Margins – Apprentice 2 Jesus

Love the margins

He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubledContinue reading “Love the margins”

Living in the gospel wrecks your daily schedule

Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”Continue reading “Living in the gospel wrecks your daily schedule”

Faith in the public space

I tried to embed a video conversation with William J. Barber II on justice and poverty. It didn’t work. So… PLEASE GO HERE.

Thirsty People

There spiritually thirsty people everywhere. Often, they are at the margins. They are in very visible places at very invisible times, like the woman at the well, because we have buffered our lives from needing to view “people like that.” It’s easier on us, and isn’t that what the gospel is all about? One ofContinue reading “Thirsty People”