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Posts Tagged ‘Violence’
 I arrived in Bethlehem last Sunday evening to speak at a conference called “Christ at the Checkpoint: Theology in the Service of Peace and Justice.” I’m not a theologian or an expert in anything. In fact, it’s likely that I…
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When was the last time you felt gripped by crushing fear? Like the kind that might take over as you listen to friends and co-workers being killed? This is what members of World Vision’s staff faced Wednesday in Mansehra, Pakistan,…
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Tags: activist, America, Black, civil, Civil Rights, D.C., edmund pettus bridge, hate, independence avenue, John Lewis, kelly ingram park, march, members of congress, pilgrimages, police, Politics, Privilege, Racism, reagan national airport, Rep. John Lewis, Selma, steny hoyer, tear gas, Violence, Vote, Voting, voting rights
 It is Death Penalty Awareness Week, and supporters of human rights across the country have turned their attention to a uniquely complicated injustice — the implementation of capital punishment in the United States. I applaud the excellent work being done…
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Perhaps you’ve heard of them. Televangelists with bouffant hairstyles and Rolex watches saying send me a dollar and God will give you a hundred, women with gaudy make-up, and the ever-famous “Be healed in the name of Jeeeee-sus” while pushing…
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 Something sort of mystical and magical happened after a 19-year-old kid named Papito was killed on our block a few weeks ago. As our neighborhood ached and grieved and cried with his family, we began to create a memorial for…
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Question: How would America’s largest mainstream Christian radio stations respond to issues of social justice for the poorest of poor, climate change, and nonviolence? Hold that response in your mind as you listen to an Australian equivalent in this interview.…
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As the U.S. death toll in Afghanistan nears 1,000, and as civilian casualties continue to mount during the latest offensive, it’s hard to know how to offer fresh commentary on the war in Afghanistan. And yet we can’t remain silent.…
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During the past two years, I’ve traveled internationally quite extensively, focused on issues related to extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, and war. I met many heroes, men, and women serving sacrificially on behalf of people who are suffering. I was…
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Tags: AIDS, art, beauty, Children, church, close friends, Community, discipline, engagement, extreme poverty, faith, Family, friend, Gender, Global, global relationships, God, grief, healing, Health, hiv aids, husband, illness, inner circle, International, intimate relationships, loving God, lynne hybels, major surgery, medical care, mentor, mother, Poverty, pray, Prayer, present, relationship, remission, serving, sin, vengeance, Violence, Willow Creek, Women, writing
Tags: activist, advocacy, bethlehem, bulldozers, Campaign, Catholic, church, conflict, Gaza, haitians, Holy Land, Human Rights, Israel, Israeli, israeli government, israeli occupation, Jerusalem, Jew, Jewish, john engle, justice, Lockheed Martin, Methodist, Middle East, Military, Movement, national catholic reporter, Nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, occupation, Palestine, palestinian christians, peace, protest, protesters, Religious, religious leaders, resistance, security, separation barrier, settlement, Sojourners, terrorist, terrorist violence, Violence, wall, West Bank
Joe Biden appeared on the Sunday morning talk shows last week to defend the Obama administration from Dick Cheney’s disgraceful attacks, which appear to suggest his earlier bloodlust has not yet been satisfied, despite everything his time in the White…
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The U.S. offensive against Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004 involved heavy use of airstrikes and artillery bombardments which destroyed some 60 mosques, as many as 10,000 buildings, and up to 6,000 civilian deaths. After the first week of a U.S.-led offensive…
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I had thought we’d all agreed that flying airplanes into buildings full of office workers was not a legitimate form of protest, but the Wall Street Journal’s headline about Joseph Stack calls him a “tax protester.” This rhetorical fig leaf can’t cover…
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Tags: Afghanistan, allegiance, America, asymmetrical warfare, Christ, Christians, church, conscience, conscientious objection, cost of war, faith, God, History, illegality, Iraq, just war, justice, Military, morality, pacifism, peace, Politics, proportion, proportionality, Religious, Richard Land, sin, soldier, subordinate, Theology, truth commission, Violence, War
It’s one thing to go to the “Holy Land” and see where Jesus worked and walked in the past. It’s another thing to combine that with seeing where the spirit of Jesus is working and walking in the present, teaching…
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 At about midnight we heard the shots ring out. My friend ran to the door and I heard him yell, “Shane, a kid has been shot, come down.” As we looked down the street we could see a young man staggering as…
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