My Commonplace Book

I’m constantly depressed by the worldwide challenges to real Kingdom change. I’ve wondered at times whether we can see light grow in the dark places of the world– whether we can, as Job says, break the jaw of the oppressor. JK Rowling’s words below drive me to a realized eschatology, to imagining a better future [...]

“Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action” (J. Matthew, M.D. Sleeth) I just started reading this book this morning. It’s another book in my journey toward causes I never cared about in the past. I wish in part that I was 20 or 30 years old. I fear [...]

I’ve combined a couple lists of ways to “find spiritual vitality in the land of plenty.” This list reflects a collecting set of holy habits or practices that if practiced I would live more and more as Christ would live if he were I. Reading all I can about Africa, the poor, the [...]

Been thinking and reading thru what it means to live “incarnationally.”
Christ’s work was an act of profound affinity–a radical identification with all that it means to be human. Alan Hirsch argues that an incarnational lifestyle and ministry has four dimensions. (This list is the first of what I call a lovely list.)
1. Presence-Jesus was [...]