God's Politics Blog » Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Thanking the Refugee (The Plank in Australia’s Eye, Part 2) http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/10/thanking-the-refugee-the-plank-in-australias-eye-part-2/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/10/thanking-the-refugee-the-plank-in-australias-eye-part-2/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:47 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13181 [continued from part 1] Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas reminds us that “the other” is not an object for us to control but a subject of the Holy One for us to encounter that will inevitably leave us different. In welcoming the stranger…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/10/thanking-the-refugee-the-plank-in-australias-eye-part-2/feed/ 5 The Plank in Australia’s Eye http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/09/the-plank-in-australias-eye/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/09/the-plank-in-australias-eye/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:00:19 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13177 “F%*# OFF! WE’RE FULL!” read the bumper sticker I saw this morning, written within the outline of the Australian continent. The offense of the bumper stickers I felt twice as hard after hearing that another boat of people fleeing horrific…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/11/09/the-plank-in-australias-eye/feed/ 19 A Meditation on Christian Extremism: Blackwater and the Bonhoeffer 4 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/07/a-meditation-on-christian-extremism/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/07/a-meditation-on-christian-extremism/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:00:18 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=10737 “You need to realize that war is money. And money makes the world go round. As soon as you realize that, the sooner you can fit in like the rest of us,” said the police officer who recently arrested me…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/08/07/a-meditation-on-christian-extremism/feed/ 3 God is Not [and has never been] White: Biblical Post-colonial Theology http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/29/god-is-not-and-has-never-been-white-biblical-post-colonial-theology/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/29/god-is-not-and-has-never-been-white-biblical-post-colonial-theology/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 17:00:14 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=9004 “The Bible knows nothing about peace without justice,” said that great prophet of joyful restorative justice, Desmond Tutu, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

This past Tuesday, May 26,  marks “Sorry Day” in Australia where the Australians pause…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/13/jesus-did-not-kill-mohammed/feed/ 71 Mark Driscoll, St. Francis, and the Megachurch http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/01/mark-driscoll-st-francis-and-the-megachurch/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/01/mark-driscoll-st-francis-and-the-megachurch/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 18:00:33 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=8315 I rarely agree with Mark Driscoll. Yet he points to something when he said:

This generation can be a whiny bunch of idealists getting together in small groups to complain about megachurches and the religious right rather than doing something.

You don’t…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/01/mark-driscoll-st-francis-and-the-megachurch/feed/ 13 Jesus and Justice Always Kiss: A Plea to Youth Pastors Making Out with Empire http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/11/jesus-and-justice-always-kiss-a-plea-to-youth-pastors-making-out-with-empire/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/11/jesus-and-justice-always-kiss-a-plea-to-youth-pastors-making-out-with-empire/#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:00:17 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=6153 That U.S. megaphone of amazing grace, Shane Claiborne, was recently moved to tears after witnessing a youth gathering in Australia. As he wrote:

Can you imagine if our North American Christian conferences had a witness on the streets like that [inspiring…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/02/11/jesus-and-justice-always-kiss-a-plea-to-youth-pastors-making-out-with-empire/feed/ 11 A Pop-Star Pastor’s Public Fall and the Christian Cult of Celebrity http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/25/a-pop-star-pastors-public-fall-and-the-christian-cult-of-celebrity-by-jarrod-mckenna/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/25/a-pop-star-pastors-public-fall-and-the-christian-cult-of-celebrity-by-jarrod-mckenna/#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:09 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1060 It was only last month that Sydney newspaper The Herald Sun's Faithworks blog carried a post with this paragraph:

There is an amazing moment on the latest Hillsong DVD, This Is Our [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/25/a-pop-star-pastors-public-fall-and-the-christian-cult-of-celebrity-by-jarrod-mckenna/feed/ 42 The Olympics, Human Rights, and Holy Mischief http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/01/the-olympics-human-rights-and-holy-mischief-by-jarrod-mckenna/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/01/the-olympics-human-rights-and-holy-mischief-by-jarrod-mckenna/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:59:17 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1102

"God Is Love," inscribed on the tracksuit of the athlete who [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/08/01/the-olympics-human-rights-and-holy-mischief-by-jarrod-mckenna/feed/ 45 The Sound of Social Justice in Australia: ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/05/13/the-sound-of-social-justice-in-australia-from-little-things-big-things-grow-by-jarrod-mckenna/ http://blog.sojo.net/2008/05/13/the-sound-of-social-justice-in-australia-from-little-things-big-things-grow-by-jarrod-mckenna/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 15:08:46 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://www.sojo.net/blog/godspolitics/?p=1385 If you thought socially conscious music in the mainstream was a thing of the past, turn your ears to what Australia is listening to. A song about justice and reconciliation in Australia was the highest new entry in the charts two weeks ago - starting out at #2 on the Australian charts and #2 after Madonna on the digital track charts - and remains in the top 50. As The New York Times reported:

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Matty is one of the many awesome kids in our neighbourhood who don't mind that we are white and often hang out at our houses. As one kid put it, "it's not [...]]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2008/02/15/australia-says-sorry-this-is-history-unna-by-jarrod-mckenna/feed/ 21