Dave Andrews Day 1 The other day I got an email from my friend Ibrahim Abdelhalim, Imam of the Lincoln University Mosque, member of the Canterbury Muslim Community and New Zealand Ambassador for Peace. Ibrahim wrote: ‘Dear Brothers and Sisters, Asslamoalikum. As the new Moon will be sighted, the Holy Month of Ramadan will begin […]

This podcast is about resistance to our 24/7 civilization. Quiet, disciplined resistance.* Practicing alternative, slower behaviors to the fast food, nano-second hurry of a work week, and living richer because of it. This interview with Walter Brueggemann will surprise, disturb, and delight you!! The interview revolves around the word “Sabbath.” It’s a surprise, because not […]

http://bit.ly/1qv9DaY The question I ask myself on my 65th birthday: What do you think – on the other side of innocence? You’ve gambled and lost. Your love’s not enough. What do you feel – now that the grief is real? You’ve tried n’ you’ve failed. You’re tired n’ you’re frail. What do you want? What […]

Doug Baker Ashraf and I had been friends during his bachelor days. He laughed easily back then, with a joyful sound that overwhelmed the whole table while we ate. That laugh sadly became more rare and more strained as US politics conflicted more and more with hopes of freedom for Gaza. This was during the […]

Doug Baker In evangelical culture we sometimes learn to treat doubt and faith as opposites. We tell our stories of how we used to doubt but God rescued us and brought us to faith. Thereafter we think we are best to flee situations that challenge our faith and lead us into doubt. But in my […]

by Doug Baker The story being told us by a large segment of our political and religious leaders is that Islam is inherently violent and that the reason is because Muslims obey the Quran. Representative Mo Brooks (Alabama) recently said, “You look at the Quran, and I encourage people to read it on their own so they […]

A Radical Declaration by Dave Andrews One of the problems people have with Christians is that we are not only un-Christ-like, but we also use our Christian theology to rationalize our continuing to be un-Christ-like. After all – as the bumper stickers emblazoned on our Volvos boldly proclaim – we’re: ‘Not perfect – Just forgiven!’ […]

A Grateful Affirmation by Dave Andrews The Apostle Paul tells us that, when Jesus died on the cross, he died ‘for’ our sins.[i] However, the critic A. S. Byatt observes ‘God sent his “only beloved Son” into the world to die “for us”; but the story d(oes) not make it at all clear what “for” […]

A Critical Reflection by Dave Andrews For someone to die on a cross was not a very unusual story in first century Palestine. The Maccabean king, Jannaeus, crucified eight hundred leading Pharisees after an unsuccessful insurrection in 88 B.C.[i] The Roman general, Varus, crucified some two thousand insurgents in 4 B.C.[ii] And the Roman general, […]

One of the biggest difficulties we face, in trying to figure out the place of the story of the cross in today’s world, is that we live in a postmodern world, in which, it is said, there is no place at all for a metastory – like the story of the cross – anymore.   […]

  Dave Andrews We are called to protect the vulnerable against violence. St Paul says ‘love always protects and always preserves’ (1 Cor. 13:4) Direct nonviolent intervention is the most loving way to do that, as it is least likely to incite further cycles of violence and counter-violence. However, nonviolence should never be used as […]

Dave Andrews’ Speech on the Steps of St John’s Cathedral 08/02/2016 I would like to honour the traditional owners of this land past and present whose representatives have publicly welcomed asylum seekers. We are here today to take a stand for Sanctuary. Sanctuary is when people of good faith, in times of turmoil, open up […]