Song for the Border Crisis
Some days one can only offer the shorthand, SMH. When I hear some of the rhetoric spouted by Christians, even pastors, I wonder just what Jesus a person has been reading.… Continue reading
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Marvel(ing) Over The Amazing Spider-Man 2
My favorite Marvel Comic character growing up in the 1960’s and 70’s was Spiderman. Spiderman came to Marvel in 1962, just one year before I was born. What it would be to have all those old vintage comic books. I could make Comic Con with the crew from Big … Continue reading
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Dehumanization, Gospel Hierarchies, and Illusions or, Time to Stop the Prostitution
One day modern Christianity, especially its conservative forms, will take the humanity of Jesus seriously. Until then we will miss the various ways we miss the mission of God into the world.
A mashup of articles set me to thinking along this trajectory. First, this KPBS article, Sex Trafficking … Continue reading
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Shrinking Women – Poetry as Prophetic Challenge to Systems
Emphasis on high individualism/low community keeps an alertness to interconnectedness at bay. That was at least one of the implications I intended in yesterday’s post. When conversations about social or structural change take place under the rubric of high individualism/low community, the means to explore interconnectedness … Continue reading
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The Media Thought OU Would Ride In On a Scooter – Instead It Was A Schooner
Many Okies touted bravely that our beloved Sooners would represent in the Sugar Bowl. Privately many of us doubted. The media had us believing we were riding into Bayou Country on a scooter. No way the Sooners could stop the Tide from rolling. McCarron was too good. The Tide … Continue reading
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