Down Syndrome Day & Christian Community
Today was the 7th annual World Down Syndrome Day, and a post from Amy Julia Becker has me thinking about the relationship between our faith communities and those affected by Down syndrome. Several...
View ArticleIs the Church Radical? Jesus Was
Reposted from my Maple Ridge News article July 27, 2012. Jesus was radical, but you wouldn’t always know that by looking at his followers. I am consistently amazed at how Jesus re-envisioned the heart...
View ArticleWhen in Texas…
Photo Credit: Flickr user M Glasgow, used under CC license In Fort Worth, Texas for the Christmas season, we found ourselves sitting in the midst of the heightened gun control debate following the...
View ArticleTransformational Forgiveness
In March 2010, 19 year old Conor shot and killed his 19 year old fiancée, Ann. Conor had never been in serious trouble before that day. It was the final moment of an argument and fight that had...
View ArticleSojourners
We have a tendency to get bogged down and distracted by the great amount of negativity surrounding the biblical texts in our culture and society. Maybe it’s the way Christians use the Bible to devalue...
View ArticleThe Upside Down | Relationships
The upside down world is this strange place where the powers and principalities no longer have control over you to assert their worldview, priorities or expectations. In the ancient world, Christians...
View ArticleDown Syndrome Day & Christian Community
Today was the 7th annual World Down Syndrome Day, and a post from Amy Julia Becker has me thinking about the relationship between our faith communities and those affected by Down syndrome. Several...
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