Video Interview: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, pt 5 (First steps for those...
I recently had the opportunity to chat via Skype with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. We discuss everything from his story, to the New Monasticism Movement, to his latest book: “The Wisdom of Stability:...
View ArticleWhen Health Care Reform has a Face and a Name
Isaiah the prophet sees God’s ultimate dream for health care when the new creation is completed: “No more shall there be…an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a...
View ArticleThe Natural Disaster of Empathy Overload
Source: Green For AllI once heard Pastor Shane Hipps (an expert on media technology and marketing) describe a consequence of globalized media. He talked about how as humans, we are designed to...
View ArticleIn Chains: The Art of Freeing Girls from Sexual Slavery (Clint Brewer)
© Clint BrewerI have seen so much of our world over the years but each new trip brings more understanding that there is so much left to see, experience and understand. As a Photographer i am drawn to...
View ArticleHell on Earth and the Kingdom of God (Greg Dill)
Naked Roma boy rummaging through trash heap. In 2008 I had the opportunity to serve the poorest of poor. There is a people group in Honduras known as, “the people of the dump” who literally live, eat,...
View ArticleThe World is Cracked and Maybe That’s Just the Way it is
A few years ago I was on my way to a speaking engagement in LA. While I drove over the Grapevine, I saw an object moving rapidly toward my windshield. Before I could figure out what was flying toward...
View ArticleHow Many Slaves Are Working For You? Find out now…
Here is a great resource to make us aware of how our purchasing affects human life. Now you can find out, “How many slaves work for you?” Great tool to use for small group reflection or self...
View ArticleIs Ethical Purchasing a New Form of Legalism?
*This is a blog I originally posted at the end of February in 2010. It is a post that I consider to be the beginning of my consistent pattern of blogging (more than just randomly posting stuff once in...
View ArticleRon Paul: The Anti-War Candidate Who Will Start New Wars
KURT’S NOTE: The following is a guest post from Jason Dye. I take no responsibility for the content of this article (except for posting it on his behalf). His piece gets at some of this issues that...
View ArticleA Small Picture of Jubilee?
I came across an article, thanks to my good friend Jason, that gives us a small picture of Jubilee. Debts forgiven, this is a central theme in the biblical narrative, one that ultimately becomes...
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