March 2010
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Reflections on "Friendship at the Margins" :: on... →
What this book is about is stories of friendship, with deep theological overtones woven throughout. Written by a practitioner who is a scholar in the ancient sense (Chris) and an Academic scholar who has spent an extended amount of time inside the church practicing (Christine). This unique blend makes for a very easy, but engaging read. Friendship is the center of the conversation throughout...
Oxide featured in Best of Business Card Design 9... →
“Page 75 features Oxide’s business card design for Word Made Flesh, a non-profit organization existing to serve among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor. Their complete identity is designed with a keen eye on the gritty, urban environments in which they function. While their primary logo is the spray-painted version of a bird taking flight, the business cards act as miniature stencils,...
“Gratitude often spills into celebration—for what God has done in our lives, for...”
– “Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission,” by Chris Heuertz and Christine Pohl (IVP, 2010): page 132.
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"Power, Privilege and Risk" :: by Andy Crouch :: ... →
The West represents the wealthiest and most educated people in the world. As beneficiaries of this environment, how are we as Christians to think about such power? Do we have a special responsibility to take a countercultural view on the privileges that come with this power? Thought-leader Andy Crouch addresses these issues and provides a different perspective on power, one that does not demonize...
"Jesus is Glenn Beck’s Worst Nightmare" :: by Rev.... →
The Mediterranean Jewish Rabbi named Jesus taught with stories, parables and crisp sayings. He evidently spoke with incredible clarity and amazing simplicity. When he preached, performed a miracle, or gave a teaching, he talked about the kingdom of God.
But it wasn’t what he said that got him into trouble. It’s what he did, and how he lived that eventually got him crucified.
What did he do? How...
Required Reading for Any Bridge Builder :: by... →
Heuertz and Pohl speak clearly and poignantly about true reconciliation; diving deeply into living in tension, personal sacrifice, human dignity and what it means to befriend someone not as an evangelism opportunity but as an opportunity to know freedom in being authentic where authenticity is the last thing expected.
This short book (142 pages) is packed with so much brilliant deep reflection...
“If forming friendships with exploited people is important to us, we will be...”
– “Friendship at the Margins: Discovering Mutuality in Service and Mission,” by Chris Heuertz and Christine Pohl (IVP, 2010): page 96.
Order Now :: "Friendship at the Margins" by Chris... →
“I have needed this book for a long time. That is, I have long needed the clarification it has brought to my own thinking about ‘the destitute and impoverished other’ and about how, in company with Christ, we all can both engage and bridge the us-them gulf that separates us one from another. So list me first as a grateful recipient of its instruction, and only after that, quote...
Lent – A Season of Solidarity :: by Walter... →
But how do we discover renewed meaning during Lent and rededicate ourselves to God and God’s purposes and still avoid falling into an individualistic practice of faith? How do we follow Jesus during Lent without isolating and insolating ourselves and the communities we’re a part of which are found in contexts of exclusion, vulnerability, extreme poverty, invisibility, loneliness and violence?
Glenn Beck on the Gospel :: Good New for the Poor? →
“On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that ‘social justice,’ the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a ‘code word’ for communism and Nazism. Beck urged Christians to discuss the term with their priests and to leave their...
Voice, Visibility & Vulnerability :: The...
Well, my second book, “Friendship at the Margins” (co-authored with the brilliant Christine Pohl) showed up at the publisher’s warehouse last Wednesday. Though the official release date is April 5, I understand that pre-orders and advance copies are beginning to ship.
Publishing a book is quite an ordeal. I keep hearing people compare it to giving birth. Hmmmm… not sure that most moms would...
WatchDid you know that slavery still exists?
I was shocked to learn that 27 million people around the world are enslaved today. As I began to research & understand the extent of modern slavery, I knew that I had to make a movie about it. People had to know. This injustice & cruelty had to stop.
“Kavi” is my USC thesis film. It’s a 19-minute fictional film about a young boy who wants to escape...
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Prayer as Muscle Memory and Consent :: for the... →
I have a friend who used to play college baseball. He would often set up a tee in his parents’ garage and hit a tennis ball off of it a hundred times or so. The repetitious practice of swinging the bat wasn’t so much about building the muscles needed to swing. It was more about building the muscle memory to solidify the perfect swing.