Letter from an editor

On January 15, 2019December 28, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Biography as Theology, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Dear Radical Discipleship community,

I write with some exciting news that I long to share with this community of readers and contributors who have been and will continue to be a resting place for me.

It is with delight that I share that over the next few months, I will step into the position of editor at Geez magazine. I am not leaving RadicalDiscipleship.net. These past 4 1/2 years cultivating RD have been such a gift to connect with so many of you and share powerful stories from those with hands and hearts in the struggle. I love working with Tommy on this project and we hope that it will continue for many years to come. Continue reading “Letter from an editor” →

Wild Lectionary: Song of the Baptizer

On January 10, 2019January 9, 2019 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Theological Animation, Uncategorized, Watershed DiscipleshipLeave a comment

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Luke 3:15-17, 21-22

By Jay Beck and Tevyn East

we must rid our lives of the participation
in the greed driven schemes of these corporations
who are pushing and forcing the privatization
of the river of life, causing evaporation, (desertification)
leaving us choking on hot dry frustration. Continue reading “Wild Lectionary: Song of the Baptizer” →

Song for Daniel Berrigan

On January 9, 2019December 27, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Art as Resistance, Cloud of Witnesses, UncategorizedLeave a comment

berrigan By Nancy Bowker

Press Release: Denouncing State & Coastal Gaslink Violence On Unceded WET’SUWET’EN Territory

On January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

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Media Inquiries:
Jen Wickham: 778-210-0067
Delee Nikal: 250-961-9642
Carla Lewis: 778-669-1316
Karla Tait: 250-640-1094

RALLIES PLANNED INTERNATIONALLY TO DENOUNCE STATE AND COASTAL GASLINK VIOLENCE ON UNCEDED WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY

January 8, 2019 – Yesterday militarized RCMP descended onto unceded Wet’suwet’en to enforce a colonial court injunction. Fourteen people were arrested including Gitdumden spokesperson Molly Wickham. One elder was released and 13 land defenders and supporters will be appearing in court in Prince George today.

Rallies in 55 cities across Canada and internationally will be taking place today Tuesday January 8, 2019 to express solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en defending their unceded lands from unwanted fracked gas development.
Continue reading “Press Release: Denouncing State & Coastal Gaslink Violence On Unceded WET’SUWET’EN Territory” →

Rebels and Saints to guide 2019

On January 8, 2019December 28, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Cloud of Witnesses, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Friends,

In November, we sent out 150 perpetual calendars for children in our communities near and far. Part of that work was gathering dates and people to be remembered and honored. Another piece was collecting books written for kids on these holy mischief makers. That work is just a beginning. We hope to continue to add dates and stories in the time to come.

So, we have posted it on RadicalDiscipleship. You can follow along throughout the year, read some wonderful stories, and also let us know the many glaring holes that are missing. You can write in the comments of the page other ideas of dates/books or email lydiaiwk@gmail.com.

Let us honor these rebels and saints with our lives!

Follow along HERE.

Wild Lectionary: Like Rain

On January 3, 2019 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Theological Animation, Uncategorized, Watershed DiscipleshipLeave a comment

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Psalm 72
Matthew 2:1-12

By Laurel Dykstra

For Christians, and perhaps preachers especially, there is immense pressure to approach scripture with a foregone conclusion, to find and preach some Good News, whatever contortions to the integrity of self or text that might require. Continue reading “Wild Lectionary: Like Rain” →

Helpings

On January 2, 2019December 27, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Biography as Theology, Uncategorized1 Comment

By Talitha Fraser

We live in times where the focus is on those things that divide rather than connect us but as Chappo (Peter Chapman) says “You should share communion together, it has a unique power to unite beyond words.”

Our practices of radical hospitality and community have something to offer we know the world is hungry for and to that end we are going to share some recipes over the coming weeks that are for community meals. Don’t think: How can I reduce the scale of this to feed my family? Instead think: Who shall I invite to share food at my table? Continue reading “Helpings” →

Presence

On January 1, 2019December 27, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Art as Resistance, UncategorizedLeave a comment

heart By Melissa Shaw-Smith. Re-posted from her blog.

The year has rocked this world to its roots.
What if for one day each being put down
their burdens, their words of hate, their inhumanity
and breathed in the presence?
Stopped fighting for history, for fears, hopes, dreams
and stood facing the morning sun
letting the warmth of the moment
and the next, the next, accumulate like dust at their feet
Listened instead of spoke, acknowledged truth,
embraced silence.

What if for one day each being acknowledged the fear
and let it go? Suspended beliefs
opened their arms, drew strength
through earth, grass, rock, sand
Found the sparrow singing from a lone bush
the small heart-shaped cloud
Felt the currents of air wash over them, mingle
with the breath, and let the seams unravel
borders blend, walls dissolve
and be
one.

Their Own Funeral

On December 30, 2018December 23, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

From The Prophetic Imagination (1978) by Walter Brueggemann (right), celebrating 40 years of energizing and criticizing:

I believe that the proper idiom for the prophet in cutting through the royal numbness and denial is the language of grief, the rhetoric that engages the community in mourning for a funeral they do not want to admit. It is indeed their own funeral.

Wild Lectionary: From the Heavens and Earth

On December 27, 2018 By RadicalDiscipleshipIn Theological Animation, Uncategorized, Watershed Discipleship1 Comment

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Psalm 148

By Laurel Dykstra

Salal + Cedar is the church that hosts and curates Wild Lectionary. We are in the middle of our fourth year as a community and this post marks the two-year anniversary of Wild Lectionary. Psalm 148, the praise hymn of all creation, is read every year on the first Sunday after Christmas and for Salal + Cedar it is an opportunity to reflect on the previous year. In 2018 we worked on restoring wildlife habitat on a trout and salmon stream, ran an environmental justice camp for youth, helped to midwife some emerging Wild Church projects, and continued in our resistance to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Praise the Lord!

Praise the Lord from the heavens;
praise him in the heights!
Praise him, all his angels;
praise him, all his host! Continue reading “Wild Lectionary: From the Heavens and Earth” →