Social Justice
He Left the Ninety-Nine Sheep For One
He left the ninety-nine sheep for one. Well, that’s a parable, it can’t be applied to the complexities of real society. We need order, organizational principles, and policies, these things are a necessary evil to ensure society functions without chaos. He left the ninety-nine sheep for one. In principle, perhaps. In reality, what are we…
Read MoreLife Changers – 5/1/2015
Wow, it’s May. Normally, the rain gods have visited us by now, but this year, they’re taking their sweet time, so our city is suffering a drought. Starting May 2 and 3 we are going on water rationing, which means I won’t be able to wash my hair, and the amount of anxiety this whole…
Read MoreInterview with Dr. Randy Woodley
I have the immense honor of interviewing Dr. Randy Woodley here today. Randy is a Keetoowah Cherokee Indian descendent. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture and Director of Intercultural and Indigenous Studies at George Fox Seminary in Portland, Oregon. (Ph.D. Intercultural Studies). Randy is active in ongoing concerns of emerging faith…
Read MoreSheLoves – Thin Places
It has been a great joy to be contributing at SheLoves Magazine getting to know the round up of amazing writers and Christian women at that space. Today, I’m up with my latest piece on fighting for justice in the way of Jesus. Sometimes, as Jesus activists preparing to fight the holy wars against injustice,…
Read MoreA Christian Guide to #DressGate
If you thought I was going to be one of those bloggers who was above using the recent viral #dressgate as blog fodder, you would be wrong. In fact, as soon as the dress started trending, I knew I would be writing about it because it so perfectly encapsulates my message. By now you have…
Read MoreBlow God’s Freakin’ Mind
One of my favorite lines in the musical, Book of Mormon, is from the song, You and Me (But Mostly Me). The characters, Elder Cunningham and Elder Price, talk about their upcoming mission. Elder Price sings, “Something I’ve forseen…Now that I’m nineteen, I’ll do something incredible, That blows God’s freaking mind!” I crack up every…
Read MoreWhen Fey/Poehler Are My People
Living in a different time zone, I was not able to watch the live coverage of the Golden Globes but I turned to the next best thing: twitter. It didn’t take long before the newsfeed sounded out a collective gasp from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s Bill Cosby rape joke: “Sleeping Beauty just thought she…
Read MoreBorn Again, or Blind?
I am more and more convinced that beauty lies in the margins. Raised in evangelicalism, we often prayed to reach those who remain in the darkness, that God would open their eyes and see the truth. We had been born again. A veil had been magically lifted off our eyes, welcoming us into the land…
Read MorePeace, peace. But for Whom?
When I was living in China, taxis were a convenient and cheap mode of transportation. One time, our taxi driver got into a small fender bender. The cabbie of the offended party got out of his car and began walking towards us shouting angry retorts, garbled in the thick Tianjin accent I was yet getting…
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