Jenny & Tyler: Faint Not (Video)
Out of this struggle to continually choose sacrificial love we are reminded that it is not idealism or politically-inspired activism but humble submission to the Holy Spirit through whom we can say, like the ancient Hebrew psalmist-king David, “o my soul, faint not, no faint not | o my soul, keep up, up in love”…
Farmageddon (movie trailer)
“Farmageddon exposes the battle over food rights in America. Farmer’s and consumers start food co-ops and buying clubs or homesteads, and then are shut down by the government in the name of food safety.”
Claudio Oliver: Turning Grease Into Gospel (video)
Let Claudio inspire you as well -as you conspire ways to “do small things with great love” in your neighborhood that model and embody GOD’s redemption and reconciliation…
Truck Farm: An Experiment In Urban Community Farming
One of my favorite (and the most fun) sustainable agriculture experiments that I have heard of is Wicked Delicate’s film and food project: Truck Farm- which is a “mobile community farm, a documentary about urban agriculture and – a public art and education project.”
Community Gardens: Churches Find Their Local Mission
Rising to meet the needs of local food banks, their own members and as a means of outreach to their communities- many congregations are taking the idea of local, sustainably raised food and cultivating the land as a means to enact the Gospel and the Kingdom love of Jesus….
Will Campbell: Racism and the Church (EthicsDaily Video)
Why are the local churches in America the last place to see racial reconciliation- even in 2011? Author, farmer, activist and “renegade Baptist preacher” Will Campbell talks candidly about racism and the church (a clip from EthicsDaily’s DVD ‘Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism‘).
Alan Hirsch: DNA of Gospel Movements [VERGE Videos]
This is a powerful series of short videos featuring Alan Hirsch, missiologist, a key figure in the missional church movement and author of Untamed: Reactivating A Missional Form of Discipleship, The Forgotten Ways and other books. Be warned- you may start asking dangerous questions after watching these…
Christian Faith and Cooperative Economics: Viv Grigg (video)
Viv Grigg talks about how cooperative economics can be central to a more radical and embodied Christian discipleship. What is so disturbing about Viv’s word is that it challenges many of our preconceived notions about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in America and the Western world..
Birth of the Rebel Jesus
Let us listen to those who challenge our collective imagination, like Jackson Browne who sings of the ‘Rebel Jesus’ and reminds us that if we are to believe in and celebrate GOD’s incarnation we must also live in-step with the ‘upside-down’ kingdom of the King who became a servant to us all…
The Holy Fools of Christmas (feat. Mr. Bean, Rev Billy & Linus)
I decided instead to enjoy things a bit and have laugh- to let a few ‘holy fools’ encourage us to cast off all that hinders us from loving each other and remembering that Christmas is all about remembering the incarnation-and ‘re-incarnating’ Jesus to those around us…(Featuring Mr. Bean, Rev Billy and Linus)
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