Engaging the Powers Engagingly

Engaging the Powers Engagingly

My favorite theologian, Walter Wink, most entertainingly demonstrates how Jesus taught his followers to be peacemakers, emerging God's Realm of justice, harmony and joy for all through practical, effective, and hilariously clever acts of intentional non-violence.

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Heavenly Hustle

Heavenly Hustle

As unsavory and implausible as it may seem for inclusion in a sacred text, hoodwinkery is a phenomenon prominent and playfully celebrated in our Bible.  Throughout the text, Old and New Testaments.  Even at the cross.

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Immanuel the Ne'er Do Well....

Immanuel the Ne'er Do Well....

Jesus as part Bamm Bamm, part Tabitha, and part whatever the name is of the character Billy Mumy played in that famous Twilight Zone episode were he turns grown-ups he doesn't like into jack-in-the-boxes.  

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