Category Archives: discipleship

Christ the Slave and Occupy Wall Street, or Why OWS Should Matter to Christians

Occupy Wall Street went global yesterday–and remember, it started globally too–but I wonder how many of our churches think it matters (and for a whole variety of reasons). I want to make an argument that OWS does matter, for us … Continue reading

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Discipleship and Bourgeois Theology

It took me many years to free myself from I called in my memoirs the ‘bonds of my class.’  I know that even today there are many who accuse me of behavior instilled by the ‘bonds of class,’ especially some … Continue reading

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