If you want to start a fight, talk about religion. Or politics. OR BOTH! For much of my adult life, I've wrestled with what it looks like to apply my faith to public life. This especially becomes a question during election season, when some Christians speak as if the entire fate of the world rests…
Tag: Shane Claiborne
Devotional Recommendations?
Students and friends often ask me what books I would recommend for devotional reading. I admit I am not entirely sure what sort of book they are looking for. If by devotional they mean a book they can read a few pages each morning that will provide spiritual reflection throughout the day, then nearly anything…
Between Babel and the Beast (Review)
Over the years I have moved in an Anabaptist direction in my thinking on ethics and the relationship of a Christian to the government. Like many, this was greatly influenced by the works of John Howard Yoder (though having a wife who worked at a Mennonite school and spending time with many people there certainly…