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Finding Jesus on the margins

Madison, WI
Joined September 2009
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Take a listen. When small communities inherit the earth, how will they confront the corporations? overturningtables.com/noctur…
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If you like fantasy novels with a justice edge, check this out from Scott @Bessenecker: When modernity fails us, it will be simple communities of faith living close to the earth that will rise from the ashes of a technology-obsessed world... soundcloud.com/scott-bessene…
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Welcoming the stranger is not a conservative thing or a liberal thing. It is a Jesus thing. #Matthew25 #LoveThyNeighbor #DACA – at Philadelphia, PA
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Some people were born on 3rd base, but think they've hit a triple. – at Philadelphia, PA
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It is stunning to see what we condone and what we condemn. – at Philadelphia, PA
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Jesus returned from death with gaping wounds. They are visible reminders of his love for us. @bessenecker gospel-life.net/marked-for-c…
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Can we trust God to be at work in places that we cannot reach? @bessenecker wp.me/p4F102-DA
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New @UrbanaMissions podcast is up! Listen as Scott, Andy, and Joyce chat about American insularity in politics urbana.org/3-politics-and-pr…
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"Jesus spoke more about how we use our COINS than how we use our LOINS" // HT @Bessenecker buff.ly/1X2MNVi
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"The Jesus I worship did not carry a gun. He carried a cross," says @ShaneClaiborne jonathanmerritt.religionnews…
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Great exhortation by @bessenecker on soul-ties to money and entrance into the Kingdom. gospel-life.net/saving-the-r…
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Another execution. #AlfredoPrieto Another mass shooting. #UCCShooting Enough death. Jesus, heal this land. xitter.gq/helenprejean/status/64…
It appears the execution of Alfredo Prieto is going to go ahead today. Keep Alfredo, his family, and victims' families in thoughts & prayers
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Friday is the Intl Day of Non-Violence - find out more & background info here: j.mp/d9XGiw
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Just finished @Bessenecker #OverturningTables. Challenged in my thinking about mission and hungry for a new season of mission!
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"Listening comes before speaking. Standing with someone comes before doing stuff for them." - @Bessenecker #ferguson bit.ly/1JPXH5Z
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Most drug-sniffing dogs refuse to admit they have a problem
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I highly recommend @Bessenecker's Overturning Tables. Not because I agree with everything but because he made me think. Hard. #mission
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"One year ago, our nation was struck by the news from Ferguson. One year later, we still lament. Lord have mercy." bit.ly/1OZcYWg
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"What you’re studying now is relevant to the poverty pandemic. We must come at poverty from every side.”—@Bessenecker bit.ly/1h8E2Yv