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More Than Civil

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:00:27 +0000

What stands out about Dr. King in this video is how he treated these people, and how he responded to the face of some pretty insidious seeming questions. He was extremely civil. In our day, these kinds of conversations would have been filled with lots of yelling and red-faced name calling. But that wasn't what Dr. King's dream was.

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The Human Capital

Jonathan Storment — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:35:16 +0000

By now, most of us have heard of Ted Williams. The Homeless man with the Golden Voice, who was discovered by a Good Samaritan with a video camera and the foresight to introduce Ted to the world via YouTube. You’ve probably heard about Ted’s rise to fame over the past few weeks. He voiced a [...]

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Mistaken Arrangements

Jonathan Storment — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:34:50 +0000

I stumbled upon this video by Walter Brueggemann a few days ago. He’s describing the kind of prophetic vision of what Justice means in the Scriptures. And he’s doing it for a conference that is all about Justice. Which from looking at, sounds like an amazing conference. But it did get me thinking: Since when [...]

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Living the Dream

Jonathan Storment — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:30:21 +0000

It's easy to relegate Dr. King's vision for a more just world to a time of historic importance. But his was a vision without an expiration date, and it's one that makes important demands of Jesus followers for all time.

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It Happens

Jonathan Storment — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:11:05 +0000

So last night I went, for the first time, to Grace Fellowship, a community ministry of the Highland Church. Grace is in a lower socio-economic area of town, and it’s primary goal is to take church to the people. One of my favorite aspects of Grace, is that across the street there is a community [...]

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