Reckoning with the Colonial Past to Bring Justice to the PresentAs White settlers spread across North America, they crafted and enacted an epic story of their God-given dominion—over the land, over Indigenous nations, and over the future. Their narrative constructed a myth of innocence that justified a massive program of violence and dispossession by suppressing a darker history. That history still reverberates today, from settler America's relations with the Indig...

How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God's people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another?The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework, solidly rooted in the authority of Scripture, for understanding the paradox of God's partic...

Reuben CarterThrowing myself in front of my estranged sister didn't win me any brownie points. It did, however, grant me one alien abduction and a cozy cell on an actual-freaking-spaceship, where I'm being poked and prepped for relocation to some backwater trading planet, then sold to the highest bidder—how's that for a hero's reward?My escape plans hit a snag when Vo'ak, the hot and arrogant lizard king, buys me the second I land. There's no denying our se...

What does Joshua hold to be the essential marks of Israelite identity? What distinguishes Israel from all other peoples? In tracking these themes, L. Daniel Hawk reveals in Joshua a profound struggle to define the people of the God of Israel.Hawk shows that the themes surrounding Joshua express fundamental markers of national identity: religious practice (obedience to the commandments of Moses), ethnic separation (extermination of the peoples of Canaan), and possession of land ("th...

How can we make sense of violence in the Bible? Joshua commands the people of Israel to wipe out everyone in the promised land of Canaan, while Jesus commands God’s people to love their enemies. How are we to interpret biblical passages on violence when it is sanctioned at one point and condemned at another?The Violence of the Biblical God by L. Daniel Hawk presents a new framework, solidly rooted in the authority of Scripture, for understanding the paradox of God’s partic...

As White settlers spread across North America, they crafted and enacted an epic story of their God-given dominion―over the land, over Indigenous nations, and over the future. Their narrative constructed a myth of innocence that justified a massive program of violence and dispossession by suppressing a darker history. That history still reverberates today, from settler America's relations with the Indigenous nations of the United States to ways the land has been commodified as property. It'...

Colonialism involves more than just territorial domination. It also creates cultural space that silences and disenfranchises those who do not hold power. This process of subjugation continues today in various forms of neocolonialism, such as globalization. Postcolonialism arose in the latter half of the twentieth century to challenge the problem of coloniality at the level of our language and our actions (praxis). Postcolonialism seeks to disrupt forms of domination and empower the margina...

In the Old Pond slums, the most talkative toad is the king. He's constantly chomping his gums, but when the old toad suddenly croaks, the pond slums become silent. Then the smallest frog in the pond bravely begins speaking from the king’s lily pad. Because of the courage of this tiny frog, the pond slums are alive and hopping with all the frogs joining in. You, too, are invited to join in by sharing this story and your story in the Old Pond slums.

This book is a new addition to his Once Upon a Time poetry series wherein Daniel Silverhawk introduces us to the animal kingdom once more.

A Eucharist-shaped Church: Prayer, Theology, Mission is a historical-theological survey of major movements and thinkers that have shaped sacramental theology and liturgical worship within the Anglican/Episcopal tradition. The contributors attend closely to the interplay between Christian thinking, praying, and living in order to distil lessons for liturgical revision and worship renewal. Each chapter explores a major thinker or movement, and explores how the theological, liturgical, eccles...

When Petunia was a piglet, she planted a garden from some seeds, And she worked very hard digging up ugly weeds. She loved her little garden with all the flowers that she grew, And she would sing to them daily, and play music for them too. Then one summer day, the farmer stopped by. And took Petunia from her home and put her in a pigsty. But. Petunia kept dream alive so her heart wouldn't harden, And you will discover how she did it as you read, "Petunia's Garden".

Have you ever had a wish so big you knew it somehow must come true? Well, If you are still believing in your wish, Then, this story is for you! You should never give up on your wish or dream, No matter if it's big or small. If you follow it on every path you swim, it can come true after all. The following story is a work of fiction, About a little guppy fish; Who searched the ocean, and in every direction, He was "A Fish Who had a Wish"