“Class Warfare” in Mary’s Magnificat?
As our call to worship the fourth Sunday in Advent, we read Mary's Magnificat, a prophetic song that she bursts into in Luke 1:46-55 after her cousin Elizabeth confirms that she has the son of God in her wo...
Occupy the Manger: How God Does Revolution
Occupy the manger. I’m sick of phrases that begin with occupy. But that’s what God did. He occupied a manger in the form of a baby born to a poor pregnant teen whose fiancé believed she was a virgin and refu...
I’m Thankful for My Government
It might seem strange to say, but I'm thankful for my government. I'm not necessarily talking about the politicians in Congress whose commitment to ideology over reality is driving our country into the ground....
Failure of Personhood (in Mississippi and Elsewhere)
I was honestly surprised last Tuesday when Mississippi rejected the referendum that would have legally defined “personhood” as beginning at conception. I figured the personhood movement targeted Mississippi ...
I Want To Be In The 1% Who Get God’s Grace
There have been a number of photos circulating the Internet in which people hold posters that say why they are or are not part of “the 99%” represented by the Occupy Wall Street movement. The pro-99% posters ...
“If you’re not rich, blame yourself” (Herman Cain vs. John Wesley)
"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Thus says Herman Cain to the unemployed Wall Street protestors. I understand why he said it. He wants to live in a world where the American Dre...
Whose Side Does God Take?
I have a problem that perhaps you can relate to. I’m very good at taking sides according to the lines that the world draws for me rather than taking Jesus’ side. Right now, we are living in the midst of a st...
Creating a Culture of Life Against Ideology and Capital
I heard a sermon recently on the need to create a “culture of life” instead of the “culture of death” that we currently have in our society. Not only do we love violence in our movies and video games, but our ...
The Church of Outrage vs. The Church of Vulnerability
Buy cialis soft onlinelt="" width="240" height="160" />In the buildup to the US invasion of Iraq, a haunting video got circulated of Saddam Hussein standing in a room of people who were giving him a standi...
We Are All Illegal
We are all illegal aliens in the kingdom of God granted entry only by the amnesty of Christ’s blood. That is the strange foundational truth of Christianity. There is nothing I can do to get a green card that...