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October 2015

October 20, 2015

The Sexual Exploitation of Young Girls & the Kingdom of Christ

Sex-trafficking of children is heartbreaking--perhaps more than any other evil act on earth. As a...

December 2014

December 18, 2014

Why Christians Should Care About Hebron in the West Bank

Hebron. It is the city where one building, separated by bulletproof glass, is both a...

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...

December 08, 2014

We’re not playing the race card; we’re analyzing the racialized deck.

From Kurt: The following post comes from my friend Drew Hart. Read his blog! Also,...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

Cracks in God’s Beautiful World: social justice as an act of spiritual warfare

[This article originally appeared in Prism Magazine (Vol. 19., No. 5 - Sept/Oct 2012). I...

November 2013

November 25, 2013

A doom-and-gloom board game trumps the good news of Christ’s return

[Kurt's Note: This is a slightly revised version of blog post I wrote a few...

September 2013

September 16, 2013

First Nations Version of the Bible: Check this out!

Check out this new translation that is being put together to reach out to native...

June 2013

June 06, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #3: Subversive Discipleship (Transformation)

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

May 2013

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 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....

January 2013

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...

November 2012

November 26, 2012

Art that is good for the soul, easy on the wallet, and provides water to the thirsty! @OldNewProject

My friend Jim LePage (along with Troy DeShano and others) is doing good things through...

October 2012

October 02, 2012

Shaping Politics – Biblical Theology or Political Ideology?

In what follows, I've pasted an excerpt from an article by Lisa Sharon Harper. She...

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 29, 2012

Obama on Fighting Against Slavery at Home and Abroad

September 22, 2012

How many slaves work for you 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation?

FROM SLAVERY FOOTPRINT: It marks 150 years since the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation... and it’s...

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...

September 06, 2012

Some “Things” about the 7 Things Christians Need to Remember about Politics

In a recent article by Bryan Roberts’ at Relevant Magazine, he offers us 7 things...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

Ron Sider on Fixing the Moral Deficit of the Budget

A man I admire makes some interesting observations about our budget crisis. What do you...

August 23, 2012

Why the “Christian life” isn’t worth living

For most of my life, I focused my faith on knowing Jesus through morality management....

August 01, 2012

Church refuses to marry black couple in Mississippi (Racism in 2012)

Wow... And who says that racism is an "old" issue???? ALSO CHECK OUT: Bondage, Faith,...

July 2012

July 03, 2012

Bringing Down Gun Violence with Holy Rage!

Bringing Down Gun Violence with Holy Rage By James Atwood Children in the United States...

June 2012

June 14, 2012

Forsaking Power and Violence: How Radical-Reformers Lived the Politics of Jesus

As our society becomes more secular and cynical of the institutional church, the nonviolent way...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

N. Carolina Pastor wants to trap LGBT folks behind electrified fences (evil)

"Build a great, big, large fence — 150- or 100-mile long — put all the...

May 22, 2012

On Getting Appropriately Angry About Child Abuse

* A guest post by Kristyn Komarnicki, editor of Prism Magazine from Evangelicals for Social...

May 21, 2012

Micah Bournes – Thank God For Evolution (spoken word of slavery, genocide, and hope)

I thought this was a profound spoken word about slavery, genocide, and hope. Check out...

May 09, 2012

Micah Bournes – The Man Without A Name (Street Poetry)

May 08, 2012

Shocking Abuses Uncovered at Tyson Pork Supplier (heartbreaking – you can help!)

Warning: Contains Graphic Footage. Undercover video footage at "Wyoming Premium Farms" revealing egregious cruelty and...

May 04, 2012

Dr John Perkins – Why We Don’t Need More Para-Churches but Need Congregations

May 01, 2012

Profiling America – An Issue Christians SHOULD Care About

I want to make you aware of a project that some of my friends are...