Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing Dennis A. Jacobsen – 2001, Augsburg Fortress Publishers Notes/Outline: Chapter 2: The World as It Should Be Story of author getting kicked out of leading Bible Study in prison. “Power without love is tyranny, love without power is sentimentality.” Chapter 3 : Engaging the Public Arena “the church is […]
Compassion: A Reflection on the Christian Life Henri J. M. Nouwen Donald P. McNeill Douglas A. Morrison 2005, Image Finished February, 2013 Outline/Notes: Introduction The primary lens through which most of us view the world is competition. Compassion can play a small part of that competition, like the eraser on the end of a pencil. […]
How Much is Enough? Hungering for God in an Affluent Culture Arthur Simon – 2003, Baker Books Finished January, 2013 Summary/Notes: A Preliminary Word A quick overview of the book. One: That Seductive Urge Serve God over mammon. Two: Fat Wallets, Empty Lives Christians must become less possessed by “things” and more awakened to […]
I preached this sermon at Grace United Methodist Church on July 29, 2012. We’ve got a tantalizingly juicy Scripture for you this morning. If you had stayed at home and watched the most obscene thing you could find on cable TV, it wouldn’t be as bad as this. Now, that I’ve got your attention, “A reading from […]
I was recently invited to speak to a Sunday School class at Faith Presbyterian Church about theological support for welcoming immigrants. It is adapted from my earlier response to the introduction of Alabama HB 56. Below is the text of my comments to the Sunday School class. Theological Support for Adopting a Welcoming Stance Toward […]
Last month for the last book of my JustFaith class, I read Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. The book came at a good time for me in my life as I was pondering vocation and two or three different potential futures. The big take away from the book […]
I recently had a chance to be a part of putting together a theological and biblical critique of HB 56, which is a tough anti-immigration bill already passed into law by the Alabama legislature and signed by the governor. The opening pages of the bill list the intentions of the bill followed by a bunch […]