A New Article about Shane Claiborne

I have a new article up on  Burnside Writers Collective, a forward-thinking zine on the net that was born right here in my very own Portland. Burnside is a major thoroughfare in our city and the street address for Powell's, the most amazing bookstore in America. For real.

Here's an appetizer of what I wrote in that article:

 Claiborne, who grew up a middle-class suburban kid and earned a college degree, seemed determine in his book to challenge his readers to live as he does. The problem we had with that is that he does not live as most Americans or world citizens have to live, and that is, to devote many waking hours to work so as to provide for one’s family.  It seemed ludicrous for a white educated guy to write a book about how to live among the poor and advocate for justice when his lifestyle and advantaged upbringing alienates him from the ordinary person’s reality.

Anyway, here's the LINK if you want to read about my resistance to the irresistible Shane Claiborne!