Reimagining and Retooling Faith For An Explosive World

"I have begun to fear we have a reckoning coming that echoes less King’s arc and more the apocalyptic imagery James Baldwin used in his book which I chose as the reading material while on silent retreat the week before my ordination to Christian ministry: God gave Noah the rainbow sign; No more water, the fire next time. So let me zoom in on the world in which I live and work and have the most influence, and that is the mainline Protestant church of the late 20th and early 21st century.   I want to offer five temptations that humanity has struggled with its entire existence, but which we post-moderns are wrestling with in particularly challenging ways right now.  And, lest you think I have given up all hope, I will conclude by offering what I think are antidotes to each and what people of faith, in particular, can do to help change the course of history for the good."

Conveniently Ignoring We Are Connected

"It is a fundamental and dangerous fallacy that sin, injustice, evil, and all manner of badness in this world remains the sole purview of solitary individuals disconnected from the networks, connections, and communities of which we all are inextricably a part. This distortion of human life needs to be confronted and denounced and we need to reorder all of our social, economic, political, academic, and religious worlds to that which is true and truly sustainable, which is that all of life is interconnected."

I Just Saw This Incredible Movie

I Am (USA) Runtime: 80 minutes Director(s): Tom Shadyac Filmmaker Tom Shadyac once had it all. The director of blockbuster hits like “Ace Ventura,” “The Nutty Professor,” and “Bruce Almighty” had an art-filled compound in Pasadena and powerful friends. He even had his health — until he suddenly didn’t. Tom suffered a near-death experience as…