Doctrine of Discovery

  • Becoming Disturbed

    You can feel it without seeing it.  The blank stare—over the phone.  This was one of them.  I’d mentioned the Doctrine of Discovery with that tone of “of course you—as a leader within the Church—know something about this.”  I didn’t pick up on it… Continue reading

    Becoming Disturbed

  • Church in Conflict: Disciples Struggle with Indigenous

    The following was written as a Position Paper to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) A hint of afternoon heat whispers behind the cool morning air.  Late spring has a way of saying what was and what is.  We sit beneath a… Continue reading

    Church in Conflict: Disciples Struggle with Indigenous

  • Misshaping Created Identity

    There are many reasons to remember, tell stories, teach, and learn history.  Of them all, one, is to learn the mistakes of our parents.  For therein lies the why of who we are.  To know their mistakes does not negate their gifts or… Continue reading

  • 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