We are a group of believers committed to revisioning the relationship between the Word and our world, in order to help animate and build capacity for communities of discipleship and justice.
In the days following the ugly confrontation between Occupy movement protesters and Seattle Police in downtown Seattle on Nov. 14, images of an 84-year-old woman and Seattle clergyman covered with pepper spray went viral. The Seattle pastor, Rev.
I
think about the word good a lot. In my 22 years of life, I’ve struggled deeply with
perfectionist tendencies in different areas of life. It has caused me to be
gripped with the fear filled cycling voices of “you’re not good enough Julia.” I’ve
had to do pretty constant work to lessen that fear-based living, to unburden,
to remind myself I am loved simply because I am.
Right now my friend Estuardo is probably crouching in the dark somewhere in the desert along the Mexican border. At the same time my wife and I hang electric Christmas lights on our tree, get out our nativity sets, and read familiar illustrated books about the stars in the sky above the shepherds.
This is what "good news" sounds like! It didn’t take long – after news broke this afternoon that President Obama had indefinitely kiboshed the climate-killer Keystone XL pipeline – for my phone to ring.
"Hi Rose, I’m calling from White House on behalf of President Obama.
