Empire Remixed https://empireremixed.com/ Rethinking Everything Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:24:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 yes Empire Remixed false Empire Remixed podcast Empire Remixed https://empireremixed.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg https://empireremixed.com/articles/ Where Will I Be? A Lenten Reflection https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/where-will-i-be-a-lenten-reflection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-will-i-be-a-lenten-reflection https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/where-will-i-be-a-lenten-reflection/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:20:41 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=7031 If I were forced to pick only one artist to accompany me on my Lenten pilgrimage, I would pick Emmylou Harris.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/where-will-i-be-a-lenten-reflection/feed/ 0 Borger reviews Walsh … again https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/borger-reviews-walsh-again/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=borger-reviews-walsh-again https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/borger-reviews-walsh-again/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:18:53 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=7024 This may be the book I care most about this new season.
It is creatively written, astute, provocative, and righteous.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2026/02/16/borger-reviews-walsh-again/feed/ 0 “Rags of Light” on Best of 2025 List https://empireremixed.com/2026/01/16/rags-of-light-on-best-of-2025-list/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rags-of-light-on-best-of-2025-list https://empireremixed.com/2026/01/16/rags-of-light-on-best-of-2025-list/#respond Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:17:23 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=7010 There is nothing cheesy or simplistic (let alone a fanboy paean) here, but just a fabulous, fun, inspiring, reflection on the laments of Leonard Cohen and a healthy dose of Old and New Testament faith.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2026/01/16/rags-of-light-on-best-of-2025-list/feed/ 0 People of the Open Hand https://empireremixed.com/2025/11/03/people-of-the-open-hand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=people-of-the-open-hand https://empireremixed.com/2025/11/03/people-of-the-open-hand/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:14:31 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=7003 “What kind of ancestor do you want to be?”
That question remains as striking to me today, as it did when I first heard it posed.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/11/03/people-of-the-open-hand/feed/ 0 The Noise of Politics: A Prayer from Walter Brueggemann https://empireremixed.com/2025/06/15/the-noise-of-politics-a-prayer-from-walter-brueggemann/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-noise-of-politics-a-prayer-from-walter-brueggemann https://empireremixed.com/2025/06/15/the-noise-of-politics-a-prayer-from-walter-brueggemann/#respond Sun, 15 Jun 2025 15:47:15 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6988 As the tanks rolled through Washington,
the Marines landed on the streets of L.A.,
and world leaders gather for the G7+,
what would Walter pray?

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/06/15/the-noise-of-politics-a-prayer-from-walter-brueggemann/feed/ 0 Resurrection Among the Ruins: Pt. 2. Mary’s Story https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-marys-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resurrection-among-the-ruins-marys-story https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-marys-story/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:29:44 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6966 Mary came to the tomb,
under the ruins of her faith, her hope, her dreams.
And resurrection happened among those ruins.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-marys-story/feed/ 0 Resurrection Among the Ruins: Pt 1. Isaiah’s Vision https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-isaiahs-vision/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=resurrection-among-the-ruins-isaiahs-vision https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-isaiahs-vision/#respond Sat, 19 Apr 2025 18:25:55 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6942 Can there be resurrection
among the ruins?
Might hope be born
in the face of such despair?

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/04/19/resurrection-among-the-ruins-isaiahs-vision/feed/ 0 A Brave Calling: Love and the Cost of Discipleship https://empireremixed.com/2025/02/04/a-brave-calling-love-and-the-cost-of-discipleship/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-brave-calling-love-and-the-cost-of-discipleship https://empireremixed.com/2025/02/04/a-brave-calling-love-and-the-cost-of-discipleship/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:55:34 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6877 Ninety-nine years ago, on February 4, 1906, German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born into a rapidly changing world.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/02/04/a-brave-calling-love-and-the-cost-of-discipleship/feed/ 0 Lovers in this Dangerous Time https://empireremixed.com/2025/01/19/lovers-in-this-dangerous-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lovers-in-this-dangerous-time https://empireremixed.com/2025/01/19/lovers-in-this-dangerous-time/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2025 22:45:10 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6929 Originally Preached at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Summerland, BC.
You know, I can’t think of a better pairing than a wedding and that song we just heard: Steve Bell’s version of Bruce Cockburn’s Lovers in a Dangerous Time.

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]]> https://empireremixed.com/2025/01/19/lovers-in-this-dangerous-time/feed/ 0 Whose Inauguration? Which Kingdom? https://empireremixed.com/2025/01/19/whose-inauguration-which-kingdom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whose-inauguration-which-kingdom https://empireremixed.com/2025/01/19/whose-inauguration-which-kingdom/#comments Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:21:00 +0000 https://empireremixed.com/?p=6909 What would happen if Jesus's inaugural sermon
happened on Martin Luther King Day
at the Inauguration of Donald Trump?

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