Blog 14 May 2023 Franklin Graham warns Liberty graduates about ‘culture of confusion,’ ‘lies from Hell’ By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor May 13, 2023 image above: The Rev. Franklin Graham gives the commencement address at… Editor No Comments
26 Mar 2023 The Other Side of the Good News: Confronting the Contemporary Challenges to Jesus’ Teachings on Hell WN: I knew I would eventually review this book. But it took me seven years after its publication to do… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2022 Tomgram Engelhardt, Life in Hell (Literally!) July 5, 2022 By Tom Engelhardt image above: thedailybeast.com WN: In the micro, I have a close relative who still… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Engelhardt, A Hellfire World By Tom Engelhardt photo above: 'THEY ARE ALL DEAD': Harrowing leaked footage shows US drone strikes in Afghanistan as pilot… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2021 Insuring Heaven or Hell on Earth? Peter Bosshard, Rev. Fletcher Harper September 28, 2021 photo above: psmag.com WN: As seen in the article: "We disagree." excerpts:… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jul 2019 Progressives Need to Start Preaching Hell Again July 16, 2019 by Chuck McKnight photo above: Gage Skidmore, Flickr, Creative Commons 2.0 Generic. WN: Amen! Except: I… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2017 Hellrazed? — edited by Kevin Miller WN: Kevin Miller produced the movie Hellbound? five years ago to look at changing views on the doctrine of hell.… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Oct 2016 An Open Letter to Michelle Obama, October 13, 2016 WN: A friend reminded me, in response to that below, that none of us in the first world is… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Aug 2015 Just War, Just Deserts, Just Hell WN: This was inspired by Brad Jersak after we jointly (with Ron Dart and Archbishop Lazar (see the earlier post,… Editor No Comments
26 Jan 2015 Solving Hell A Mystery Story, by Chris Friesen, A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (Fresno, CA), In… Editor
Blog Original Cinema Quad Poster - Movie Film Posters 29 Apr 2014 WAR AND HELL – and Exception-Clause Footnote Theology WN: War and Hell is an interactive essay with a movie and a book. The movie: Saving Private Ryan. The… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Apr 2024 Highlighting: Opinion | I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them. By Peter Maass April 9, 2024 WN: The Jewish writer of the article highlighted below gets it -- and from… Editor No Comments
Blog Attendees came from 18 different nations. 08 Apr 2024 Rwanda Dispatches May 18 to July 12, 2018 At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2024 Easter Song and Reflections on the Resurrection ***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the final… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Feb 2024 Anguished Thoughts On: Israel’s campaign in Gaza ‘plausibly’ amounts to genocide, US court finds ***NOTE: Several footnotes supply additional commentary/information*** The Guardian Middle East crisis – live updates Julian Borger Global affairs editor Thu… Editor No Comments
05 Jan 2024 Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes, James Alison, New York: Crossroad… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Jan 2024 Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Interactive, Partial Book Review of: The Joy of Being Wrong: Original Sin Through Easter Eyes, James Alison, New York: Crossroad… Editor No Comments
Blog People enter the Music City Center for the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Nashville. RNS photo by Kit Doyle 08 Nov 2023 Why Southern Baptists are Furious Over a Sex Abuse Case in Kentucky By Ruth Graham Ruth Graham writes about faith and values, and has written extensively about the Southern Baptist Convention. Nov.… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2023 Israel’s Dangerous Delusion: No third party will step in to govern Gaza. By Hussein Ibish image above: The destroyed farmland was used to amass dozens of armored vehicles. Source: Satellite image by… Editor No Comments
Blog The Security Council votes on a draft resolution on the situation in the Middle East. The resolution, submitted by Brazil, called for “humanitarian pauses” to deliver lifesaving aid to millions in Gaza. The resolution received 12 votes in favour, 2 abstentions (Russian Federation, United Kingdom), and 1 vote against (United States). The Resolution was not adopted due to a veto by the United States. A view of Council members signaling their abstention. 18 Oct 2023 Agonizing: U.S. Vetoes Security Council Resolution on ‘Humanitarian Pause’ in Gaza AJ McDougall Breaking News Reporter Oct. 18, 2023 image above: Security Council Meets on Situation in Middle East, Including Palestinian… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2023 Reflection on: Everything I thought I knew about Israel and Gaza was wrong Editor in Chief Jodi Rudoren October 9, 2023 --source of image above NOTE: Please see too: Agonizing: U.S. Vetoes… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Oct 2023 Theories on the Psychology of Violence WN: I met the author of the presentation below at a COV&R (Colloquium on Violence and Religion) Conference.I recall a… Editor No Comments
19 Sep 2023 Front Page Copy Welcome <h2 style="text-align: center;">SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages.</h2><p style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 20px;… MasterEditor No Comments
Blog “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid Solid Rock Church, Ohio, March 6, 2020 25 Mar 2023 Comments On: Amazing Disgrace By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
