Hey friends, We just got home from 2 weeks in Guatemala with Julie and Sean Hall and their family. What a great time!! While there, we worked with a non-profit called “God’s Child Project” (www.godschild.org). We built a house, distributed food AND… We learned about an incredible opportunity to rescue hundreds of sick and starving […]
There is no “my team” and “the other team.” Sacred friendship means we meet one another on level ground… we stand shoulder to shoulder, without hierarchies. It is very much like enjoying a sunset. Please watch this 25 minute talk on non-hierarchical sacred friendship from last week for my friends at Azusa Pacific University. Click […]
The Magi knew better than to show up empty handed. Advent has become one of my favorite times of year, but that was not always so. When I was a child Advebnt meant little more than a chance to open little doors in a Hallmark calendar to find wax-flavored chocolates behind. That was then. Today, […]
I have been working on a Generous Life film project. We are making a series of films designed to encourage people to live courageous lives of giving. Here is the first to be released. It utilizes footage from Bono’s National Prayer Breakfast speech. I hope you are inspired. “God is in the slums, in the […]
I have a monthly radio spot on WordFM in Pittsburgh on “The Ride Home with John and Kathy show.” This month we got into a conversation on Advent. Listen in here then share your thoughts below on what it means to practice a meaning-filled Advent. (My interview begins at 1:10:40)
I am very honored to receive another endorsement of ALOOF from the author of best-selling book, Cross and the Closet, Timothy Kurek. Here is what he had to say: “Tony Kriz is my hero, the authentic voice to a generation of believers that bought into ‘the jazz’. Spend time with his writing and you’ll be […]
In yesterday’s episode of #OffTheHighway, Frank Schaeffer takes the time to explain how he can be “an atheist who believes in God.” If you haven’t had a chance to listen, click over to the Off The Highway page to hear this thought-provoking 4 minute video. In my complex sphere of friends (and yes I am […]
In response to the dire realities in Ferguson, Missouri, my friend, Leroy Barber (along with another dear friend, Lisa Sharon Harper) has chosen to give up time and resources to do what so many of us wish we could do; Fly to Ferguson to be fully present. I met him the night before he left. […]
My name is Tony Kriz. I am white and living comfortably in Portland, Oregon. We are all pained to process the events in Ferguson, Missouri. So very many of us wish we could dial back the clock, but we can’t. We want to respond, to help… or at least be present… In response to these […]
I recently wrote a blog post talking about the profound impact that the movie “Good Will Hunting’ had on me in the most difficult year of my life. I believe it is safe to say that GWH “saved” me in some very real ways: http://tonykriz.com/?p=978 The post was surprisingly popular, so I thought I would throw […]
