Yesterday, it was announced at the Everything Must Change tour that Glocal Teach-In’s are back! Here’s the flyer. You can download a pdf here. More to come.
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Intro to Sabbath-Jubilee, Part 1
March 28, 2008 – 2:45 pm
Note: In San Diego, as well as the rest of North America, we are realizing more and more that Consumerism is an alternative gospel. We, The Collective, have felt more and more convinced that as followers of Jesus, we are called to another way. We’ve been fortunate to have Lee Van Ham around to teach [...]
Spend Some Time with Me in Prison
March 27, 2008 – 8:39 pm
Recently I heard a number of ex-felons share their stories about their releases from prison. One was handed $200 “gate money” outside an institution in the Central Valley. He spent nearly half of the sum on the bus to San Diego. All his family lives in Chicago.
Another’s parole was violated when he [...]
The Salvation of the Playground
March 26, 2008 – 2:35 pm
It’s a common misconception to believe that kindergarteners are the only ones that exercise something we like to call imagination. Vested into a drama of good vs. evil, these young heroes vanquish evil with their flaming swords—i.e. sticks—, only to be interrupted by the sound of a bell and the call of a teacher to [...]
Become the Seeds of Peace
March 25, 2008 – 7:36 am
John and Betsy Mustol hang out with the Collective from time to time, being quiet encourager’s of the GLOCAL teach-in’s, teaching us theology and how to bake bread amongst other things. In the wake of the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion and the death of over 4,000 American soldiers, we asked John to share [...]
sore throat and tired eyes
March 24, 2008 – 8:26 am
Editor’s Note: Austin has been hanging out with the Collective for a few months now. He shows up on Sundays at the Hawthorn House from time to time and is incorporating some of the HH people in a short-film series he is working on called, “X”. This article first appeared in a North Carolina church [...]
maundy thursday foot washing
March 21, 2008 – 5:58 pm
Yesterday, some of us attended the Maundy Thursday foot washing ceremony/action, coordinated by ICWJ, in support of the service workers at UCSD Medical Center. It was a beautiful thing. I was really stoked to have my kids there for this. Our friend, Mike, made a video of the event. Here you go:
stop caste now t-shirts
March 4, 2008 – 3:03 pm
We have a limited number of Stop Caste Now t-shirts still available from the STOP CASTE NOW BBQ tour w/ Sunil Sardar last summer. For a limited time, you can purchase these shirts through the Stop Caste Now page on this site. The shirt design is by Holly Sharp of The Cobalt Season and the [...]