We Americans tend to measure progress quantitatively. “More, more, and more” is our perpetual mantra. Our brand of capitalism depends on growth in terms of production, distribution, and consumption. We have created an economy which necessarily depends on this spiraling and expanding exploitation of the planet’s resources. However, Homo sapiens… Continue reading
Jesus was the most radical, countercultural person in the history of humankind. Unfortunately, that’s not the way the world and much of the church view him. Too many times Christians have done their best to domesticate him or (in the words of one of my New Testament professors) to put… Continue reading
I cried this week. I forced myself to watch one of the most powerful movies ever made: Schindler’s List. I watched it again for one reason. Last week a principal in Florida was fired for denying the Holocaust ever happened. I would assume that this man had a college education… Continue reading
