Shop Class as Soulcraft – John 3
The article “shop class as soulcraft” was so valuable for me. The jist of the article was that working with my hands is of less “value” and intellectual than theoretical thinking jobs. Ie. The example...
View ArticlePeace Theology 101: #1 Peace, Good News, Salvation and Hope.
While I was serving my Muslim brothers in the southern Philippines I was asked to speak in a mosque about my hope for the Bangsamoro (Nation of Muslims) people of the southern Philippines and why...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Can women be church leaders?
Last week my wife, Christina, wrote a fantastic blog about our daughter, called Dreams for My Daughter on International Women’s Day. Christina hopes that Teyah will be a woman with choices, strong...
View ArticleThe lost sheep: The gospel of today’s peace and human rights advocacy
This is a powerful reflection by my adopted sister Regina Mondez. She’s a peacebuilder and human rights advocate in the context of the Communist party of the Philippines and the National Government....
View ArticleThe Anabaptist Comma
This post was originally published here at Emmanuel Mennonite Church’s blog and was written by our pastor and a fantastic writer and teacher April Yamasaki. I first heard about this idea when David...
View ArticleWhat’s your definition of salvation?
Salvation is one of those churchy words that means a whole bunch of good things to one group and a whole bunch of condemning things to another. Who isn’t saved!? That’s always a judgmental...
View ArticleThe opposite of terrorism is not calm or, security. The opposite of terrorism...
The opposite of terrorism is not calm or, security. The opposite of terrorism is courage. The prayer above and the resource to the right, can be used as a responsive reading with friends, a church or...
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