Every member of the community has a role
At lunch time, I was reading Yoder’s section on The Fullness of Christ in Body Politics. This is great: The Paul of Ephesians uses the term the fullness of Christ to describe a new mode of group...
View ArticleNew Series Intro: Mormonism, Racism, and Romney
Today, a new four part series I was putting together will go up. 4 kind-of short posts focusing on the LDS church, its history with racism, and the connection to Mitt Romney. The point of it all is to...
View ArticleMormonism, Racism, and Romney: Part 1
The scriptures in the LDS church are the Bible, the Book of Mormon, the Pearl of Great Price, and The Doctrine and Covenants. There are 138 sections in The Doctrine and Covenants, along with two...
View ArticleMormonism, Racism, and Romney: Part 2
Continued from part 1 No religion should change it’s doctrines based on the movement of the culture it happens to be in. If you watch the video, linked to in the original article, of Tim Russert...
View ArticleMormonism, Racism, and Romney: Part 3
Continued from part 2 Mitt Romney, like so many other LDS members until 1978, supported the practices and teachings of the church–in particular the LDS leadership–over the people. He contributed to the...
View ArticleMormonism, Racism and Romney: Part 4
Continued from part 3 LDS members today need to be honest about the racist history of the church. But who is responsible? If it is God who is solely responsible for the prolonged suppression of blacks,...
View ArticleMartin Luther King Jr., “The Drum Major Instinct”
May my living not be in vain. A sermon so powerful and so relevant. How easy it would be to imagine listening to this sermon this coming Lord’s Day. Martin Luther King Jr., “The Drum Major Instinct”...
View ArticleElection Day: Choosing to Remember
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, “This is my body,...
View ArticleThoughts on the Reign of God
Contrary to what is frequently believed, the reign of God does not consist in a state or in some institutionalized social system. The reign of God is not even a “state of affairs.” Rather, it is a...
View ArticleJesus cleansed the Temple without violence
Got involved in (what I thought was) a quality Facebook discussion on the teachings and example of Jesus with respect to whether or not Christians can defend themselves with violence against an...
View ArticleRemembering the fallen children
Earlier today, Wes Howard-Brook posted some excellent and inspirational thoughts on Newtown, drones, and the unbalanced not just reporting but uproar on the part of the American people. He posted his...
View ArticleThe drone attacks must stop
Since I wrote the post on remembering the fallen children back ages ago on Christmas Eve 2012, wherein drone attacks on Pakistan were at 303, we’ve now reached 306. And tack on several more in Yemen....
View ArticleLincoln clarified his racism
It’s always good to be clear: I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races-that I am not nor...
View ArticleBook Review: Neighbors and Wise Men
Neighbors and Wise Men by Tony Kriz (a.k.a. Tony the Beat Poet from Blue Like Jazz) is something of an anomaly to me. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. It’s essentially a biographical sketch,...
View ArticleBook Review: Red Letter Revolution
Red Letter Revolution is a conversation between Shane Claiborne and Tony Campolo on current, important social and theological issues, and attempt to form their conversation around the core stated in...
View ArticleBlack NFL Coaches and American Poverty
Yesterday on NPR I caught a brief discussion on the status of black head coaches in the NFL. After the recent annual firing and hiring session (always happens that first few weeks after the season...
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Survey: Guns and the Church
The purpose of this survey is to get a glimpse at how Christians today view guns, gun ownership, and the possession and possible use of guns within a church gathering. Whether you are part of a home...
View ArticleSee. We have this thing about oaths
We’re Anabaptists. And, well, we have this thing about taking oaths. It’s our thing. Will David pointed out a peculiar state bill that Arizona Republican Representatives have proposed. Instead of just...
View ArticleWWJLD? bracelets anyone
Recently, David French wrote about the not-controversial-enough subject of Christians and self-defense. He has a piece from 25 January 2013, which really is just a slightly revised reposting of his...
View ArticleOn Abortion, Value, and Life
On 23 January, Mary Elizabeth Williams put forth a fairly short article titled, “So what if abortion ends life?” The subtitle gives only a hint at content of the article: “I believe that life starts at...
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