Saints and Rebels

If someone were to come along who would not compromise, a rebel, who insisted on taking the only moral path, rejecting violence in all it’s forms. Such a person, would seem too menacing, that he would be killed, and after his death, he would be canonized or deified because a saint is less dangerous than a rebel.

The Art of Unhappiness

Had my Facebook up tonight and saw this shared by Christi Bowman. I think I resonate with it more than I’d like to admit. Cheers by Kevin Beck for Transmillennial I am not one of those bubbly, effervescent people by nature. I don’t have a constant smile. I’m not cheerful all the time. No one [...]

Lines in the sand

Jesus didn’t draw lines in the sand against those who continued their whole life in the same destructive behaviors, those that questioned who he was, or those who were outside of the religious systems of his day. He ate and drank with those people. In the sand, Jesus wrote the sins of the religious institution who [...]

JESUS MAKES THE COVER OF PLAYBOY!!!

by Matthew Paul Turner for Jesus Needs New PR In Portugal. Not in the U.S. Okay? Now breath… Again, I repeat: Jesus is on the cover of Playboy IN PORTUGAL. I don’t want anybody to hyperventilate or have a heart attack. You can rest easy knowing that America’s Jesus is safe and sound wherever it is [...]

Can justice be spiritual?

by Rainn Wilson for SoulPancake    Yesterday, my friend Jim Morgan posted a link on Twitter to an article by Rainn Wilson. I don’t really know who Rainn Wilson is, but I like what he’s saying here!      The best beloved of all things in My sight is justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest [...]

the christless redemption

by George Elerick & Roy Petersen, writing at Conclave Padah is the Hebrew idea behind redemption. It alluded to an obligation one was under. It was also a self-imposed restriction, something that someone knowingly walked into. Someone who was fully aware of what they were ‘tying’ themselves to. It wasn’t accidental. Redemption then is being [...]

Why Do I Follow Jesus?

by James Townsend writing for The Human Condition I reject the virgin birth, sinless life, divinity, and physical resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. And that’s just a short list of the traditional Christian doctrines that I don’t buy into.There are a lot of open-minded, gracious people out there who consider themselves Christians who are not [...]

Community in Church

 by Ashley Cobb I’ve been in church my whole life, but the first community I feel a part of is the small groups of The Edge and Ink Church, and I can’t help but think that this is what Christ really intended for us as the ‘church’. Living together, journeying together, helping and loving each other. [...]

Creed of Negatives: Exclusion

This is the 3rd installment in the series: A Creed of Negatives Creed of Negatives: Exclusion by James Townsend 4. I don’t believe that Christianity is the only right religion, and I don’t believe that Jesus is the only way to heaven, or God, or what have you. I think that one of the most enjoyable things [...]

The Jewish Superheroes: A Look at an Oppressed People

 by George Elerick for Patheos. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Martin Luther King, Jr. (This is a deeper/scholastic look at the development of the Jewish belief system, rather than a ‘theological’ one) Myths are stories with a deeper meaning. Myths are narratives with a culturally deep heartbeat [...]