Bill and his wife live on a small farm in Southern Virginia. He blogs at PracticingResurrection.wordpress.com
By Bill Guerrant on 08/27/2010
In the 4th Century A.D. the Roman emperor Julian was concerned about the spread of Christianity in his empire…He wrote: “Nothing has contributed to the progress of the superstition of these Christians as their charity to strangers. The impious Galileans provide not only for their own poor, but for ours as well.”
Posted in Church & World History, Features, Justice | Tagged caring for the poor, christian faith, Christians, Church History, embodying our faith, history, Jesus followers, Julian the Apostate, Justice, love, margins of empire, mercy, mission, Poverty, Roman empire | 1 Response
By Bill Guerrant on 11/17/2009
Isn’t our culture’s commercialization of such a holy event every bit as profane as selling doves and changing money in the courtyards of the temple? I wonder what would happen if Jesus walked into an American mall…with songs proclaiming his birth being piped in to induce purchases.
Posted in Features, Money & Economics | Tagged Anti-Consumerism, christmas, economy, idolatry, money, Wendell Berry, worship | 2 Responses
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