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May 2013

May 27, 2013

Re-Membering Memorial Day with Love

May 13, 2013

Revelation 17: The Whore, The Empire, and A Tale of Two Cities [observations and sermon download]

If you follow this blog regularly (and my Facebook and Twitter feeds), you probably...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

North Korea may bomb the hell out of us and blow us to smithereens, yet we will cling to the instability of hope

***I wrote this article prior to the events in Boston, otherwise my title would...

April 01, 2013

America’s Unforgivable Youth: What Lupe Fiasco can Teach the Church

Growing up, I developed a love for rap music. Yep. Many of you are shocked....

March 2013

March 21, 2013

Comfortable Idolatry? – Padding our prayer benches in the flag

Here is more evidence of nationalism in our culture. This couldn't be further from anything...

March 19, 2013

Is preaching nonviolence bad for evangelism?

Many in the evangelical realm, especially pastors and lay leaders committed to church growth, believe...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Intro to Lent & Fasting by Jarrod McKenna

I'm really diggin' these videos that my friend Jarrod Saul McKenna is putting out in...

February 06, 2013

Confronted by Peace: the surprise of nonviolence is leading my friend out of the army

KURT: An Email I received on July 25, 2012 -- MATT YOUNG (20-year-old soldier): Sir,...

February 04, 2013

Drone Strikes: the New Crucifixion

[Yesterday and Today on Pangea, I'm highlighting an important issue: Drone Strikes. Our nation increasingly...

February 03, 2013

From the Sky: a film about drone strikes, family, and resistance

[Editor's Note from Kurt Willems: Today and tomorrow on Pangea, I'm highlighting an important issue:...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

The “will of God” is an excuse to not follow Jesus?

HT: Rebecca Kasparek I think that fellow Anabaptist blogger, Drew G.I. Hart makes a great...

January 09, 2013

The Ugly Beauty of the Kingdom of God

Much in the world is ugly. Ugliness manifests itself in ways that we hope never...

January 01, 2013

From the Margins: Following Jesus in a post-Christian culture

[This article originally appeared in winter 2012 issue of In Part, the magazine for the...

December 2012

December 24, 2012

An Unexpected King – A Christmas Eve Reflection on Jesus, Empire, & the Poor

Below I offer a brief Advent devotional for this Christmas Eve. This was published in...

December 23, 2012

Who Stole Christmas – N.T. Wright or the Grinch?

I loved this article! Thanks to Michael Gorman for posting it to FB. Excerpt from...

December 14, 2012

The God who cries when children die

"The history of our world is the history of our suffering together. Every act of...

December 12, 2012

Christ comes to us today to prepare us for his 2nd coming

This morning as I was reading Common Prayer: liturgy for ordinary radicals, a quote stood...

December 03, 2012

Puppies and the Kingdom of God

Some people may think that I'm "over the top" when it comes to dealing with...

October 2012

October 18, 2012

The Impossibility of Being President and Following Jesus

Content Director's Note: This post is a part of our Election Month at Patheos feature....

October 16, 2012

Red Letter Dialogues: Review and Introduction (Claiborne and Campolo)

By re-focusing our attention on the basics, the red letters of the Bible, these authors...

October 09, 2012

The Red Letter Revolution has begun! What if Jesus meant what he said?

A question that many younger followers of Jesus are asking is: What if Jesus meant...

October 01, 2012

Giving away 20 free copies of Red Letter Revolution by Claiborne and Campolo

THIS CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY OVER! I ENCOURAGE YOU, ASSUMING YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM...

September 2012

September 07, 2012

Why We Eat Together (Shane Claiborne, Chris Haw, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove)

The Work of the People produced a series of small group videos based around the...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Christian Politics – Speak truth. Be truth. That’s it!

Speak truth. Be truth. That’s it! That’s how I’d summarize the role of Christians in...

August 02, 2012

Church Plant Journal #3: Prayer Partners (#SeattlePlant2013)

In the summer of 2013, I will be relocating with my wife and a core...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Can Porn be used responsibly?

My view is that porn always removes God from the center replacing the Divine with...

July 30, 2012

The Problem of Selective Fundamentalism (abortion & LGBT) – Shane Claiborne

What do you think? Some may feel he goes "too far" (conservatives) and others may...

July 23, 2012

Taking a “Should” on our Spiritual Lives

One of the things that I'm discovering about spiritual disciplines is that I often take...

July 12, 2012

Official Christian Tablet Should Really Be Called Crap Android Tablet (Gizmodo)

FROM GIZMODO: Official Christian Tablet Should Really Be Called Crap Android Tablet H/T: Scot from...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Idol-ology: when our ideas or experiences replace God

I tend to have a bit of pendulum swing, back and forth, between two areas...