Chewing the Cud

  • Civilizing & Christianizing

    Disciple’s theology trended toward a nationalistic identity from the beginning.  However, if we were to choose a defining moment when theology and nationalism became one, it would lie in the moment when Disciples voted to open a Boarding School on the Yakama Reservation.  In 1919, at the International Convention in Cincinnati, we Disciples approved monies to the American…

  • Honor and Our Veterans

    For some time folk have worked hard to change how we think as community.  To move from Columbus Day to Indigenous Day is an example.  Reframing our worldview though is to change core celebrations National structure knows that if people think of familial celebrations as national then we will do most anything for the nation. Today’s celebration…

  • Gospel Nationalism

    Last week’s Center for Indigenous Ministries invitation to develop a Truth and Healing Council is a call to remember vocation and homeplace.  Done well, this work breaks the fetters of Indigenous and non-Indigenous historical trauma and moral injury.  Once free, we may again live the natural inclinations of our created birth—lives of satisfying work, neighborly kindness, healthful…

  • Residential & Boarding Schools

    Indigenous Month #1 A Statement from the Center for IndigenousMinistries (DOC) regarding Indigenous Residential / Boarding Schools of Canada and the United States Over the last several months nearly 1,000 unmarked children graves were discovered at former residential schools in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, Canada.  This unspeakable news is not lost on US Indigenous parents whose…

  • To Remember and Honor

    Tomorrow is Memorial Day.  As National Holidays go, you cannot argue against remembering those who died while serving in the United States Armed Services.  And we should not. However, if we are going to honor the dead due to military service, then for those of us who live within US borders, we cannot and should not stop there. Memorial…