Scribblings on Jesus and his kingdom from one repentant church-goer
Written in collaboration with Stephanie Reynolds. Deporting people from this land back to the land in which they were born for the simple reason that they do not have the correct paperwork to justify their presence in this land is morally wrong.1 Because I am Christian, my morality comes from Christ.2 This means that deportation … Continue reading Jesus Migration
If we denounced Donald Trump, how many congregants would leave our pews? In 2004, Pastor Greg Boyd gave a sermon entitled “The Cross and the Sword,” in which he claimed that a “significant segment of American evangelicalism is guilty of nationalistic and political idolatry.” Over a thousand people left his church after the sermon.1 Boyd … Continue reading Donald Trump and the American Gospel
Sunday, May 16, 2021 was a day when from dawn to dusk the clouds unleashed torrents of water. You know the kind of day. It seemed that the earth had received all the substance it could hold, but the sky kept weeping anyway. The ground turned into a swiss-cheese landscape of small ponds as the … Continue reading When Clouds Weigh Me Down
Regarding Life 