I couldn’t help but share a piece from Woody Allen’s book, Getting Even, and make a few select comments of my own. Allen’s hilarious satire contains excerpts from what he calls the memoirs of Hitler’s barber named “Friedrich Schmeed,” whom he labels "the best-known barber in wartime Germany." In one passage, Allen quotes the barber as …
Social Justice = Social Gospel?
A certain radio talk show host made the audacious plea to his audience to leave their church if it used such profane watchwords such as, “social justice.” "I beg you, look for the words 'social justice' or 'economic justice' on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. …
Humanizing the Dehumanized & Mutualizing the Marginalized
Humanizing the Dehumanized… For a number of posts now the topic has surrounded “Reaching Rahabs,” the prostituted citizens of our own Jerichos. The question now is, how do we treat the dehumanized and marginalized? Greed appeals to sex for sale At her expense, it mirrors hell A grave inside a human’s mind They lock …
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Resisting Racism and Other Injustices the Jesus Way
An older white guy wearing a red 'MAGA' hat asked my friend the other day, "Were you one of the NIGGERS rioting in Oakland last night?" Troubling times. Very troubling. Solutions anyone? Martin Luther King Junior offered his own solution to troubling times called, “Nonviolence and Racial Justice,” which was printed in the Christian Century …
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Providence, Prayer, and Protest
I said in a previous post that “’Liberty and justice for some’” isn’t a world we can tolerate, especially when we’re not included in “the some.’” So, what can we do about it? What do our biblically informed consciences tell us? They say a few things, that God is sovereign and worthy to be trusted, …
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