Now Go and Tell Someone!

Steve Brown October 15th, 2009

Last month I told you about my lousy job-thinking God commissioned me to keep people from sinning. It was a lousy job because I wasn't very successful at it and people, no matter what I said or did, kept on sinning. Then I realized that the teacher wasn't doing that great either.

Now let me tell you something else. I not only had a lousy job, I had (and still have) a job I really ought not to be doing. If I were God choosing someone to do what I do, I wouldn't even be on the list … (Read More)

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Puppet Show

Erik Guzman July 18th, 2007

Sure we wish we could be doing real ministry, but for some reason God's H.R. folks have placed us here in the Buffoonery Department. However, the next best thing to actually serving Jesus is, of course, promoting people who do.

Today on Etcetera, we talked with Jamie Moffett, co-founder (along with Shane Claiborne) of The Simple Way community in inner-city Philadelphia. One month ago, a 7-alarm fire destroyed their community center/house and many of their neighbors' houses. Jamie st … (Read More)

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Shane Claiborne - On Fire for Jesus

Erik Guzman June 22nd, 2007

Shane Claiborne is an ordinary radical whose community, The Simple Way, is in extraordinary trouble.

Shane stopped by Steve Brown Etc. this week to talk about the 7-alarm blaze that destroyed The Simple Way's community center. In addition to being Shane's home, it was home to their afterschool program, community arts center, and Cottage Printworks t-shirt micro-business.

Check out the show, then get involved in the rebuilding effort. Go to thesimpleway.org to make a donation and to s … (Read More)

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Shane Claiborne's Community Burns

Erik Guzman June 21st, 2007

I got up this morning and started to replace the Shane Claiborne interview with this week's edition of The Brown Sessions. I didn't get far before I came across a comment and this post from Mike informing us that Shane's neighborhood in Kensington was consumed by a massive fire yesterday. Thanks for the heads up, Mike.

According to thesimpleway.org, "…a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Communi … (Read More)

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