A batch of the best highlights from what Todd's read, .
Ponder a curious fact about the witness of the early Christians in light of our tendency to focus on electoral politics as the weapon of choice to “change the world.” Following the example of Jesus, the early Christians ignored the state. Instead, they extended care and aid to those in their community who were destitute and in need. The early Christians sold their land and possessions, sharing them with each other so that “there were no needy persons among them”
Stranger God
Richard Beck
I don't think progressive Christianity is a bad thing. I'm *post*-progressive, not *anti*-progressive. So let me be clear: Progressive Christianity is banal, but evangelicalism is a dumpster fire.
A Peaceable Faith: Part 2, Trade-Off Theory and Deconstruction
experimentaltheology.blogspot.com
Unjust systems perpetuate themselves by means of institutionalized violence.