Following Jesus in rejecting empire
My Great Grandfather was an undocumented immigrant, like everyone else who entered the US at that time. Most Europeans in this country are only here because they had a relative who entered the US through open borders – men and women who ere looking for a better life. There were massive hurdles for them to…
The gospel ought to consume us; instead we have turned it into a consumable.
Protests in Ferguson, rallies in Hong Kong, and the Occupy Movement: People challenging systems and structures clamber for my attention. Should faithful followers of Jesus get involved in these political and economic wrangling?
My grandmother was doing some genealogical research on her maternal ancestors. This was quite some time after her mother had passed away….
The heat of Cairo in the summer can be unforgiving. When added to the smells in the garbage village, zeal melts into lethargy. I remember climbing the hill inside this garbage-collectors community to the Coptic Christian monastery where we lived with a team of American college students…