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Announcing the new Portable Zine newsletter -- Revolution for Road Warriors!

Christians are looking for joy in all the wrong places, when it's actually within arm's reach.

It's time to export some radical stuff! It's called Body Life. Aand oddly-enough, it gets more radical with age!

Are we done with "Christian America" politics yet? Can we return to the business of "Fomenting Revolution" now? It's long-overdue.

Christians held influence once, but not through politicians. Revolution comes from revolutionaries, not politicians, and The Revolution can't fit inside cold political systems.

At the heart of the broken heart is a poison called ingratitude. It grows and spreads throughout life. The healing in Love Ethics begins by turning ingratitude into thankfulness.

In preparation for our series on thankfulness, Kalie provides an excellent overview of the book, Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis. What is joy? Some would describe it as a feeling, a mindset, or a state of being. Maybe it is a choice, a gift, or a goal. For C.S. Lewis, it was much more,

Nothing surpasses the power of love to inflict tragedy or create beauty in life. Why is love such a burden and blessing?

Having examined the weakness of defensive spirituality and Tribal Love, we must also discount the unhealthy ways to redefine the past, such as rebellion or conformity. There's another option: through the power of God's love, we can win with the Tribe and our past love relationships. This is how Love Ethics meet our deepest

Previously, we described the sad lives so many Christians fall into when they lose track of what's most important in life: mature love. It grows into a debilitating malaise called Christian Tribalism marked by fear, guilt and naivety. But with biblical Love Ethics, there are ways to rise above our Tribalism and find the