Frantz Fanon and Isaiah 61
Isaiah 61 was the Daily Office Old Testament reading for today. Some of you will recall that Jesus read this text as part of his first sermon in Nazareth in Luke 4. The first two verses read: “The...
View ArticleSex-trafficking, colonialism, and miscommunication
I found a direct application that fleshes out a little better what I stumbled through writing last night about critique and dismissal. The latest hot blogosphere topic was triggered by an interview on...
View ArticleTony Jones & the white emergentsia’s “Pentecostal problem”
Because I like to go against the grain, I wanted to try to stick up for Tony Jones (or sympathetically deconstruct him?) since he’s taken a lot of heat (here, here, here, here) in the progressive...
View ArticleWho will save us from the white man’s burden?
“The White Man’s Burden” was a poem written by a British poet Rupyard Kipling in 1899 to describe the way that white people have made ourselves responsible for bringing civilization and democracy to...
View ArticleEvangelism and conquest: the troubling legacy of Junipero Serra
One of the most controversial things that Pope Francis did on his trip to the US last week was to canonize Junipero Serra as a saint. Depending on who you talk to, Serra was either a heroic evangelist...
View ArticleSeven points of contention in today’s reformation
So it’s that time of year known as Reformation Sunday when we remember the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg cathedral on October 31, 1517. Most people...
View ArticleIntersectionality for bewildered white evangelicals
In the Washington Post this week, white evangelical millennial leader Katelyn Beaty said, “I can’t defend my people. I barely recognize them.” 81% of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. As Trump...
View ArticleWhat if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do?
What if they’re the ones who know Jesus better than we do? What if they have a better name for him or her or they? What if we crucified Jesus when we took their land And burned their trees down And...
View ArticleWhat Would The Israelite Prophet Isaiah Say About Trump’s Jerusalem Decree?
I have apparently siloed myself from the evangelical end-timers enough not to see the triumphalist exultation that my friends are reporting over the past few days on their Facebook feeds in the wake of...
View ArticleZen and God’s Grace
One consistent part of my spiritual journey for the past twenty years has been my use of Buddhist teachers as conversation partners to help me in my own practice of Christianity. I read two books in...
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