Madang: Brian McLaren

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Brian Mclaren, christianity, Do I Stay Christian, Homebrewed Christianity, Jesus, madang, madang podcast, podcast, Roman Empire, The Christian Century, white supremacy, Writing for Your Life

Welcome to Madang Podcast.

“Nobody is born a religious jerk. It takes a religion to make one.”

Madang: Kristin Du Mez

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Christian Century, Invisible, Jesus, Jesus and John Wayne, Kristin Du Mez, madang, madang podcast, masculinity, motherhood, podcast, writing

Welcome to madang!

About Madang:

Freeing Jesus

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believe, christianity, Diana Butler Bass, faith, Freeing Jesus, hope, Hope in Disarray, Jesus, love, madang, Pilgrim Press, podcast, quote, quotes

I love everything that Diana Butler Bass writes and I really like her latest book, Freeing Jesus. I was so honored to interview Dian Butler Bass on Madang Podcast on her latest book Freeing Jesus.

Easter Sunday

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Christ is Risen, Easter, grace, Holy Week, Hope in Disarray, Jesus, Keep Hope Alive, keeping hope alive, Orbis Books, Pilgrim Press, resurrection, rev. jesse jackson, Santita Jackson, women

Easter is a special holy day for the church.

We recognize the pain of Good Friday’s crucifixion and then see the glory of Resurrection Sunday. The resurrection provides hope for all of us as many of us live in despair, pain, suffering and marginalization.

Easter gives us hope. Christ is Risen!

Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom

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Adam Gustine, bible, church, endorsement, IVP, Jesus, justice, social justice

I endorsed a new book, Becoming a Just Church: Cultivating Communities of God’s Shalom by Adam L. Gustine.

It is a great resource on how to be a church today in light of social injustices.

Jesus-12-24: Return

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conference, Eerdmans, Embracing the Other, eschatology, Jesus, kin-dom, Liam Miller, online

I am excited to be part of Jesus 12 24: Return. It is an online conference and there is still time to sign up. If you sign up before Jan 14, 2018, you get a chance to win my book, Embracing the Other. Yay.

Crucifixion of Jesus: Scapegoating, Discrimination and the Cross

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cross, Crucifixion, crucify, discrimination, Easter, Jesus, Peter Liang, scapegoating

Here is my latest for Huffington Post called, “Crucifixion of Jesus: Scapegoating, Discrimination and the Cross”.

Please read, comment and share.

What Did Jesus Ask?-edited by Elizabeth Dias

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Elizabeth Dias, Jesus, prayer, theology, TIME, What did Jesus Ask?

I am thrilled and honored to write a piece for the new book, What Did Jesus Ask? Christian Leaders Reflect on His Questions of Faith (TIME) edited by Elizabeth Dias.

This is such a wonderful collection of 65 different writers from around the world who tackle the questions that Jesus asked. I am honored to be in this collection.

Pope Francis Reminds the World To Care About Poverty

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Jesus, Pope Francis, poverty, rev. jesse jackson, TIME

SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA – JULY 09: Pope Francis greets the attendees of a conference as part of the II Meeting of People’s Movements on July 09, 2015 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. (Photo by Amanecer Tedesqui/LatinContent/Getty Images)

This is my new piece on the Pope, “Pope Francis Reminds the World to Care About Poverty,” co-written with Rev. Jesse Jackson for TIME!

Feel free to share this piece.

 

Below is an excerpt of the TIME piece. For the full article, please click here.

Jesus and the Cross: Rejection and Resurrection

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This is a repost of my last year’s Huffington Post, “Jesus and the Cross“.

I hate to be rejected. Don’t you?

No one likes rejection. Yet, we experience rejection and its pain from an early age. Children feel hurt when, on the playground or in other settings, they are not allowed to play a game with the rest of the kids. Childhood rejection may even be self-inflicted, when we resent the fact that we are afraid to climb up to the top of the Jungle Gym.