2008

She's Gonna Be Mad...

So my sweet wife has one of the coolest names ever. Phileena. Since I was an Ancient Biblical...

“Unlikely allies? At first sight Jean Vanier and Stanley...”
— by John Swinton in the...

Re-Imagining a Failed Post-Civil Rights...

We woke up in a different world today. I confess. Though I voted for Brent Anderson, when it was...

The Old Schooler :: Socialized Education...

During the presidential campaign process there has been a lot of talk about universal healthcare and...

Neue Quarterly :: Why Evangelicals and the...

Bamboozled... the Evangelical Vote and...

Wow. Guess some of you are mad at me because I vote for Brent Anderson (we have gotten word of at...

I Subscribe

I am a print-media junkie. Sure, I hit up the Google News page every day, but I just love holding a...

A Community of the Broken for the Christian...

I Drink My Own Pee

Even after a hilarious opening scene that gave us a glimpse of Dwight in his underwear giving birth...

Modern Novel Starter Set

Last week they made the announcement of the newest Nobel Prize winner for Literature. It was awarded...

Why I Vote… for Brent Anderson

Growing up, I was never really interested in American politics. After having lived overseas a bit,...

RELEVANT MAGAZINE :: Simple Spirituality by...

The End of Suffering a Q Short for Fermi...

A Confession of a Functional Christian...

I have a confession: I don’t know what to do with my humanity. The doctrine of original sin is so...

¿No o No?

Though I am a self-confessed multi-linguist-illiterate, I have been shocking most of the locals here...

The Cost of Exposure for Neue from the Makers...

Who Gives This Woman To Be Married To...

I was privileged to be a part of Bethel Lee and Dave Namkung’s wedding this weekend. Oh...

Should I Be Embarrassed...

Sharif Liwaru, the Director for the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation, just stopped by. He’s...

Handlebars

Last month, Hong An sent me a link to the Flobot’s video for “Handlebars.” Then, last week Christian...

The Other Journal Reviews Simple Spirituality

The Corporate States of America in the...

  by Andrew Au and Christopher L. Heuertz As the United States looks into the 21st century and...

Map by B. Andrew Au KEY to MAP: 1. District of Starbucks 2....

Eleven Preferences and Three Classics

Go ahead and post your answers to the following questions. Below are 11 preferences and then 3...

Doo So Pochonoboi Din

When I started this blog I dedicated it to our loving fish, Sebatenga Asa. His name means “Seventh...

A Young Anabaptist Radical Reviews Simple...

Authority

Okay here’s a question. All you have to do is choose one of the two options and then post your...

“We ought not to speak only about the economics of...”
— Arundhati Roy, The Shape...

Here’s a Tuna original, drawn at Khalsa’s in...

Praying in the Face of Suffering

I first visited Calcutta in 1993. I came to volunteer with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of...

Making it Work

In our community, Word Made Flesh, we’ve created open spaces for relationships with some of the most...

The Cost of Exposure

This week in Calcutta has been hard for me. Yesterday our friend Kristin took Phileena and me into...

A Pedagogy of Submission: Reeducating...

A Suffering Christ in a City of Joy

I’m in Chennai with a few friends, visiting my old neighbors and the children here cared for by Word...

A Community of the Broken Among the Broken:...

“Grape Juice for Wine… “Whoever substituted...”
— Linford Detwieler NORTHERN SPY...

J.B.S. - Happy Moving Day Anniversary...

Three years ago today, I found myself surprisingly set on a journey of re-defining friendship. It...

“The Coming Revolution: “The rebellion, when it begins...”
— Adbusters (vol. 9, no 1) no....

Good Will Hinton Weekly Podcast: Chris...

El Idioma Inglés - Herramienta Oppresiva...

By Chris Heuertz con Walter Forcatto El idioma inlgés, la más reciente y actual linga franca del...

Reducing Poverty, Not the Poor: Reclaiming...

Three Twenty-three Year Olds

The other day Phileena was reading through some of the several hundred pages of letters we wrote...

Rabia of Basra

Last month Liz was carrying around this pretty red book. At some point, her and Phileena popped that...

BUSTED! At Least 61% "White"

A good friend of mine showed me the blog (when it was not even a month old) called “Stuff White...

The Spirit of Francis: A Prophetic Sign of...

Globalizing Disparity

Although I do love huge events, I’m generally not a big fan of professional sports. Last week...

Slum Visits: Tourism or Voyeurism?

A couple weeks ago a dear friend sent me the link to an article (click here to read it), Slum...

“…and let us go out with a divine dissatisfaction. Let us be...”
— Martin Luther King...

Bangladeshi Curried Goat Brains or PB&J

Phileena and I have traveled in and through nearly 70 countries. As you can imagine, we’ve eaten...

The True Riches of the Church: Saint...

I grew up Catholic. When I was in 3rd or 4th grade my parents joined a Protestant church. As a kid,...

I Should Know By Now

I’ve got quirks. There are things that I really like, a lot. And there are things that I generally...

Subverting Evangelicalism

A Confession

Okay. I’m a punk. A couple years ago I started getting hit up to endorse a number of books. Most of...

The Devil Lived In My TV

When I was a kid my folks were (and still are) the pretty conservative Christian type. Republicans...

The Echo of a Saint: Signs of Hope in a Slum...

The Rest of the Map

With the recently announced independence of Kosovo, my list of nations that don’t end up on a...

The Last Time I Cried…

I just spent last week visiting our WMF staff in Kathmandu, Nepal. They put me up in the guestroom...

Tech-Mology, is it Good or is it Whack?

I’m sorta old school. I got my first computer when I was 23 years old. My first e-mail address when...

Laughter of Children Will Heal the World

I’m in Kathmandu, Nepal this week. When I used to live in India, I would make visa-runs to Nepal or...

Shepard Fairey: Sticking to the Man

Shepard Fairey, the godfather of graffiti, street art innovator and phenomenologist, keeps it real...

Mess-Spallin's uv Mia Naim

Poor Phileena, she gets it coming and going. Our last name is sometimes a little hard for people....

Street Justice: Wall St. Style

I’m embarrassed to tell you about one of the worst things I ever saw on TV. Before you read any...

Hello Kitty the New Che Guevara

On our last visit to Singapore* I wanted to get myself a Hello Kitty cell phone charm, but the...

Articulation Points

I am told, that as a child, I used to play with dolls. Good for me—getting in touch with the divine...

20:20

I think I work in one of the coolest offices anywhere.  First off, the people I work with are...

What Part of “No” Don’t You Understand?

One of the great laments of my life is that I only speak English (and more like a version of...

Things That are Good... But NOT by...

Today in staff meeting, Marcia was eating a bowl of oatmeal. I think she poured some maple syrup in...

Looney Tunes, Prime Numbers, and...

There’s usually 2 or 3 nights a month when I’ll wake up at like 3:00 a.m. and can’t get back to...

Seven Fish & Seven Blogs

I’m not so great with plants. Phileena takes care of what’s green in our living space. I’ve not had...

If I Blogged...

Well, a few years ago I thought I’d catch up to the 21st century and start a blog. It got out of...