Ched Myers’ sermon at Jesus Collective this Palm Sunday 2021 reminds us of why Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem two millennia ago was a bold expression of political street theater, culminating his mission of liberation, and sealing his fate.
Ched & Elaine talk about why all Christians would do well to learn from Our Lady of Guadalupe and John the Revelator’s vision of the woman clothed with the sun. Published Dec 15, 2020
by Ched Myers Intotemak/ My Friends (Mennonite Church Canada). Full Article: A People Who Remember SKU: 11-5-F
The fact that Trump’s inauguration will take place on Jan 20th—the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday—is a clear indicator of how confused and conflicted this country is (see a concise commentary by the Boggs Center’s Shea Howell here). So on this January 15th (the actual birthday of our country’s greatest prophet), I’ll offer a few thoughts on the problem of plutocracy in this Second Gilded Age.
Last Friday was the Feast of La Virgen de Guadalupe. At right is a retablo, a hybrid style of indigenous artistry, centuries of Catholic iconography, and Spanish culture. Retablos are small oil paintings on tin, zinc, wood, or copper which were used in home altars to honor saints. This one has hung in our…
by Ched Myers Part Two of an essay published in: Theology and the Crisis of Engagement: Essays in Honor of Lee Cormie, edited by J. Nowers and N. Medina (Eugene:Pickwick Publications, 2013). 11 pp. We live in a world in which the social architecture of functional segregation and inequality persists. Divisions of race, class and…
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