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To celebrate MLK Day next week, I wrote a short piece on Martin Luther King, Jr. for the Mennonite Weekly Review. It highlights the King that won’t be remembered on his day. Here’s an excerpt:
Most of us don’t want to remember what King didn’t want us to forget: that the racial violence that birthed colonial [...]

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The Jesus for President campaign came to Raleigh, N.C. on July 22nd. Chris Haw, Shane Claiborne, and their crew took the stage at 7pm. People started filling the seats at 6:30, anticipating the acclaimed campaign. For two and a half hours, Shane and Chris spoke about Jesus and politics to an attentive crowd. Although our [...]

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Congregational Prayer: 5.25.2008 (lectionary text: Isaiah 49:8-16Isaiah 49:8-16English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEVThe Lord Will Lead His People Home

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Here’s sermon I decided not to preach. I think it’s good, but I realized that it’s not necessarily what my church needs to hear—the Holy Spirit led me elsewhere at the last minute (it seems like God always interrupts a good thing). If you’re into politics, it may be interesting for you. The idea for [...]

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I imagine that I’m a latecomer to this bit of news, but I thought I’d share it here for those who are like me—with their head in the sand most of the time.

Last week during a Q & A time with presidential candidate John Kerry at the University of Florida, a student was violently forced [...]

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I was frightened and disturbed a few weeks ago when I read excerpts from a meeting president Bush had in Israel earlier. This is probably old news for most of the savvy folks out there who follow the blogs. Nonetheless, here’s the line that makes me worry:
According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: ‘God told [...]

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Stanley Hauerwas never gets old. He’s like an aged wine. Well, if he could keep some wine in the cellar it might age properly. But he just can’t keep from publishing books—it’s like one every year! He recently came out with The State of the University. And last year it was his commentary on [...]

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I switched on the radio on my way to pick up my wife from work yesterday. And I half-listened to a report of a community in Nevada protesting a possible test conducted by the The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (funded by the US Department of Defense). It was a good story—quite interesting and informative. But [...]

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Dear Friendly-political-evangelist-lady-who-came-knocking-on-our-door-this-afternoon-encouraging-us-to-get-out-and-vote,

First off thanks for caring enough about the country and the whole democratic process to go knocking on doors in the rain encouraging people to vote. Here’s some pointers that may improve your chance for success:

Please don’t assume I vote like you or that I vote along a party line. Phrases like [...]

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The world cup came to a shocking finish on Sunday. I am sure this is old news to most everyone out there. The shock didn’t come from some electrifying, game-winning goal in the last minutes of the match. Rather, the global audience of the final game could not believe their eyes when this World Cup’s [...]

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