What is your notion of a prophet? I suspect the Western Protestant Church has made a right hash of this ministry. Reducing it to mere predictions. Either doom or glory, or vague hope & polite niceness. Reducing it to clichéd slogans that mean anything and everything ….and nothing. Reducing it the “wacky fringe of the... Continue Reading →
Odd Prophet
Stanley Hauerwas says Walter Breuggemann "has the 'unrelenting realism' that possessed the imagination of the ancient prophets..." In Breuggemann's book 'Reality-Grief-Hope' he proves Hauerwas's words true. The book explores the crisis that has gripped American culture since the 9-11 attacks. Although reality, grief and hope are the biblical categories that take communities through disaster (facing... Continue Reading →
Confronting Today’s Pharaohs
This is GOLD!