June 2008
9 posts
A Pedagogy of Submission: Reeducating Ourselves to... →
A Suffering Christ in a City of Joy
I’m in Chennai with a few friends, visiting my old neighbors and the children here cared for by Word Made Flesh.
Tonight after finishing our dinner at Saravanna Bhavan, we ordered chai and coffee while discussing our thoughts on the book, The City of Joy.
It’s the story of a collision of two men’s lives in a Calcutta slum. One man, an Indian from a rural village ends up in the city trying to find...
A Community of the Broken Among the Broken: An... →
“Grape Juice for Wine…
“Whoever substituted grape juice for wine...”
– Linford Detwieler NORTHERN SPY NUMBER ONE: Crawl Low Under Smoke (March 1997) page 10
J.B.S. - Happy Moving Day Anniversary Dear Friend
Three years ago today, I found myself surprisingly set on a journey of re-defining friendship.
It was June 8, 2005 that Jara B. Sturdivant packed up her belongings, threw them in the back of a big ole truck and started driving from Memphis all the way to Omaha.
For the past three years Jara has faithfully loved our community through tremendous sacrifices but always with great joy. She’s had...
“The Coming Revolution:
“The rebellion, when it begins in the 21rst...”
– Adbusters (vol. 9, no 1) no. 33 Jan/Feb 01, pg. 50
Good Will Hinton Weekly Podcast: Chris Heuertz of... →
El Idioma Inglés - Herramienta Oppresiva del...
By Chris Heuertz con Walter Forcatto El idioma inlgés, la más reciente y actual linga franca del mundo moderno, ha sido una de las herramientas de oppresion más despiadadas de la hisotria moderna. Este idiomal ha sido utilizado para lograr la marginalización de los pobres y la división de sociedades. Aunque sea el idioma natal de menos del 15% de la población de la Tierra, el inglés es...
Reducing Poverty, Not the Poor: Reclaiming... →