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The Reality of Diversity

I wrote this reflection for the MSA Journey into Wholeness Lenten Guide. It is also featured in the current MSA Seed Sampler, Welcoming a Majority World. The title was given by the editors of both resources.

“What do you mean by ‘just one’? I’m not choosing just one!” I told my wife on the phone. She [...]

USA crossed our borders first

Actually the first Hispanics to become part of this country (USA) did not do so by migration, but were rather engulfed by the United States in its process of expansion- sometimes by purchase, sometimes by military conquest, and sometimes by single annexation of territories no one was strong enough to defend… Thus in the beginning [...]

¡Hasta Siempre Comandante!

At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love
- Ernesto “Che” Guevara

Seguiremos adelante
como junto a ti seguimos
y con Fidel te decimos:
!Hasta siempre, Comandante!

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Proclamation of the Republic of Puerto Rico

Grito de Lares
Rebellion

 

 

Tomb of Ramón E. Betances in Cabo Rojo, with the Lares flag in front, 2007
The Lares uprising, commonly known as the “Grito de Lares” occurred on September 23, 1868, but was planned well before that date by a group led by Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and Segundo Ruiz Belvis, who on January 6, [...]

Reconciliation’s Challenge for New Monastic Communities (by Jason and Vonetta Storbakken)

Do not miss this insightful and provocative post from my friends Jason and Vonetta Strobakken from Radical Living Community in NYC. This is a first in a series of posts and responses in God’s Politics Blog about the subject of multi-cuttural, multi-racial, multi-ethnic expression in new monasticism.
Reconciliation’s Challenge for New Monastic Communities (by Jason and Vonetta [...]

diversity is more than sprinkling a bit of black and brown here or there

Mark does it again with this new satire piece at the Jesus Manifesto. While funny, it is true and very sad.  This part in specific touch very close to home -
These young men, though all around the age of 30 and white, are
diverse in other ways. “We value diversity. In fact, we’re
theologically diverse. We’re all [...]

Gotta love Café Tacvba

No Controles

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Interview with Tomas Yaccino from La Red del Camino - Spanish

Thanks to Natanael at Karmatarsis for sharing this video.
Tomas Yaccino is the connector for La Red Del Camino. 
Del Camino Network is a community of local churches who participate as servants in the life of the Kingdom of God in response to Jesus’ radical call to ¨love one another as He has loved us.¨ We are connected [...]

Dispatches From Latin America - Tuesday Book Review

Some of you have asked me to recommend you a starter about Autonomous/ Global Justice/ Global Citizens Movements in Latin America. Today is your day.
For this Tuesday Book Review, I’m excited to share with you what I consider an excellent primer to liberation and anti-neoliberalism movements in America Latina - Dispatches from Latin America: On [...]

Where the Spirit Leads - Latino Pentecostals

Where the Spirit Leads, Sojourners Magazine/April 2008
Where the Spirit Leads
Pentecostals may be the least known and most unpredictable group on the landscape.
by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos
The enigma of Latino Pentecostals is found in their ability to resist labels and simple classifications. Or maybe it’s just that most people’s assumptions about them are all wrong? Either way, [...]

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