Gathering Up Fragments In a Culture of Waste
Every day, we vote for the world we want to live in through the choices we make. Picking up the fragments and living within our means are good choices.
Nadab & Abihu, Alcohol, and Meat – Part 2
I vividly remember the day my father became a committed Christian. I helped him remove all the bottles of alcohol from the entertainment bar in our basement, and then we dumped them onto the ground in the backyard. I was a young boy, but that moment with him made a deep impression on me.
Leaves for Healing: Peace and Plants
The tree, with it leaves mediating “healing to the nations,” is our mission (Revelation 22:2). It helps us choose how we orient our hearts and live our lives here and now.
A Veggie Diet and the Desert Fathers
I long for a theology of divine compassion and love in this world. God cares for us deeply, but His compassion isn’t for us alone.
The First Plant-Based Thanksgiving
As a vegetarian, what do I eat for Thanksgiving? Our family table is spread with a variety of delicious and flavorful dishes
Thanksgiving Feast & Loving God by Caring
The symbolism associated with celebrating a meal with all people reaches beyond the menu to God’s banqueting practices, which are filled with love and generosity towards all the people of the world
Holiness Came Before Liberal Theology
Before terms such as social justice existed, God laid down the Sabbath texts that include green ecology laws as well as commands to care for the poor, not oppress the sojourner, and treat animals equally on the Sabbath. You don’t have to accept liberal theology to validate these ideas. God wants us to be known for our acts of kindness and healing, not our individual politics.
Body and World: Building Resistance for the Future
As Wendell Berry says, “Healing is impossible in loneliness; it is the opposite of loneliness. Conviviality is healing. To be healed we must come with all the other creatures to the feast of Creation” (The Body and the Earth, p. 99).
Pigs, Legions, Demons, and a Liberating God
Jesus tells us that if a sheep falls into a pit, it should be rescued (Matthew 12:11). But what about a pig falling over a cliff? How can I understand a Jesus who drove 2,000 pigs to their deaths?
Jesus Loves Fish
Jesus was not a vegetarian while He was here on earth, but might we consider Him one now?
Theological InTents 