WHAT: Mockingbird seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways.
WHY: Are we called Mockingbird? The name was inspired by the mockingbird’s peculiar gift for mimicking the cries of other birds. In a similar way, we seek to repeat the message we have heard - God’s word of grace and forgiveness.
HOW: Via every medium available! At present this includes (but is not limited to) a daily weblog, semi-annual conferences, and an ongoing publications initiative.
WHO: At present, we employ two full-time staff, David Zahl and Ethan Richardson and one part-time, William McDavid. They are helped and supported by a large number of contributing volunteers and writers. Our board of directors is chaired by Mr. Thomas Becker.
WHERE: Our offices are located in Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, VA.
WHEN: Mockingbird was incorporated in June 2007 and is currently in its sixth year of operation.
The work of Mockingbird is made possible by the gifts of private donors and churches. Our 2013 operating budget is roughly $170,000, and with virtually no overhead, your gifts translate directly into mission and ministry. Can you help? Please feel free to email us at info@mbird.com if you have any questions or would like more information.
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20 comments
Michael Cooper says:
May 14, 2009
“The law is a shock that will curl your hair like this. The gospel is a relief that will let you wear your hair like this, and still look beautiful.”
John Zahl says:
May 14, 2009
Nice!
Here’s one: “You’ll find the old Eve living somewhere between the Law-afro and the Gospel-afro.”
Michael Cooper says:
May 14, 2009
You have captured the dichotomy aspect of the “do” that mine missed! But I think we should both be worried as the only ones who have seen fit to engage in this exercise. O well, mental health is not all it’s cracked up to be.
John Zahl says:
May 14, 2009
Another:
“Are you telling me that Bernadette Peters (from The Jerk) is a Lutheran?!”
Michael Cooper says:
May 14, 2009
Love it! Bernadette would make the perfect Lutheran!
DZ says:
May 14, 2009
“Sometimes, just sometimes, the Law can in fact be fulfilled.”
PZ says:
May 14, 2009
Baeffchen.
Michael Cooper says:
May 14, 2009
David–Heretical captions are not permitted, even if they are true.
Joshua Corrigan says:
May 14, 2009
…And Julia, in her own peculiar way, took Isaiah 53:6 (All of us like SHEEP have gone astray) in an entirely new direction…
Joshua Corrigan says:
May 14, 2009
Or,
1 Thessalonians 5:8
But since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on… the hope of salvation as a [bifurcated] helmet.
Colton says:
May 14, 2009
“Her attempts to justify herself by keeping the Law only served to increase the trespass. But Christ freely imputed to her his righteousness, which has produced the firstfruits in her, transforming her from the inside out (her roots!).
David Browder says:
May 14, 2009
“About as resilient as human potential.”
Caroline Henley says:
May 14, 2009
“It rubs the lotion on its skin”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ToNZHG5KHw
John says:
May 14, 2009
Julia paused, astonished that the gospel message meant that the phylaterie she hid under all that hair really wasn’t saving her.
Jeff Hual says:
May 14, 2009
Paul said women should keep silent AND keep their heads covered…this saves me the trouble of wearing a hat AND makes a statement without me having to say a word!
Michael Cooper says:
May 14, 2009
PZ– Since my German is limited to beer brand names, could you provide the ignorant with some translation?
Drake says:
May 14, 2009
Oh, that you would rend the afro and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
For in the night in which he was betrayed, he took white woman’s fro; and when he had given thanks, he parted it, and said, dance, disco, I have parted this afro for you.
Drake says:
May 14, 2009
For when I want it to stand up it is flat, and when I want it to be flat it stands up…Who will rescue me from this hair that I cannot control? Praise be to God through the hair dresser with big muscles and a magic afro pick.
dpotter says:
May 15, 2009
Ever since she heard the Gospel, Janet’s head was in the clouds.
Todd says:
May 15, 2009
The sign explicitly read: DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE AREA!!! but Donna still felt the mysterious urge to reach out her hand.