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A Community Lament for Climate Breakdown
Father of Creation, God of Compassion You created a world of wonder, Of possibility and potential. You declared it to be good. For this,...
Jon Swales
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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Prayers for Ukraine
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Jon Swales
Aug 28, 20231 min read
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Jesus & Creative Non-Violence
Jesus commanded the love of enemies. Does this mean that Christians are to be embrace passivity when faced with injustice and oppression?...
Jon Swales
Aug 28, 20235 min read
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Jesus and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jesus proclaimed and embodied the Kingdom of God. In contrast to the violence and force employed by the Roman Empire, Jesus advocated for...
Jon Swales
Aug 28, 20233 min read
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Oceans
Father of Creation, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, You created a world of wonder, You declared it to be good. Your Spirit...
Jon Swales
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Just Stop Oil- A Prayer
Father of Creation, God of Compassion, You created a world of wonder, Of possibility and potential. You declared it to be good. For this...
Jon Swales
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Evening Prayer: Lament and Liturgy for Climate Breakdown
Father of Creation, The Beginning and the End. As our evening prayer rises before you, So may your Spirit descend, And hold us in your...
Jon Swales
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Morning Prayer: Liturgy and Lament for a World in Climate Breakdown
Father of Creation, The beginning and the end. This day has never existed before in the history of the cosmos, And yet here we are with...
Jon Swales
Aug 27, 20232 min read
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Healing & the Kingdom
And {Jesus} came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all...
Jon Swales
Aug 26, 20232 min read
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Cruciform Adaptation
A few thoughts… in love and for love. We live within the story of climate breakdown and in a previous post we explored that it is highly...
Jon Swales
Aug 26, 20234 min read
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Where is Jesus?
A few thoughts… composed in love and for love. "They asked Mary, 'Woman, why are you crying?' 'They have taken my Lord away,' she said,...
Jon Swales
Aug 25, 20232 min read
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An Open Letter to the Church: Love in a World of Climate Breakdown
Dear Brothers & Sisters Thank you for taking the time to read this post. The sobering truth is that our lives are unfolding in the...
Jon Swales
Aug 24, 20239 min read
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Jon Swales interviewed on Hopeful Activists Podcast
Several months ago I had the privilege of being able to share on the Hopeful Activists podcast about the crossover between worship,...
Jon Swales
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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Rivers: A Prayer for the Climate & Ecological Emergency
Father of Creation, The first and the last, You created a world of wonder, Full of possibility and potential, You declared it to be good....
Jon Swales
Aug 24, 20232 min read
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The Inclusive Kingdom
This blog post is part of a larger teaching about the Missiology of the Gospel of Luke and can be found in this recording MTMM Missiology...
Jon Swales
Aug 23, 20234 min read
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Cruciform Resistance
A few thoughts…. The Kingdom of God, as proclaimed and enacted by Jesus, is a deeply subversive force that undermines the foundations of...
Jon Swales
Aug 22, 20231 min read
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Power & Leadership
In the Gospel of Luke, we encounter dark and sinister forces that stand in opposition to King Jesus and the Kingdom of God. These dark...
Jon Swales
Aug 21, 20233 min read
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Leadership & Empire
The historical Jesus proclaimed and enacted the Kingdom of God, challenging leadership styles and the use of power, not only in his own...
Jon Swales
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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Jesus & the Puppet Master
Since the time of Augustine, the theological foundation of Western culture has incorporated the concept that God is all powerful and...
Jon Swales
Aug 21, 20232 min read
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