Jesus Got Shot for You: The Gospel in Contemporary Images (or An Extended Allusion to Romans 1-8)
Walter Scott and Eric Harris, both unarmed black men fleeing from police, were shot and killed in the span of six days at the beginning of April. The officers who shot them have each been charged with crimes, and the…
Things That Make for Peace
In the middle of his royal welcome into Jerusalem Jesus wept over the city, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes” (Luke…
The Good News of Peace
An Open Letter to Pastors in My City: Dear Co-Laborers, I had planned to write this message months ago, but talked myself out of it because I didn’t think I was the one who should write it. Then I…
Dr. King on Marching
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thoughts on marching from the 1966 essay “Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom,” followed by a brief comment: When Negroes marched, so did the nation. The power of the nonviolent march is indeed a mystery….
What I Saw in Ferguson
I felt a new fear when six or seven police cruisers with lights and sirens on pulled quickly into the vacant commercial lot where our march was getting organized. I have felt nervous about getting a ticket before, but this…
Back to Herod
When Jesus was a child not more than two years old his neighborhood became too dangerous to live in. All the toddlers were being murdered. Not because they were toddlers, but because desperate and violent men were so blinded by…
If the Church Did Its Job… and I Did Too.
“If the church did its job, the government wouldn’t have to.” So says the person who is volunteering to cut their net income by at least $9,000 next year in order for the church to take on the job of…
If the Church Did Its Job
During the recent debates about food stamps and the health care act I’ve heard a familiar statement repeated again: “The government is doing the church’s job.” Let’s assume the sentiment is sincere, that Good Christian wants the poor to be…
A Great Book
Here’s a video promoting Don Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What story are you telling? from Rhetorik Creative on Vimeo. If you go to Emmanuel, you may remember that I referenced this book during our Renewal…
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