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’ve been thinking about the way different people are faithful (from the Christian tradition) and I can think of at least five modes of being faithful to God. Piety Service Social Justice Evangelism Orthodoxy All of these have some degree of importance in my mind. Yet I think it is the first mode that most […]