The Ivy Bush: On not knowing whether or not I am progressive

Jonathan Marlowe asks what I often ask.   It is a large peeve of mine that so many Christians seem more closely aligned with American political labels and ideas than with Biblical/Kingdom-based categories.  One of my favorite blogs is Levellers, not because I always agree with Michael, but because he usually makes me think. Although Michael has used the term "progressive" Continue Reading

Change I Can REALLY Believe In

I think that I am perhaps putting a dog in this (political)  fight because I have been depressed and disappointed with the church in my life these past couple of years to an extent unmatched in my lifetime.  The fact that I have been reading the Hauerwas’ and Fitch’s and JKA Smiths has only heightened the sense of contrast between Continue Reading