Every gun that it made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘peace’
June 20, 2008
The politics of friendship…
As I came back, I saw on the bank of the river a great many trees on the one side and on the other. He said to me, ‘This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the sea, the sea of stagnant waters, the water will [...]
June 2, 2008
The Gospel of peace…
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ Isaiah 52:7
As shoes for your feet put on whatever will make you ready to proclaim the gospel of peace. Ephesians 6:15
You have heard that it was said, [...]
April 29, 2008
Circuit training…
I have not felt like blogging recently. Here are some highlights in this week’s curriculum vitae:
Friday, April 25: I went to hear Willard Swartley at the Parish Resource Center. The topic was “Teaching and Preaching on War and Peace.” He was very good. Dr. Bob Webber provided a response. Some good exchange. I need to [...]
April 4, 2008
On MLK, politics, and the prophetic…
Martin Luther King, Jr. on War
Today is the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. I am amazed at how much he accomplished in his short life. He was the leader of a movement. A prophetic voice for civil rights…against the wars of empire. He was a courageous [...]
February 12, 2008
A disturbing conversation…
“So do you think we are going to have a Muslim president?”
My colleague’s question caught me off guard. I looked up from the stack of papers I was beginning to grade during my planning period. I had turned the TV on to MSNBC and the political pundits were breaking down the prospects of Barack Obama [...]
January 29, 2008
Two views of the world…
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love.
1 John 4:18
Karissa is a part of the EMU cross-cultural group to the Middle-East this semester. I’m jealous! What an opportunity to explore the world–especially a part of our [...]
January 21, 2008
Emerging Church 101…
I identify my ecclesial context as the Anabaptist stream. However, several conversations have been a significant part of my ongoing theological process and formation. I am an associate pastor at Sunnyside Mennonite Church. Although we are a local expression of the Body of Christ, we are not independent from the Great Christian Tradition. We are [...]
November 20, 2007
Seek ye first…
Shane Claiborne, of the Simple Way community, was in Baghdad while American forces were carrying out the “shock and awe” attacks during March of 2003. When asked if he was a traitor, he responded with the following:
• “If this bloody, counterfeit liberation is American… I am proud to be Un-American.
• If depleted uranium is American… [...]
