Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize?
We need to be very careful about how seriously we take this news. Take it with a grain of salt. Obama is doing some great things for Americans by working for socialized healthcare. A nobel peace prize...
View ArticleGang violence across Canada
This is a responce to a Macleans article: “A lot of Ontario gangsters are moving to Calgary and Edmonton and Vancouver—a sort of ‘Go West, Young Man’ movement of gangsters.” An ounce of prevention is...
View ArticleExposing the Israeli Occupation Industry @ whoprofits.org
Israeli and international corporations are directly involved in the occupation: in the construction of Israeli colonies and infrastructure in the occupied territories, in the settlements’ economy, in...
View ArticleJesus is the Messiah
This explanation is a favorite of mine about the identity of Jesus as Messiah or Christ. The terms Messiah and Christ have a very rich history and carry a lot of expectations to Jesus when he took that...
View ArticleDid we have Wild Hope at MC Canada 2014?
What church will we be: One with walls? One with shade like a tree? In the shade people from miles and miles around can watch. Then they can come closer and see who we are and what we do. This is the...
View ArticleUpdated: A Prayer Against Fear, a Prayer for the Shooters of the World.
Our God, We call you Light of the world, but today we feel the weight of darkness. We call you Wisdom, but today we have so many unanswered questions.
View ArticleDoes God cause natural disasters? Do they happen for a reason?
The Ancient people who wrote the scriptures believed that water, the ocean was a place of chaos and home for evil. This was the home of all that opposes order and God's good creation. We see that...
View ArticleForgiveness at the point of death
Non-resistance, humility,and forgiveness blend together in the Old Order Anabaptist spirit of Glassenheit [Following Jesus]. “Forgiving the persecutors at the moment of death was the final act of...
View ArticleMorning and Evening: Pray like Jesus and his Disciples
I had a very disciplined prayer life 10 years ago. During my gap year I would get up early, eat a big bowl of oatmeal and dig through my bible for new insights. I felt like Jesus or one of the...
View ArticleThe church is a…
The church is a community that experiences anticipations of the fullness of Gods reign breaking into the present. It is a community that points toward the completion of God’s mission in which Christ...
View ArticleJ.H. Yoder – On Luke 14:26
“Modern psychologizing interpretation of Jesus has been bothered largely with whether the word hate here should be taken seriously or not (Luke 14:26)…The point is rather that in a society...
View ArticlePolitics and Hope for renewal through the Holy Spirit.
In the last month we have seen a whirlwind of armed conflict and corrupt personal political interest revealed in the media every week. We’ve been warned with threats of an all out war that would send...
View ArticleMy Passion for Discipleship
Discipleship was a value that I took form my days at MEI and buried deep inside. I could never grasp my understanding of discipleship in words but I knew deep inside we need to read the word and apply...
View ArticleOrdinary Radicals – Movie Trailer
The Ordinary Radicals – Trailer from Jamie Moffett on Vimeo. I’m excited about this movie. It’s about people who are taking Jesus words litteraly and applying them to their everyday lives. Jesus taught...
View ArticleDon’t just follow the pastor, follow the person he is following. Jesus.
After reading a lot of the Gospels, I have a big foundational question and a hole in my theology. Jesus called us to take up our cross and follow Him and to be his disciples, but it seems that at times...
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Faithful Muslims talking with Faithful Christians
Jesus called us to love our neighbors as the central part of our witness. He said, “If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Aren’t even the tax collectors and pagans doing that? But...
View ArticleSpreading the Kingdom of God
I believe that all people are created by God with equal dignity and value. All people are created in the image of God and are worthy of the right to the essential resources needed to survive and...
View ArticleZeitgeist: an exercise in critical thinking.
Zeitgeist and Zeitgeist Addendum Zeitgeist is an incredibly shocking film if the audience isn’t very aware of the current global situation. But, if the audience is willing to be curious, and carefully...
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Settle my being, so that my doing will be through peace.
As I quite my mind and slow down my thoughts, Lord, please guide my goals and my passion to honor you. I pray that your Kingdom will come and your will will be done on earth as it is in heaven. In the...
View ArticleSOUL EXERCISE: PRAYING AND CHANTING PSALM 23
Sometimes, when I’m tired, I plug Psalm 23 into the front of my mind and chant it until I start praying it unconsciously. It’s a reminder of who my heavenly father is and that the Creator God is...
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