Colossians Remixed

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Colossians Remixed 8

This is the concluding post in my series of responses to the questions I posted as part of last month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #8 -
“We can argue until we are blue in the face […]

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

Colossians Remixed 7

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #7 -
If Christians are not to be at home in an empire characterized by […]

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Colossians Remixed 6

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #6 -
What is your reaction to this quote? “Does the child who sits in […]

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Colossians Remixed 5

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #5 -
In Colossians 3:5-17 Paul tells us to put to death the things of […]

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Subverting the Empire Today

In my reflections on Colossians, I would be remiss to ignore the news coming out of Turkey this week. Apparently, knife-wielding attackers slit the throats of three people at a Christian publishing house in conservative eastern Turkey yesterday. The Zirve publishing house had previously been the target of nationalist protests for allegedly distributing Bibles and […]

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Colossians Remixed 4

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #4 -
4. But wait a minute you cry! Aren’t Christians supposed to subject […]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Colossians Remixed 3

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
Question #3 -
Poetry of subversion. The authors explore how the hymn presented in Colossians […]

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

Colossians Remixed 2

This post is part of my ongoing response to the questions I posted as part of this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat over at the Emerging Women blog. (read my other responses - here).
So Question #2 -
Empires are defined here as (1) built on systemic centralizations of power, […]

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Colossians Remixed 1

Over at the Emerging Women blog, I am hosting this month’s book discussion on Colossians Remixed by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat. I read this book about a year ago. At the time it was the first “deeper” book I had read after a year and a half of “mommy brain” syndrome. […]