Empire Remixed

The early stages of the Empire Remixed project were hashed out over early-morning conversations in the office of Brian Walsh, CRC Chaplain at the University of Toronto.

Meeting weekly as members of the Wine Before Breakfast Community one question kept rising to the surface:

“What might the empire look like remixed?”

In response, one word came to mind. Basilea. The word used to describe the empire of old, seen with different eyes, heard with different ears, is also the word for the Kingdom of God.

Two competing definitions. Two competing visions.

Even in the midst of the most dire circumstances, even in the shadow of a dominating, domineering culture, Jesus called his disciples and all people to bear God’s gift of peace for the life of the world. And we are called not only to proclaim the kingdom but to bear the kingdom’s presence in our own lives.

Our project is simply this: to ask, and to ask over again, what might our city, what might our culture, what might our nation look like with God’s kingdom come?

If you’re interested, these are the Names & Faces behind Empire Remixed.