. Either people have never heard of Kurdistan or understand it as being an ally for the US. I usually had to explain how Kurdistan isContinue reading “overthinking my iraqi kurdistan delegation in hopes for transformation”
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st. marx and st. basil: distributing according to the needs of others
From each according to their ability, to each according to their needs!1 St. Marx You begrudge your fellow human beings what you yourself enjoy; taking wicked counsel in your soul, you consider not how you might distribute to others according to their needs, but rather how, after having received so many good things, you mightContinue reading “st. marx and st. basil: distributing according to the needs of others”
prayer for a people in the throes of martyrdom
This prayer is from Fernando Bermúdez’ Death and Resurrection in Guatemala (1986, pgs 74-75). Its words resonate with my holy longing for social justice in America. I updated some of the language and emphasized where I thought was appropriate. Lord, may your Gospel be for me not a book, but Good News, lived and shared. MayContinue reading “prayer for a people in the throes of martyrdom”
deconstructing sovereignty with a relational god
The thought of a sovereign God rattles my bones and not in a good way. As a child, I would listen to my Mom’s Sunday School lessons on biblical characters and try to grasp at their closeness to God. I wanted to be the young Samuel and have God wake me up in the middleContinue reading “deconstructing sovereignty with a relational god”
black flag theology 