Here’s my most recent “The Word Is Resistance” podcast, and also the previous one since I forgot to share it here. The featured photo is of the El Morro fort in Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico, with the garitas (sentry boxes) looking out over the harbor entry and beyond to the Atlantic. You can also… Continue reading Imagination and Wokeness
My latest podcast for The Word Is Resistance wrestles with Jacob wrestling the stranger at the Jabbok and Jesus healing and feeding multitudes of people after learning his cousin John has been executed. All of that as lessons and resources for white folk staying in the discomfort of confronting white supremacy (including in ourselves) and… Continue reading Hearts Out of Joint
This week’s podcast really had me wresting with the parable of the Weeds and the Wheat, and why in the world there are enslaved people in the kingdom of heaven. And yes, I have been fighting with Jesus about it. And with myself, and end up making some confessions about it all. So ironically, My… Continue reading I Fight With Jesus Sometimes
A gorgeous poem. Sincerely, the Sky by David Hernandez Yes, I see you down there looking up into my vastness. What are you hoping to find on my vacant face, there within the margins of telephone wires? You should know I am only bright blue now because of physics: molecules break and scatter my light… Continue reading Sincerely, The Sky
Aching today. Visiting these lovelies at the Botanic before trying to get a little work done. Maybe they will help your heart too.
I had the opportunity to join the Denver Brew Theology a couple of weeks ago to talk about Romans and Resistance, which was a lot of fun. Imagine talking about resisting the Empire and there’s a stormtrooper behind you pointing a laser rifle at your head. Nice, right? They had me back the next week… Continue reading FierceRev on Romans
Yes, I totally went there. “What I am saying is, I am not interested in celebrating A doctrine thrust at me On the point of Constantine’s sword… …I’m thinking now about how Every time someone is baptized, We inscribe them with doctrines About what power is What maleness is What whiteness is We re-inscribe a… Continue reading Love trumps Doctrine: Resisting the Trinity
