Social Justice And American Exceptionalism: Responding to Vladimir Putin
President George W. Bush of the United States and President Vladimir Putin of Russia, exchange handshakes Thursday, June 7, 2007, after their meeting at the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. (Photo...
View ArticleIntersectionality And Peacemaking: An Introduction #TheNewPacifism
For my part in this synchroblog for #TheNewPacifism, I wish to explore how womanist understandings of three interlocking forms of oppression, racism, sexism, and classism could benefit persons who...
View ArticleIntersectionality and Peacemaking: Gender And Naming Rape Culture...
King David, Russian icon from first quarter of 18th cen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) For tonight’s post, I would like to start with a brief reflection on two different statutes in the Hebrew Bible: “When...
View Article#TheNewPacifism Synchroblog Deadline Extended Until Saturday #NewPacifism
Hi folks. Just wanted to update you all that I am extending the Synchroblog until Saturday night, at 11:59 pm CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. That is all. Join in on the conversation, on twitter, facebook, or...
View ArticleIntersectionality and Peacemaking: The Second Mile, Nonviolence And Inclusive...
No political correctness (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles.”- Matthew 5:41 NIV Long ago, I blogged on the importance of inclusive language but I...
View ArticleRebooting Political Jesus Part 3: Nonviolent Politics
Library of Congress description: “, SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, news conf[erence]” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)I have a confession. Yesterday, when I wrote Part Two of Rebooting PJ:...
View Articledreams not drones #MLKDay2014
“It’s ideas that change people over times.”- Melissa Harris-Perry If there is one thing that I can’t stand more than anything in January, it’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day on social media. I’ve grown...
View Article2 free online events on race and Christianity #MennoNerds #AnaBlacktivism
There are two exciting conversations on race and Christianity I wanted to highlight. First, my friends over at MennoNerds will be having a dialogue entitled, “MennoNerds on Race, Mutuality, and...
View ArticleDo You Hate Your Enemies Enough To Love Them?
A VERY QUICK THOUGHT EXPERIMENT USING RIGHT WING CONTRARIANISM In the latest edition of What Nonsense Is NeoCalvinism Preaching today, an employee for John Piper’s Desiring God, referring to Piper’s...
View ArticleNonviolence For When Life Happens #TheNewPacifism
As far as I can remember, I have been a lifelong pacifist, at least since I was in second grade. It was then that the first War On Iraq interrupted my morning cartoons to bring the U.S. American...
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