• Paulo Freire for SA

    As followers of Jesus we affirm the humanity of all.  In the words of Irenaues, “Man fully alive is the glory of God”.  Freire sees our vocation as humanization – helping people to become fully human; this includes the oppressed and the oppressor. In order for the oppressed and the oppressor to become a new humanity, a …

  • Learning from the kids

    This morning in the car we had a worship wars of sorts. It all started when I asked the kids if they want to pray. Tayla responded with a song. Halfway through her song-prayer Liam objected, “that is not prayer”. Tayla was upset that Liam interrupted her. What followed was a surreal representation of the …

  • A twitter parable

    I am working on Sunday’s exploration of the parable of the sower … I wondered how Jesus would interact with our culture and rewrote the parable for a twitter-world. I wonder what you would add or change?   A lover decided to spread her message of hope. She invited people into creating a community of …

  • 3 possible practises for detoxing from christendom church

    In the book “The naked Anabaptist” the author writes, “The Christendom era has left the body of Christ with toxins in its bloodstream-practices, instincts, commitments, structures, attitudes, biases, compromises, and reactions that damage our health and disfigure our witness. We need to purge these toxins from our system.” I know the toxins he refers to …