Blogs
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I can’t fake Christmas
Christianity has lost the struggle for Christmas. Every vain utterance of “the reason for the season” reminds us of a lost battle (if you are into culture battles, that is). But I still like Christmas, mostly – but not entirely – for the “wrong” reasons.
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Turn outward, listen, fumble for love
Melanie Dennis Unrau’s editorial in Geez’s newest issue on privilege.
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Church leaders join peasant fight against Italian energy company in rural Guatemala
Mennonite development worker Tobias Roberts was invited to serve as an international observer at high-stakes negotiations between indigenous leaders in the highlands of Guatemala and an Italian energy company building a hydro-electric dam in the area. He reports on the situation.
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New article online: Moving up, coming out, moving on
Jerome Stueart’s article on love, community, and his experiences as a gay Christian.
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Church leaders buy plane tickets to fight climate change
A Winnipeg Free Press reporter called me to solicit my comment on the fact that two Canadian church leaders are at the Durban climate conference. Here’s what I told her, and some of what I didn’t tell her.
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Request from Zondervan
After publicizing Zondervan’s connection to disgraced media tycoon Rupert Murdoch earlier this year – Murdoch’s NewsCorp owns Zondervan – I was surprised to receive a recent request from Zondervan to write a back-cover endorsement for a book they will be releasing soon. I felt conflicted.
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Day 5: I really shouldn’t be writing this down
Exploring the privilege of literacy: busses, forms, and moving forward
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Day 4: I have to go. For real.
Bre ponders her cisgender privilege, sees a better way
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Day 3: This knapsack is way too big
Day 3 of Bre’s Public Privilege Challenge: I am white, privileged, and thoroughly unskilled
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Day 2: My life is actually impossible
Day 2: Resisting my able-bodied privilege. Bre encounters stairs, roads, and humility.
