Transition

I think I need something new...a new setting or place to be more creative while sharing my thoughts and the ideas of others. For the next few weeks, months, or whenever, I will be trying out things over at tumblr. Not sure I'll stay there but I'm giving it the old college..eh...grad school try. Let me know what you think...

http://alexgallimore.tumblr.com/

Bobby Franklin Does Not Speak For Jesus

I am currently working on an open letter to Georgia State Representative Bobby Franklin (R-Marietta) in response to his recently proposed legislation. If passed these bills will criminalize miscarriages, cut federal funding for abortions involving rape or incest, and will allow (even encourage) parishioners to carry guns inside houses of worship. I will post my response to Franklin soon. Until then, read about his stupidity...

Franklin on Miscarriages


On Rape


Guns in Church

Spring Semester Booklist

After my Egyptian pilgrimage (more to come on that) I am finding myself revived and ready for the new semester. I am really excited about my classes this term not only for the subject matter but also the booklist. I thought then that I should share what I will be reading with the world and extend an invitation to discus these texts with anyone who has read them or would like to read them with me.

Urban Ministry

Sabbath in the City: Sustaining Urban Pastoral Excellence, Brian Stone and Claire Wolfteich
Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing, Dennis Jacobsen
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion, Gregory Boyle
The Word on the Street: Performing the Scriptures in the Urban Context, Stanley Saunders
Cry of the Prophet, Chittister

Classics of Christian Devotion

Revelations of Divine Love, Julian of Norwich
Testament of Devotion, Thomas Kelly
Imitation of Christ, Richard Kempis
Contemplative Prayer, Thomas Merton
Cost of Discipleship, Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Anthology of Christian Mysticism, Harvey Egan
Evelyn Underhill: Essential Writings
Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence

Ethics

Readings in Christian Ethics, Philip Wogaman

Theology

Theology for the Community of God, Stanley Genz
God--The World’s Future, Ted Peters
Night, Elie Wiesel
Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, Miroslav Volf
Jesus the Liberator, Jon Sobrino


Feel free to come along on the journey!