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Showing posts with label 29.Social.Justice.Systems.Inclusion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 29.Social.Justice.Systems.Inclusion. Show all posts
2024-10-31

Evil and things that go Bump in the Night

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A Sermon for Halloween based on Ephesians 6.10-18 [10] Be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. [11] Put on the full armor of God, so ...
2023-11-07

Rejecting the Reconquista for Christ's Mission of Inclusion

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Earlier this week I found the Reconquista movement , with its Episcopal version , which details a plan to "re-conquer" historic de...
2023-09-08

The Particular Exclusiveness of Generic Deism

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As a chaplain, there is a view I often run across among non-religious, college-educated folks in postmodern western culture that Christianit...
2022-06-28

Should Holy Communion be open or closed?

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One of the hottest debates of the Episcopal General Convention this year is the subject of “Open” versus “Closed” Communion. The battle li...
2022-06-20

A Prayer for Juneteenth

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I wrote this as a private devotion as I reflected on Juneteenth . Perhaps it might help you or your faith community. 
2022-06-01

Another Prayer for Pride Month

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A Prayer for my friends and family who celebrate Pride Month:
2022-01-14

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Scripture

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At the school I serve as chaplain, I was recently asked to provide some Scriptural reflections on our commitment to diversity, equity, and i...
2021-12-30

Resurrecting the Matrix: An Ideological Review

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I just saw Matrix Resurrections. Here are my responses in no particular order:
2021-05-10

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Episcopal Identity

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In the media and in education it seems we hear a great deal lately about words such as "diversity", "inclusion", "e...
2020-09-01

Is Social Justice merely a Leftist Talking Point?

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We've heard a lot about Social Justice lately. When used in a positive way, it is often connected with the move toward public recognitio...
2020-08-06

Sam Harris’ Monstrous Moral Landscape

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I recently picked up Michael Brooks’ book about the “Intellectual Dark Web” in which he critiques the views of several “renegade” intellect...
2020-07-01

Social Collapse and Divine Judgment

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The LORD says: Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, and the Philis...
2020-06-29

Flawed Biblical Heroes and Racist Monuments

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Recently the WSJ published a deeply flawed argument  for keeping racist monuments in public spaces. Basically, the argument is that since ch...
2020-06-11

Privatize Racist Monuments: A Modest Proposal

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In the wake of the George Floyd protests, we are seeing protesters around the world, from every tribe and tongue, rise up and dismantle monu...
2020-06-09

Twin Pandemics

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The Twin Pandemics of  Silent Disease and Systemic Inequity  Have laid bare  The emptiness of our cultural values The incessant jangling of ...
2020-06-06

The Trinity Matters So Black Lives Matter

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Pictured: An Icon of the Trinity from the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. The following is a sermon that was given for Trinity Sunday at Grace E...
2020-05-30

A Litany for Protests

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Since I cannot make it to any of the vigils or protests this weekend that are seeking justice for George Floyd and other black men and women...
2020-05-29

Racial Questions from a Suburban Kid

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The following is a personal reflection intended to spur public discussion. It is the result of several conversations, online and in person, ...
2020-05-27

Where there's smoke...

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I often feel like we are in a culture where most people have been systematically desensitized to smelling smoke or seeing fire. And we are i...
2020-03-19

Divine Justice, Quarantine, and Healing

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During this time of pandemic, social distancing, and quarantine, my sacred reading today was from the First letter of John (read it all h...