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December 2017

December 11, 2017

Jesus’ Radical Kingdom Reformation within Judaism (and some stuff about The Reformation)

ust like Luther, and the later reformers 500 years ago, the message of Jesus upset...

June 2017

June 06, 2017

I Wanted War – and I Was Wrong (Zach Hoag)

[Kurt Note: Zach is someone that I respect. A lot. In fact, he and I...

October 2015

October 20, 2015

Giving Up on Nonviolence: For Those Who Want to Believe Peace is Possible

The more I watch the news, scroll through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and listen...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Many American Christians Would Call for the Execution of St. Paul #KellyonMyMind

In no way do I want to create a one-for-one correlation between St. Paul and...

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Story, Structure and Scripture: Reading the Bible in the 21st Century

KURT NOTE: The following is a guest post by Ryan Furlong. Deep stuff here! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------...

March 2015

March 17, 2015

Politicized Christology in Christianized Politics: “Constantinianism” of “Right” and “Left”

This is a guest post to get us thinking about political discourse as Christians. Thanks...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Lent: Because Sometimes Rich Christians Simply Need to Starve a Little

“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These are powerful words...

January 2015

January 27, 2015

Giving up Hell for a Year: How it could revolutionize our relationships

I believe in Hell. Hell is real, in one form or another. Hell on earth is...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

Ethical Children’s Books for the Christian Activist Family

In this post, I've attempted to create a list of books for families who are followers...

November 2014

November 18, 2014

10 Podcasts on the Book of Revelation and Empire

Revelation is a book of hope. Revelation is a book of sacrifice. Revelation is a...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

God’s Story, Our Story & the Ancient Church: The Christian Life is Like Shakespeare

Last night we continued in our series at Pangea Communities called Threads. This is a...

August 18, 2014

Can You Lose Your Salvation? Competing Views from Mark Driscoll & Greg Boyd

In the past several weeks, much controversy has arisen over Mark Driscoll and the church...

August 11, 2014

My upcoming talk for Missio Alliance’s conference on Anabaptism

Hi friends. Not sure if you have heard, but in September a great conference is...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Christians and July 4th: Celebrate with Kingdom Lenses – Not Americanized Ones

For the past several years I have publicly discussed why I tend to avoid associating...

June 02, 2014

Hookah & the Gospel of Reconciliation: Loving Muslim Neighbors

Many of you know that a few months ago I had the unique opportunity to...

May 2014

May 25, 2014

A Pacifist’s Prayer on Memorial Day

God, help us to remember… …that life is a gift. To call it a gift...

May 06, 2014

We Refuse to be Enemies: The Next Dr. King or Gandhi lives in Palestine

Over the past couple of months I've occasionally posted my reflections from an experience I...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Cultivate Seattle: a one-day conference on peacemaking & mission (discount!)

Having just returned from a peacemaking trip to Israel/Palestine, under the leadership of the Global...

February 2014

February 13, 2014

The Global Immersion Project – everyday peacemakers. global conflict. #IsraelPalestine

Kurt's Introduction: Some of you may already know, I'm currently preparing for a trip to...

February 04, 2014

Free eBook: Evolution & Scripture are NOT Mutually Exclusive – Ham & Nye are both wrong

Most folks probably know that Ken Ham and Bill Nye just debated the origins of...

January 2014

January 28, 2014

A Liturgical-Anabaptist Worship Gathering: our “worship script” from last sunday

Many people often ask me about how Pangea Communities: a movement of peace, justice, &...

January 27, 2014

What a “Missional Community” is and isn’t: understanding the basics

In what follows, I'm sharing with you what I shared with our church plant Core...

December 2013

December 16, 2013

Defining Sin in a Better Way: Shalom Disrupted

In this post, I want to briefly look at the issue of "sin." It's a...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

Armed with the Weapon of Peace

*Written by Joey LeTourneau Peace is my weapon. It could be yours too. In a...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #2: Missional

This is the second post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Is preaching nonviolence bad for evangelism?

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

January 2013

January 16, 2013

My Nonviolent “Tipping Point” – How I Finally Adopted Pacifism

I never liked Anabaptism. In fact, I actively looked for examples of Mennonites that broke...

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 13, 2012

What are we selling this Christmas? – Why Jesus was born in Bethlehem and not Rome

Each year Christmas comes along and so do various controversies. The first of these is...