Here’s a great article from Nicholas Kristoff of the NY Times. It’s an excellent cultural overview of Christians and Justice over the last decade. Click here or on the picture below!!
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Chris Stollar, who was Dean of Faculty at Kilns College until recently moving to Ohio, sent me this article on trafficking he just had published by Relevant Magazine. Chris is a journalist who has a tremendous heart for justice and non-profit organizations. Click here or on the picture below to read Chris’ article (and make
Matt Smith, Antioch’s College and Justice Pastor, is in the Bahamas and will be flying to Haiti tomorrow with World Relief. Matt has signed World Relief NEXT up with a Twitter account and will be posting regular updates. If you’re on Twitter make sure to follow Matt – http://twitter.com/worldreliefnext
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Authors Mike and Danae Yankoski are speaking at Antioch this morning. Their new book, Zealous Love: A Practical Guide to Social Justice, hits the stands next week. It’s a must read for Christians interested in human rights, what the scriptures say about justice and practical things we can do to promote it. Click on the
I’ve been working all night on a lecture and presentation for the Human Rights class I co-teach tomorrow. It is a talk on the history, development and theology of the Social Gospel movement, which began in the late 1800’s and blossomed in the early 1900’s. I don’t think there are many topics in the church
I just agreed today to teach a Tuesday night class this spring through Kilns College called, “The History and Philosophy of Atheism.” I’m pretty convinced that the conversation that needs to happen about faith is evolving from what it has been in previous generations. A lot of it used to be in-house Christian dialogue – theology, doctrine,
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Someone asked me what I’m reading, so I thought I’d share what’s on my nightstand. 1. Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument between Two Great Philosophers by David Edmonds and John Eidinow. It’s the history of a certain part of philosophy – namely, Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgentstein. You’ll probably like it if
Matt Smith asked me to write this little piece on collaboration for the World Relief NEXT website and e-newsletter. I thought I’d post it here as well!! ************** Collaboration is simply a word. It stands for the act of working together. Collaboration, however, can also be a philosophy – a way of thinking, planning and
I thought I’d post the transcript of the talk I gave at the conference this week. (Of course, it won’t feel the same without Beth’s video’s playing before and after!!) *************** One of the things you get to do when you start a church, as many of you might know, is rethink many things that
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ABOUT ME Ken Wytsma I’m a second-generation Dutch American—engineer, philosopher, entrepreneur, wine historian, author and educator. My father was born in ’44 under Nazi occupation in Holland. He immigrated to the United States when he was eight years old, working double shifts through school before joining the United States Navy. Growing up as a Navy
