bread, wine, and the least of these

24Mar09

bread, wine, and the least of these
by tyler priest
we are more religious
than we think
we celebrate the Eucharist
quite often
if it is true
that the Christ is found
in the least of these
we are more religious than we think
we consume the poor
day to day
buying things they made
for us to enjoy
low prices, better living
brought to us
by the least of these
we [...]

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Tags: consumerism, eucharist, fair trade, Holy Communion, religiosity, social justice, the high cost of low prices, Wal-mart

a Bible in one hand, and this one in the other

14Jan09

Back in August of ‘08, at a cohort gathering with Brian McLaren, Brian presented a somewhat lofty idea that could address globalized corporate evils like forced labor, unfair trade, exploitation of natural resources, and animal abuse. Brian mentioned the idea of a system that, like nutrition labels, could eventually become a government-mandated label placed [...]

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Tags: consumerism, corporate evil, environment, ethics, human rights, social justice

Christianity and the Survival of Creation

07Nov08

The ethic of conservation is the explicit abnegation of man’s dominion over the Earth. The lower species are here for our use. God said so: Go forth, be fruitful, multiply, and rape the planet — it’s yours. That’s our job: drilling, mining and stripping. Sweaters are the anti-Biblical view. Big gas-guzzling cars with phones and [...]

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Tags: Ann Coulter, conservationism, consumerism, Creation, environment, environmentalism, Wendell Berry

from my sister: a bit of poetry

01Aug08

My sister, the Darbster (aka Darby), is nothing short of amazing. We talk pretty regularly on the phone and things usually come around to what’s going on at DF on my end of things. I was telling her about a formation session I recently led with my students. We have been [...]

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Tags: clothing, consumerism, Darby, ethics of Jesus, globalization, Honduras, kingdom of God, materialism, poetry, sweatshops, What Would Jesus Buy