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shane claiborne :: 4.1

Jonathan Blundell — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:04:13 +0000

shane claiborne

this week we chat with activist/author and speaker shane claiborne. shane sits down with travis and talks about his life, his ministry, and where jesus fits into all of this.

music ::

skekinah – mirage
psalters – dumpster diving

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War is ugly, God is good…

Jonathan Blundell — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:20:24 +0000

It’s been seven years since the War in Iraq began.

Seven years.

4704 coalition soldiers have died in those seven years and there’s no telling how many Iraqi soldiers and innocent civilians have died. Current estimates are between 95,000 and 105,000.

Over at Sojo.net Shane Claiborne shares some of his experience of taking part in a Truth Commission that met this week about the War in Iraq.

It was some 40 years ago that Dr. King confessed that America had become “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world.” Last night we heard the echoes of Dr. King’s prophetic voice… and from that same pulpit.

Claiborne continues, sharing some of the many stories he experienced during the event…

It was hard to sleep after listening to the horrors of war. In fact one speaker said this is the penance we get for surviving the world we have helped destroy. What has happened to the conscience of our country when soldiers are forced to drive their tanks over cardboard cutouts of children so they won’t hesitate when they have to run over real bodies? As we heard one soldier confess last night — cardboard cutouts cannot prepare you for the sound of hearing a child’s body crush beneath the tank. And it will take more than a truth commission to heal from that memory. But it was a beginning.

War is ugly. And it continues both in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world.

But it doesn’t have to.

They will beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks.
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
nor will they train for war anymore. – Isaiah 2:4

What would that look like today? What would our lives look like if we believed this was possible? What would our communities and neighborhoods look like?

Will you be the one to help make the change?

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50 ways to love your neighbor

Jonathan Blundell — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:17:38 +0000

From Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove (via Sojorners)

With the National Day of Prayer coming up (May 7), a lot of folks around the country are organizing prayer services in church sanctuaries and town halls. We’re all for getting together to say prayers — but we’re also challenged by the ways scripture stirs us to become the answer to our prayers. So we decided to start a little campaign. Here are 50 ways – some little, some bigger — that we can start to be the church we pray for. If you can join us in committing to do at least one of these things between now and May 7, consider yourself a member of the movement and share the list with your friends. Maybe we’re a little late for a national organizing committee — but, then again, maybe we don’t need one. May the Spirit spread its truth like kudzu, and may God’s kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven.

Fast for the 2 billion people who live on less than a dollar a day.
Contact your local crisis pregnancy center and invite a pregnant woman to live with your family.
Ask your pastor if someone on your church’s sick list would like a visit.
Join an open AA meeting and befriend someone there.
Adopt a child.
Mow your neighbor’s grass.
Volunteer to tutor a kid at your local elementary school. (Try to get to know the kid’s family.)
Grow your own tomatoes — and share them.
Ask a small group in your community to meet regularly for intercessory prayer.
Build a wheel chair ramp for someone who is homebound.

~~Read the rest of the list.~~

UPDATED LINK :: Read the rest of the list.

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adele sakler pt 2 :: 2.15

Jonathan Blundell — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:32:51 +0000

this week we share the second part of Thomas’ conversation with Adele Sakler (aka existential punk).

be sure and listen to part one if you haven’t already.

in this second part, Adele talks more about her homosexuality and her desire to be a voice of God’s love to each community she’s a part of. we also chat about labels and how we often try to define one another with them.

we realize that like many of our guests, you may not agree 100% with Adele’s theology — she realizes that as well — but we invite you to take the time to listen to Adele’s story and hear her story for yourself. take the time to hear her story and view it and her as an entire package, not just shunning her for what you may not agree with. then we welcome your thoughts and comments. drop us an e-mail or phone call and let us know what you think.

music ::
quiet village – circus of horror
dj earworm – no one takes your freedom
dave andrews – wanna
shane claiborne – dumpster divers

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