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links for 2008-10-16

"Neo-Anabaptists" and wineskins for God's new world | Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
In Australia, the UK and elsewhere, people calling themselves “Pentecostal Anabaptists” or “Restorationist Anabaptists” or “Methodist Anabaptists” doesn’t signify a switching of denominations. Rather it signifies a conversion within their own tradition to a Christianity that rejects all domination. This ‘conversion’ is not [...]

Small act of delicious resistance and creativity

 

 

 

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links for 2008-10-08

Resistance Is Not Futile, Sojourners Magazine/September-October 2000
Anti-globalization folk hero and sheep farmer Jose Bove has inspired a T-shirt that’s all the rage in Europe. It shows the globe open in the form of a huge jaw; from it emerges the handcuffed wrists of Bove, keeping the teeth from snapping shut. The slogan reads: "The world [...]

links for 2008-10-06

Peace and Justice: Communion at the Border
The man who led communion said that we could take the tortilla (the body of Christ) through the fence as an act of civil disobedience, because it is illegal to pass things across the border.
(tags: immigration eucharist liberation social justice)

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The Common Root launched!

Via Jesus Manifesto

Last week, thecommonroot.org was launched. The Common Root is a network for communities committed to Jesus’ radical way of shalom. This network used to be called “Submergent,” but we changed the name for a couple reasons. First, folks kept assuming that we were a sub-group of Emergent for Anabaptists. Secondly, the name didn’t [...]

links for 2008-10-04

zHome
zHome is a revolutionary, 10-unit townhome development that uses smart design and cutting edge technologies to radically reduce its environmental impacts. zHome will prove that homes that use zero net energy and 60% less water, emit net zero carbon emissions, have clean indoor air and use only low-toxicity materials are possible and scalable to mainstream [...]

links for 2008-10-03

nickelsville and the homeless: the complexity of an issue and the simplicity of human dignity « beauty and depravity
This week the mayor ignored the request of 13 local congressmen as well as the city council and destroyed the homes of 143 people. You probably didn’t hear that much about it because these people were homeless.
Most [...]

Film Faith and Justice 2008, Seattle

I’ve been invited to participate again in the Film, Faith and Justice Festival. Last year I moderated a panel discussion on immigration issues. This is the 3rd festival that The Other Journal puts together. Each one of them have been provocative and challenging.
Some of the issues that will be address this year will be poverty, [...]

links for 2008-09-30

The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus
Dig and Give Generously
(tags: Blogs church christianity art humor)

In the Coracle » » The Practice of Becoming Silent » “It’s almost like you’re writing a book one post at a time” - Kedge
This sense of the presence of God] can be reached only if we learn a [...]

links for 2008-09-26

[Livingontheland] IN DISTRUST OF MOVEMENTS, Wendell Berry
(tags: ping.fm)

Live Video Stream |
KING5.com | News for Seattle, Washington
(tags: ping.fm)

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