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I Was Wrong About Occupy HT @micahbales #occupytheology #occupychurch

This morning at Liberty Square we had a small ceremony of thanksgiving. The quote from Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail made more sense than it ever has. And it has always made great sense. Many clergy hide behind “the anesthetizing security of stained glass windows,” he said in 1963. King was talking about space, even then. http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/5459/i_was_wrong_about_occupy Continue Reading

Word from Winkler via @GBCS

From General Secretary Jim Winkler’s column today at @GBCS The prophet Isaiah was awakened to two realities: the awesome holiness of Yahweh and the depth of his own nation’s sin. http://www.umc-gbcs.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=frLJK2PKLqF&b=7887565&ct=11523271

a rebel with a cause by @RogerWolsey and a real link to Christ

@RogerWolsey blogged this over the weekend,  and I had gone to the link and clicked over to read the remainder of the original article.  I thought I had been linking to Roger’s post, who had brought the  article to my attention in the first place.  And ,  most importantly,  this observation is even more directly “theological” ,  seeing that Roger Continue Reading

I Criticize OWS because I Love it. | elephant journal

As my love for the movement has deepened, I am now moved to offer further criticism with the aim of helping the movement be as effective as possible and to endear itself into the hearts of as many of our fellow citizens as we can — Roger Wolsey via I Criticize OWS because I Love it. | elephant journal.

RNS: “Churches help Occupy movement survive crackdowns, winter” #occupytheology

 A recent poll by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service found that less than a third of Americans say the Occupy movement represents their values, but the police evictions seem to have boosted religious support for the movement. This comes with actually learning something about the movement,  instead of letting the inane memes circulating through various media Continue Reading

Love, Community and Good News for the Poor by @micahbales

Now Micah Bales has been engaging in some hefty theologizing about #OccupyWallstreet for some time now.  His post Wednesday had some of the questions I’d like to see the church take seriously as we see the Occupy movement garner increased widespread support: Will this movement be mostly about venting our anger at the increasing marginalization of the middle class, or Continue Reading

Reading the Bible thru the Eyes of the 99Percent by @reseudaimon

Love seeing this post from Derek Penwell today,  as I rev up my WordPress geek engines to continue constructing and tweaking my newly opened occupytheology.org  blog,  hosted at my theoblogical.org  blog. My tweet just a few moments ago:  Reading the Bible thru the Eyes of the 99Percent by @reseudaimon //Gold Star #occupytheology Post. r2.ly/dkj6 Just the kind of thing I Continue Reading

OccupyTheology WordPress Tweaks

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This is my placeholder post for my theologizing and writing and video regarding the theological relevance of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and it’s various “Occupations” across the country (like #OccupyNashville) URLs requesting occupytheology.org  now end up on the custom page type http://wp.theoblogical.org/?post_type=occupytheology

Bring it to light – is this one of those “speak the truth to power” moments?

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Make a visible step toward Washington DC and join the church movement speaking the truth to power in DC and NY (ie #occupyWallstreet ) Denominational agency efforts and reports re: economic/budget issues affecting our economy are few on the front pages of the denominations’ websites.  I have seen exactly TWO (both UMC)  so far in a month of watching this. Continue Reading