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Afternoons in Borough Park
The man on the bus is raging in Yiddish again. His anger swells; he spews a mouthful of wet, noxious words. Across the aisle, a woman says in an urgent stage whisper, “He was in the camps,” and people turn to their business, the newspaper, homework, the gray November sky, fog settling like a prayer shawl on gaunt shoulders. She might be a high school teacher, a nurse in a doctor’s office, or somebody’s mother, with her plain brown coat and scarf, her sensible shoes.
Living from the wounded side
I am endlessly fascinated by the metaphorical and theological possibilities of the body. I speak about them often when I preach. I like how they both keep me grounded (my disabled body is a constant reminder of limitation and, indeed, possibility) and also let me soar (I’ve found no more wonderful thing on my pilgrimage of faith than to be part of the Body of Christ). Some parts of the body attract more attention than others, however. The human face is compelling.
Episode 50: John Kasich, former governor, political analyst, and author of Heaven Help Us
Welcome to Madang. Madang is the outdoor living room of the world. Here, we invite you to sit and tune into unreserved, remarkable conversations with renowned authors, leaders, public figures, and scholars on religion, culture, and everything in between. This is the 50th Episode, featuring John Kasich. Kasich is a national leader who has spent a lifetime bringing people together to solve big problems and leave the world around them just a little bit better than they found it.
Christology without supersessionism
In his latest book, theologian Chris Green addresses an issue that is long overdue: the articulation of a non-supersessionist Christology. The author, who teaches at Southeastern University, calls supersessionism “a particularly damaging doctrine.” Indeed, he even identifies supersessionism as a heresy, because Christians’ forgetfulness of Israel’s primacy in God’s purpose is at the very root of virtually all predicaments in church history.
The Jewish judge at the center of Trump's Harvard showdown
Judge Allison D. Burroughs, during the July 21 hearing in the case between Harvard University and the Trump administration, pressed a Justice Department attorney to explain why the government’s effort to cut off billions of dollars in research funding would meaningfully address antisemitism on campus.
Episcopal Diocese of West Texas prepares for long-term response after deadly floods
The San Antonio-based Episcopal Diocese of West Texas is assessing how best to assist with long-term recovery efforts after July 4 floodwaters killed at least 138 people in the Texas Hill Country. “There’s going to be a lot of rebuilding to do. There’s going to be a lot of counseling to do. There’s going to be a lot of need in the long haul financially,” West Texas Bishop David G. Read said in a phone interview.
Lectionary essay for August 3 Ordinary 18C Colossians 3 1 11
Around 1150, the theologian, composer, and abbess Hildegard of Bingen received a harsh letter from Tengswich, an abbess at another convent. Why, Tengswich wondered, did Hildegard’s nuns dress up in splendor on holy days? How could a holy person like Hildegard let the women under her care dress so immodestly, in bright white, with uncovered hair? Hildegard’s response turns the question of modesty on its head.
Apache Stronghold and Mennonites, dancing together
With Community Peacemaker Teams, I joined Apache Stronghold’s 10th annual prayer run and march for Oak Flat, a sacred site in Arizona. From Feb. 15 to 18 we ran and walked nearly 50 miles from the old site of a U.S. government concentration camp where Apache were held on the San Carlos Reservation to Oak Flat, tucked in the mountains at 4,000 feet above sea level.
Get your game on. I’ve included a mix of light party games, games that have become widely popular in the board gaming community and a few less well known games with a liberation orientation. I’ve roughly ordered them from simplest to most complex (with the exception of the last game on the list). In other words, if you are looking for a game for a party, start at the top. If you are looking for a satisfying compex gift for a board game geek, start at the bottom.
POWER TO SPEAK | WWJD: Kirk Cameron, Christmas carol protests and COVID-19
by Tim Nafziger and Ched Myers “Have you ever sung Christmas carols by candlelight in a time when your state governor has prohibited you from doing that? In America?!” These are the opening lines of a video by actor Kirk Cameron on Instagram (viewed 80,000+ times) inviting Ventura County residents to join his second “Christmas caroling peaceful protest” at The Oaks mall in Thousand Oaks.
From the Poetry Editor
Holy mischief Because I had already read Kevin Spenst’s Surrey Sonnets – funny, heartbreaking, pop-culture-laced poems about growing up Mennonite with a single mom and a schizophrenic dad in Surrey, B.C. – I knew I would find some “holy mischief in an age of fast faith” in his new book Jabbering with Bing Bong (Anvil, 2015). “Gibberish” is a jackpine sonnet: it has 14 lines and around 10 syllables per line, but it plays fast and loose with the sonnet form.
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