I have always been a firm believer in voting, until this belief was recently questioned as I read Tolstoy’s The Kingdom of God is Within You. As a student and teacher of history, I am well aware of the sacrifices that have been made for my right to vote. People of every ethnicity and gender [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
My Choice Not to Have Health Insurance
April 8, 2008 – 5:06 pm
NOTE: This article was previously published on Inward/Outward.
I desire to be a good and faithful steward of resources over which I have been given control. This means trying to minimize my personal consumption while using resources in ways that help build God’s Dream of the Creation for all. Sometimes I mention to others some of [...]
Dream Without Being Asleep
April 7, 2008 – 12:31 pm
Dream (noun): an unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy;
visions of the “me” that we think we should see.
This is a dream that screams
we NEED more clothes,
we NEED more money,
we NEED more shoes,
we NEED more music,
we NEED more…
-absence-
To be freed from that need
we are taught to believe.
Reteach us so we perceive
its flaw.
Pile these false dreams onto the [...]
guest visitor
April 7, 2008 – 1:29 am
Matthew Lickona, author of Swimming with Scapulors, writer of the Reader column, Sheep and Goats, and blogger visited the Hawthorn House tonight. He’s doing a write up on our community in his column. Matthew and I were introduced to each other threw Matt Casper after Lickona interviewed Casper in regards to his book with Jim [...]
april 26 • the cobalt season
April 5, 2008 – 1:40 am
Consider yourself invited. Leave a comment if you plan on coming.
God’s Good Earth
April 4, 2008 – 2:48 pm
Many of us want to reduce the chunk we are taking for ourselves out of God’s good earth. Rather than live consumeristic, circumscribed, self-centered lives, we want to live as though the rest of the world existed, making room for others – both human and nonhuman. We want to share – “to live [...]
Reflection on Berube’s Life as We Know It
April 4, 2008 – 2:36 pm
NOTE: While Katie doesn’t live in San Diego at the time, she and her son are a dear part of the extended EC family. We’ve cried over the challenges and laughed together, experiencing a piece of the joy her son exudes. As well, we need to hear and understand the lives of those that live [...]
Intro to Sabbath-Jubilee, Part 2
April 3, 2008 – 5:27 pm
Note: The following is an excerpt from a booklet, Inviting the Economics of Abundance to Reshape Our Congregation’s Practices, by Lee Van Ham. Copies of the full booklet are available (see below). This is the second in a series of articles to be posted on The Ecclesia Collective blog.
“We read the gospel as if we [...]
A Reflection on the Cross
April 2, 2008 – 11:49 am
Jesus on the cross humbles me. The physical pain he endured along with God’s abandonment of him in that brief moment (“My God, why have you forsaken me?”) compels me to reflect on how my sins have been crucified on that cross with him so that I can be forgiven, so that I can be [...]
50,000 Pesos for Jorge
April 1, 2008 – 12:16 pm
It’s after dinner at Casa del Migrante in Tijuana, Mexico. With so many people moving about, the shelter feels alive. The 150 or so beds are nearly full but more and more men arrive each night. Most have been deported from the United States and know nothing about Tijuana. They come to Casa for free [...]