Sep 24 2014
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Would Jesus Occupy Wall Street?

Protests in Ferguson, rallies in Hong Kong, and the Occupy Movement: People challenging systems and structures clamber for my attention. Should faithful followers of Jesus get involved in these political and economic wrangling?

Sep 04 2014
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Christ Our Bastard

My grandmother was doing some genealogical research on her maternal ancestors. This was quite some time after her mother had passed away….

Feb 21 2014
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In the Service of Donkeys

The heat of Cairo in the summer can be unforgiving. When added to the smells in the garbage village, zeal melts into lethargy. I remember climbing the hill inside this garbage-collectors community to the Coptic Christian monastery where we lived with a team of American college students…

Jan 24 2014
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Jesus on Wall Street?

At the end of 2013, Pope Francis I released an exhortation he called Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) decrying free market capitalism which he described as an economy of exclusion and inequality. In doing so he stirred up a wasp’s nest of criticism….