Historically, many young men have been easily seduced by the imagined glory of war, and old men are all too often the ones who fan the violent flames. Meanwhile, women throughout the ages have carried the terrible burden of both. Serious peace activists embrace a complete upturning of the tables and nothing less. It should […]
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One of the oft repeated idioms of one of my former spiritual teachers was, “God is invisibly present amongst us.” This turns out to be a profoundly scriptural formula for the ‘Unseen God,’ found in both Hebrew and Christian Scripture. I have written elsewhere in this blog about the thorough Jewishness of all aspects of
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I have come to believe that there are few things more expressive of a seriously lived spiritual life than ‘solidarity.’ To walk the long lonesome mile with the multitude of shoeless ones, in this beautiful but broken world, is where the real fruit of the mystic endeavor fully ripens. Feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson captures the
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Back in 1974, a fella called Nick Lowe wrote a song called “What’s so funny ‘bout’ peace love and understanding.” When it comes to Christian Pacifism, it is quite frankly no laughing matter. Perhaps the mention of Martin Luther King Jr, one of Christian pacifists most famous sons, immediately brings this into focus. To adopt
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