Dave

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading

  • 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… Continue reading