Within a Yard of Hell…
The English missionary C.T. Studd said, “Some want to live within the sound of a church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.”
An admirable conviction! I have friends all over ...
A Little Bird Told Me
A little bird told me. You've probably heard this familiar saying. It comes from the Bible, Ecclesiastes 10:20 to be exact.
The full version is: "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the ri...
Treat Them Like a Tax Collector: Reflections on Matthew 18, Church Discipline, and Andrew
Jesus offers a model for reconciliation in Matthew 18.15-17. Often, these three verses are used for the opposite of this: alienation. These words operate as a law in some settings, when in fact they are mea...
Dorothy Day the "Great Reformer"?
FEB 2, 2012 | BY: SHANE CLAIBORNE -- This morning, at the National Prayer Breakfast, Barack Obama named Dorothy Day...
Collateral Murder and Preemptive Love
Today I was catching up on emails and came across two messages that deeply affected me, maybe because I read them back to back. The first one is from a friend who helped release the “Collateral Murder” video ...
I Believe in a Rebel God
I believe in a rebel God. A subversive system. A dissident discipleship.
Now, I don't know about you, but where I live, most folks who hear that I am a Christian immediately associate this with a religion c...
The People's Prayer Breakfast: An Alternative to the National Prayer Breakfast
How does a Christian live in a power-mad world? A world that, from the perspective of the Beatitudes, is upside down. A world where the poor are getting poorer, and the rich are getting richer? Where natur...
We Need More Cannibals
Today’s article is the third in a series I’m creating this week on inspired vision. On Monday, I wrote about how the nostalgia preached about in contemporary politics actually leans on a system of privilege. Y...