Thursday, December 18, 2008

Rick Warren, Obama, church and state

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Yesterday morning I heard on NPR that Obama has chosen Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration on January 20, 2009. Warren is...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Slaughter of the Innocents: The Iraq War as seen through the lens of Matthew 2

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The gospel of Matthew (Chapter Two) records a terrifying tale of the massacre of numerous innocent lives instigated by a political leader an...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Polyrhythmic Preaching

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The rhythm is certainly one of the most fundamental characteristics of the utterance of a language---R.H. Stetson, linguist Where I come fr...
Sunday, December 14, 2008

Remembering Rightly: Reflections on Memory, Truth, and Healing

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How we remember wrongs done to us as individuals and collectively as a people is an important part of healing in a violent world. This is th...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

On Preaching Peace

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(Christ) came and proclaimed peace…. Ephesians 2:17 Peace and justice are essential to the reconciling gospel. And preaching is a significa...

Just Coffee: Caffeine with a Conscience

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I have made two trips to Agua Prieta, Mexico on Mennonite Central Committee learning tours done in cooperation with the Peace and Justice Su...
Friday, December 12, 2008

Scratchboards by Leo Hartshorn

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

Broken Walls, Crossed Borders: a meditation on Ephesians 2:12-22

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In Robert Frost’s poem Mending Wall he quotes an American aphorism “Good fences make good neighbors.” In this truism, or should I say “fal...