Here was a recent story on NPR. The short version is this: Atlanta’s largest homeless shelter, Peachtree-Pine, is more than likely going to be forced to shut down by the City of Atlanta. Protests hoping to invoke the reversal of recent strong-armed decisions are in full force this week as Atlanta works to close this [...]
Archive for July, 2010
Rilke’s Eschatology for Modern Living
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Already not yet, church, eggizo, Eschatology, hospitality, Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, theology, today on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“All will grow great and powerful again: the seas be wrinkled and the land be plain, the trees gigantic and the walls be low; and in the valleys, strong and multiform, a race of herdsmen and of farmers grow. ———————– No churches to encircle God as though he were a fugitive, and then bewail him [...]
I’m An Egalitarian. Are You?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bible, church, complimentarian, culture, egalitarian, exegesis, Gender, gender roles, Genesis 3, tradition, women, women in ministry on July 7, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Full disclosure, I’m an egalitarian. I believe that men and women, though biologically unique from one another, are not required by the Bible to be relegated to specific roles within the church or in the home. The church for which I work comes from the Church of God, Anderson movement and is also egalitarian in [...]