Reclaiming Both Sides

What does the good news of Jesus say to an age of marching, protest, and disagreement?

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Smashed Windows & Turned Tables

Saturday night, thirty anarchists dressed in black with their faces covered and stormed through a street in downtown Hamilton. They smashed business storefronts and parked cars to protest the changes in our city; specifically the gentrification of that street.

This was the same weekend we helped host a conference in which more than five hundred people, representing over thirty churches, talked about the changes facing our city; including gentrification and affordable housing.

And the gospel text for this week? Jesus destroying the temple.

What is a Christian response to a changing city? What should we make of smashed windows? And what does it have to do with the upside-down Kingdom of God?

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"Who is my Neighbour?" Racism, Violence, Evil & Love

Luke 10
Kevin Makins

Because we are in summer, our "Ordinary Time", we have no audio recordings of the Sunday gatherings. However Kevin is very proud of himself for actually writing a whole sermon down on paper! So you can read the sermon by clicking anywhere in this over-explaining paragraph. 

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The photo above is of protestor Iesha Evans who, of her protest and arrest, said: "I just need you people to know. I appreciate the well wishes and love, but this is the work of God. I am a vessel! Glory to the most high."

Gentrification, Greasy Condoms, and the Devil

Luke 10
Kevin Makins

Lectionary Reading is from Luke 10

Because we are in summer, our "Ordinary Time", we have no audio recordings of the Sunday gatherings. However Kevin is very proud of himself for actually writing a whole sermon down on paper! So you can read the sermon by clicking anywhere in this over-explaining paragraph. 

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Further Resources:

One of the most helpful resources I've found for learning about gentrification is the podcast "There Goes the Neighborhood"

Article quotes in the sermon (warning, very strong language) "The Hamilton Institute: This Is How We Welcome You"

I read this book a few weeks ago and it is one of the best, and most accessible, resources on the devil and spiritual warfare. It even ties in to the broader "powers and principalities" theme of the sermon. Click here to buy "Reviving Old Scratch" by Richard Beck.