Immigrant Justice in Amos: The Evil of Forced Migrations in the Divine Economy
He must have seemed somewhat out of place walking through Samaria. Bustling streets and busy people heading to their offices; others strolling more slowly, weighed down with their shopping bags and...
View ArticleTension at the Border: Jesus and Radical Hospitality in Luke (Part I)
Introduction Barricades, troops, and munitions are agglomerating; violence is escalating; civilian casualties are certain. The Bush Administration expanded on an already growing force that was prompted...
View ArticleTension at the Border: Jesus and Radical Hospitality in Luke (Part II)
No Human is Illegal: Jesus and “Foreigners” in Luke 4 It is a dangerous thing to challenge ideologies, especially when those ideologies are represented by the majority. To speak out against borders of...
View ArticleTension at the Border: Jesus and Radical Hospitality in Luke (Conclusion)
“A Drain on the Economy”: The Folly of the Samaritan and Radical Hospitality “Who is my neighbor?” exclaimed the lawyer in Jesus’ midst. Jesus had just answered an earlier question from the man...
View Articlevocation & living up to one’s potential
Vocation. Over the past few years I’ve (Joshua) been thinking a lot about this word and what it means for me. Vocation. Is it a job? A calling? Can I even speak of “calling” anymore? What is vocation?...
View ArticleImmanuel, God is with us.
Well, we did it. Christmas day has arrived, and if you’re reading this, you’ve survived both the Mayan apocalypse as well as the chaos of Christmas preparation. Congratulations! There are many of us...
View ArticlePoverty: Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.
I (Joshua) hope that you don’t in any way find the flippant use of the word poverty in this blog title as offensive or even lighthearted, for I surely don’t intend that in any way. Actually, I am being...
View ArticleA Liberating Liturgy: How The Eucharist is Related to Gentrification and Why...
The words “Eucharist” and “gentrification” may seem to be quite disparate in their context and meaning. One alludes to ceremony, tradition, religion, and sacrament, while the other connotes cities,...
View ArticlePart II – A Liberating Liturgy: How The Eucharist is Related to...
Urban Housing and Gentrification Before we begin to examine elements of the church’s liturgy and look for its connections to our urban neighborhoods, some introductory matter is necessary. We must...
View ArticlePart III – A Liberating Liturgy: How The Eucharist is Related to...
Sacred Space, Liturgical Movement, and Urban Housing Houses and Homemaking In their book Beyond Homelessness the authors Steven Bouma-Prediger and Brian Walsh examine the phenomenology of home and...
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