“Conservative religious people involved in kingdom-of-the-world thinking often believe that their enemies are the liberals, the gay activists, the ACLU, the pro-choice advocates, the evolutionists, and so on. On the opposite side, liberal religious people often think that their enemies are the fundamentalists, the gay bashers, the Christian Coalition, the antiabortionists, and so on. Demonizing [...]
October 29, 2008
Categories: God, Life and Culture, justice, living, mission, politics, quotes, random thoughts . Tags: christian, Greg Boyd, kingdom, Myth, nation, politics . Author: jeff greer . Comments: 2 Comments
well the story of nickelsville is definitely one that has it’s up’s and down’s… mostly downs it seems from the perspective of the media and mayor Nickels, who’s continuing threat and personal agenda to put an end to Nickelsville once and for all, has been chasing them out of every location they have popped up [...]
October 24, 2008
Categories: God, Life and Culture, Seattle, justice, living, mission, politics . Tags: community, help, homeless, marginalized, mayor, Nickelsville, Seattle, support, tent city, University Christian church . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment
i have been wanting to blog about the story of Nickelsville, a homeless community in Seattle that has decided to take matters into their own hands to correct their situations. I have been involved a little during the process and my good friend Dustin has become one of their biggest, non-homeless advocates, spending most of [...]
October 2, 2008
Categories: God, Life and Culture, Seattle, justice, living, mission, our stuff . Tags: advocate, community, homeless, Nickelsville, Seattle, tents . Author: jeff greer . Comments: Leave a Comment