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Monthly Archives: March 2017
Republican Christians
Not since the Reformation has the choice been so clear. On one side, Christians who read the red letters of the Bible and find in the teachings of Jesus a call to help the poor, support widows, orphans and aliens, … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Faith, in the news
Tagged Jesus, Red Letter Christians, Republican Christianity
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Family reunion
Note: This isn’t the sort of thing I usually write on this site. But, here it is. A day on Walton’s Mountain Thousands traveled to remote Schuyler, Virginia this weekend for the Waltons 45th Anniversary Reunion. From more than a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Uncategorized
Tagged Earl Hamner Jr., Eric Scott, Jon Walmsley, Judy Norton, Kami Colter, Mary McDonough, Michael Learned, The Waltons, Walton's Mountain
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Resident Aliens
I met Will Willlimon recently. (His preaching technique was exactly what I was taught in seminary. But that’s another story.) In my first semester of seminary I read Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony, written by Willimon and Stanley … Continue reading
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Tagged resident alien, Stanley Hauerwas, Will Willlimon, Willlimon
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Middle class Messiah
Recently I wrote: The Bible is clear. Jesus is with the losers, not the leaders. Jesus was an unemployed Palestinian. A Syrian refugee child. A Honduran roofer. Jesus is the dark-skinned woman cleaning your table, your hotel room, your office. … Continue reading
Shacking up
The Shack, the book and movie, is another stark example of the differences among modern Christians. Some Christians are quick to discredit and criticize a movie they’ve never seen about a book they’ve never read. They casually toss around words … Continue reading
A Prayer for Ash Wednesday
Originally posted on Peculiar Prophet:
He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other…
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