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December 2016

December 01, 2016

The Hopeful Politics of “Everyday Attentive Reciprocity”

"We think that it is most vitally in and through concrete practices of tending to...

November 2016

November 17, 2016

A Politics of Hope in the Trump Age

Over the last week, I've been reflecting on how we can find hope in these...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

Indiana’s New RFRA Bill Hits Home on Indy’s Near Eastside

An article broke in the Indianapolis Star this afternoon, announcing that in response to Indiana's...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

A School for Kindness?

What we are calling Slow Church, could be perhaps thought of as seeing our local...

March 2014

March 27, 2014

“A Great Day For the Children of Indiana”

We were honored to host a momentous occasion here at Englewood Christian Church today. Because...

October 2013

October 21, 2013

Is It Time for Post-Partisan Politics?

It's time for us to declare that Congress has made themselves irrelevant. We are now...

August 2013

August 22, 2013

Slow and Local are Where We Must Begin.

A Response to Jamie Smith... I can’t help feeling like the brilliant young philosophy professor...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

The Hope-full Politics of the Table

The following is a reflection that I will share tomorrow night as part of...

August 2012

August 02, 2012

Recovering a Politics of Lament in Our Faith Communities

An article that I wrote for the Huffington Post went live today... This article is...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Lament, Confession and The Politics of Jesus.

This is the third Slow Church post in a short series about Lament and the...

June 2012

June 15, 2012

Conversation, Identity and Christian Unity.

I have been keenly following Timothy Dalrymple's posts this week about partisan scorn and his...

December 2011

December 12, 2011

[Daily Advent Reflection] The Politics of Elijah

The Politics of Elijah. Daily Advent Reflection. Chris Smith. I Kings 18:1-18. Monday, December 12,...

October 2011

October 17, 2011

CCDA Recap. (Or, May our means fit our ends).

I spent the bulk of last week at the Christian Community Development Association’s annual conference,...