I’m still reading The Purple Crown: The Politics of Martyrdom by Tripp York. I’m slowly reading through chapter 2, Body: The Field of Combat. In this chapter York attempts to “examine how the early church attempted to reconfigure the body to better perform its doxological role. York says that the “the shaping of the body…
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Christmas as an Overture
Full disclosure: I have not really been in the Christmas spirit this year. In all honesty, I’m almost ready to completely give up on the holiday, totally skip it. Christmas used to be exciting for me; the religious significance was especially important to me. But as of late, it simply does not have the same…
Darlings of God: Perpetua and Felicitas
The day of their victory dawned, and the martyrs went from the prison to the amphitheatre as if they were on their way to heaven. Their faces were radiant; they were beautiful. They were moved, not by fear but by joy. Perpetua followed at a gentle pace, as a great lady of Christ, as the…
This is what kings, presidents and all powerful leaders will do.
6 But when they said, “Give us a king to lead us,” this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.7 And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. 8 As they have…
The Politics of Martyrdom
I’m about two pages into the forward of Tripp York’s book The Purple Crown: The Politics of Martyrdom and I now know that I was right to be excited about finally getting it in the mail yesterday. This from the forward by John D. Roth Through their patient, nonviolent suffering, Christian martyrs expose the futility…
Valley Mosaic: A Creation in Process
I wrote an article recently for the Williamsport Guardian. Their December issue focuses on local faith communities, and I was asked to write about my community Valley Mosaic. A mosaic is an ancient art form which is composed of many individual broken and fragmented pieces that, when arranged by an artist, becomes a beautiful work…
Ade Bethune Iconography
Ade Bethune was a designer, illustrator, painter, writer, community activist and faithful follower of Jesus. She is most famous for her work with the Catholic Worker movement. In the early 1930’s, Ms. Bethune became a disciple of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin, founders of the Catholic Worker Movement. Her designs were often published in The…
The Lord’s Prayer Mennonite Style
Abba Father God, Bless your holy name. Let your reign come now, Let your desires be carried out. Bring your peace to birth, As in heav’n, so on Earth Give us bread, daily; Free us, as we free. When the way is hard, Be our guide and guard. Your rule, power; and praise Reign supreme,…
I just got TransFORMED!
I just joined TransFORM – a missional community formation network! TransFORM: Missional Community Formation from TransFORM on Vimeo.
You’re not you. You’re everyone else.
Ijust read Peter Rollins post on Evangelism. He believes Evangelism can change the world, but his idea of Evangelism is contrary to what most may think. At his community in Ireland, Ikon, they developed an experimental group called ‘The Evangelism Project.” Essentially what they did was go around and allow themselves to be Evangelized by…