Come now long-awaited Jesus, come now the glorious Kindom of God, to bring your holy light into our increasingly dark world. Come now long-awaited Jesus, come now the glorious Kindom of God, to awaken your holy peace within the collective heart of hurting humanity, and in the hearts of every wounded person around your world. Come now …
Category: Theological reflections
Calling Christians to care for creation: A synopsis of Go Golden
In the Biblical story of the Earth’s creation, we are told that God created it and all of its inhabitants, proclaiming each and every aspect of this creation to be “Good.” To my mind this would make God the ultimate biological systems engineer, the premier Permaculture designer of all time. Every type of life that …
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Climate Change: Our tremendous opportunity
This is a post previously published on my other blog in October 2018. Permaculture and theology are intertwined for me and creating community is a theological concern hence my re-posting it here. The mainstream media is finally getting the message on global climate change as the latest report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel …
The season of Advent
I grew up in churches that did not follow the liturgical calendar or the Christian year. Our church year, such as it was, had only two noteworthy celebrations- Christmas and Easter. Christmas was celebrated as a single day, and Easter was marked by Good Friday and Easter Sunday, with both a sunrise service and …
Woe to those who tear gas the children
When I was in the Marines I was subjected to CS gas multiple times during training. CS gas is a kind of tear gas used for controlling riots or for terrorizing tired asylum seekers including women and children. The first time was when I was in boot camp in California. The "gas chamber" was one …
Chaos: A perspective on poverty
Recently, I went into my little kitchen to get my two cats, Solomon and Luna, a little treat. Luna had been lounging on one of the two cat towers that are stationed near windows in the downstairs floor of my home. This seemingly innocuous action, of me opening a cabinet door, set off a …
“I’m still here.” – A veteran’s story.
This morning I had therapy at the local V.A. clinic. When I went in to my appointment I had thought that this would be a fairly routine session. My plan was to ask my therapist some questions related to the book I am currently working on, which is entitled Traumatic Episodes: Finding grace in a life …
Veteran’s Day: A theological view
In my book Go Golden, I write about war and peace, because warfare is the polar opposite of enacting the golden rule. Yet, here in the U.S. (and in other powerful nations) the military is constantly front and center in society. One way in which militarism is perpetuated is the near deification of the military …
There’s something happening here…
Around three years ago, I attended church for the first time in a many years. Prior to that I had rejected the fundamentalism of my youth and as a result ended up spiritually adrift for a long time. When I left the church in 2003, for more details see my forthcoming book from Wipf …
Law and order on the border?
Theological reflection on the caravan of asylum seekers.
The Tattooed Theologian 