15 Feb 2023 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 WN: Beyond tragic the pullquote to the right, this means four-fifths of American… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Feb 2023 Commentary On: How can I reconcile the good and evil of Jean Vanier? Colleen Dulle photo above: Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a Feb. 17, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jan 2023 Thoughts On: The Great Santos January 20, 2023 Matthew Stevenson image above: Original cover art for the 1927 edition of The Great Gatsby by Francis… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jan 2023 Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism By Nicholas Powers | Truthout January 16, 2023 WN: In the excellent article highlighted below, the author writes: Today the… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jan 2023 So Sad: The Final Campaign Inside Donald Trump’s sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run for reelection. (Which isn’t to say he can’t win.) The Power Trip Dec. 23, 2022 Olivia Nuzzi New York’s Washington correspondent WN: I once saw a cartoon about a… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Dec 2022 Firewood will save the West Paul Kingsnorth is a novelist and essayist. His latest novel Alexandria is published by Faber. He also has a Substack:… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Nov 2022 The Great Sumas Lake Heist: A Guilty Little Secret in Plain Sight Sumas Lake until a century ago covered about 10% of the Fraser Valley's fertile farmland. Then it was 'disappeared.' Whatever… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Thoughts On: If today’s GOP baffles you, consider what motivates its base By Jennifer Rubin November 1, 2022 image above: Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Oct 2022 Thoughts On: The GOP Is a Cultish, Destructive Fascist Organization—Not a Legitimate Political Party Thom Hartmann October 12, 2022 image above: WN: This is indeed tragic for our neighbours to the south; and Why… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2022 Interaction With: Looking for advice on masculinity? Try St. Joseph rather than Jordan Peterson Oct 11, 2022 by Stephen G. Adubato | Opinion Stephen G. Adubato studied moral theology at Seton Hall University and… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Sep 2022 Jan. 6 Twitter witness: Failure to curb Trump spurred ‘terrifying’ choice Drew Harwell September 22, 2022 image above: Former Twitter employee Anika Collier Navaroli. (Marlena Sloss for The Washington Post) WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Aug 2022 Is Donald Trump the Antichrist? thomhartmann Community (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication.) Tuesday August 23, 2022… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2022 All the Marys July 18 2022 by Diana Butler Bass WN: The sermon by the above historian is revolutionary in terms of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Aug 2022 Perspective On: The Mar-a-Lago Raid Proves the U.S. Isn’t a Banana Republic By David A. Graham AUGUST 8, 2022 image above: nbcnews.com WN: There is a great punchline to the article highlighted below.… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2022 Commentary On: ‘He has done more to further the cause of hate in the US than almost anyone’: the rise and fall of Alex Jones Charlie Scudder Mon 8 Aug 2022 image above: forward.com WN: One can only hope the heading about the fall of… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2022 Thoughts On: “We need to take away children.” An investigation by Caitlin Dickerson August 7, 2022 image above: These illustrations were created by The Atlantic using direct quotes… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Aug 2022 Opinion | The GOP is sick. It didn’t start with Trump — and won’t end with him. By Dana Milbank | Columnist August 4, 2022 image above: Trump is sick. So is the GOP., by Joel Mathis,… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Aug 2022 Thoughts on: Opinion | Josh Hawley’s problem with masculinity By Jonathan Capehart Columnist| August 3, 2022 image above: The House Jan. 6 committee shows a photo of Sen. Josh… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Comments On: The Claremont Institute triumphed in the Trump years. Then came Jan. 6. By Marc Fisher and Isaac Stanley-Becker Updated July 30, 2022 | Published July 24, 2022 image above: Don Quixote de la Mancha… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jul 2022 Thoughts on: Honest Government Ad | US Supreme Court 🇺🇸 WN: This video is brilliant. Caveat: While the language is raw, the sentiment is true. I think it powerfully captures… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2022 How Great Elvis Art: A roundup of Elvis’s gospel hits Michelle Smith July 22, 2022 image above: Clem Onojeghuo via Unsplash WN: The article highlighted is as the title indicates.… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Bill McKibben: “Appalling” European Heat Wave Demands Massive Climate Action By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Published July 18, 2022 WN: Nothing really to add. Except, to slightly vary the adage:… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2022 Focus On: Mapping Militarism 2020 by David Swanson May 6, 2020 WN: The article highlighted below represents a brilliant and multiplex presentation of the worldwide… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2022 Commentary on: John Bolton Casually Admits to CNN That He’s Planned Coups by Justin Baragona WN: Ah, the noble United States of America: ultimate bastion of democracy; exceptionally godly and self-sacrificing; a… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jul 2022 Trump proven unfit for power again by Washington Examiner June 29, 2022 WN: The article highlighted below is reporting by a conservative news outlet. The final… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2022 Corporate and Contemplative Prayer WN: Taylor was kind enough to grant me permission to reproduce fully the excellent meditation below. He explains the provenance.… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 The Pandemic Is Waning. Anthony Fauci Has a Few More Lessons to Share. By Anna Peele June 29, 2022 image above: Anthony Fauci. (Jesse Dittmar for The Washington Post) WN: Great insights about… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jul 2022 How Trump World pressures witnesses to deny his possible wrongdoing By Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey and Jacqueline Alemany June 30, 2022 image above: Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jul 2022 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jun 2022 Opinion A question for those who say more faith will prevent gun violence: How? By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist |June 27, 2022 image above: Handguns for sale at a store in Greeley, Pa., on… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 How Franklin Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband By Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 20, 2022 image above: Naghmeh Panahi is pictured outside of her house in Boise. (Kyle… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 Reflections On: Opinion Doug Mastriano’s unhinged ‘Nazi’ claim signals deeper danger ahead By Greg Sargent, Columnist June 2, 2022 image above: thedispatch.com WN: The U.S. has become increasingly unhinged--thanks in significant part… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 May 2022 Southern Baptist leaders covered up sex abuse, kept secret database, report says By Sarah Pulliam Bailey May 22, 2022 WN: Wherever men see themselves as "central, superior, and deserving" in any relationship,… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 May 2022 Silent Genocide By Robert C. Koehler image above: An example of the damage done by depleted uranium shells on armour plating. WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Mar 2022 Capitalism and Racism WN: We have been studying an excellent book in this discussion group: How to Have an Enemy: Righteous Anger and… Editor No Comments
23 Mar 2022 Apocalypse Now!: A Revaluation of the Thought of Ivan Illich Brother John, Taizé In his masterful and comprehensive study recently published by Penn State University Press, Ivan Illich: An Intellectual… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2022 What Goes Around . . .: Big Oil and Gas Kept a Dirty Secret for Decades. Now They May Pay the Price. Chris McGreal Wed 30 Jun 2021 photo above: Loïc Manegarium Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Mar 2022 Restorative Justice and Spiritual Origins, November 19, 2004 WN: Some of the papers on Restorative Justice are understandably repetitive, though I culling the obviously such. image above: sikhnet.com… Editor No Comments
Blog Anti-riot police give signal to be ready. Government power concept. Police in action. Smoke on a dark background with lights. Blue red flashing sirens. Dictatorship power. Selective focus 06 Mar 2022 Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Feb 2022 A Look At: Despite Their Pastors Dying, Between 30-40% of American White Evangelical Christians Remain Anti-Vax February 4, 2022 WN: To understand some of this phenomenon, please see my Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne:… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Jan 2022 Marshall McLuhan, the Catholic thinker who predicted the internet, spent his last days praying with a Jesuit Nick Ripatrazone January 28, 2022 photo above: Marshall McLuhan at New York University's Loeb Center, June 14, 1966 (AP Photo/John… Editor No Comments
Blog Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump clash with police officers in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis 23 Jan 2022 Reflections on: The American polity is cracked, and might collapse. Canada must prepare Thomas Homer-Dixon Special to The Globe and Mail Published December 31, 2021; Updated January 2, 2022 photo above: cbsnews.com WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jan 2022 Elizaveta Pilenko-Skobcova (Mother Maria) (1891 – 1945) WN: Such stories as highlighted below are immensely inspiring! I have relatives though who insist, in kind not unlike Trump… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 The Teacher Who Never Spoke By Maureen Swinger November 22, 2021 WN: So beautiful. So very humbling. So complicatedly hopeful. excerpts: he summer my brother… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Nov 2021 Paper and Story: “The Sex Offender as Scapegoat” John 12:20 - 33; John 11:49-52: 49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to… Editor No Comments
09 Nov 2021 Love on a human scale: The Gospel according to Ivan Illich – Review by Marcus Peter Rempel Every now and then a book comes into my life that puts me in a happy dilemma: I want to… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Nov 2021 The Horror of: “ ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief system’: a haunting film on sexual abuse by Catholic clergy” David Smith in Washington; @smithinamerica Tue 9 Nov 2021 WN: The dreadfulness of ‘It’s being abused by an entire belief… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Walter Wink & “The Myth of Redemptive Violence” November 8, 2021 by Robert Koehler WN: The author of the highlighted article below is right on. For background to… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2021 Reflections on “Drone Strikes and Torture Will Cause Big Blowback” November 5, 2021 by Brian Cloughley photo above: AK Rockefeller – CC BY 2.0 WN: It is ominous to read… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Nov 2021 Highlighting “Absolute Carbon Reduction Is an ‘Issue of Life and Death’ for Indigenous Peoples” By Amy Goodman Juan González, Democracy Now! Published November 2, 2021 photo above: Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Oct 2021 Commentary: “As Sen. Joe Manchin’s Star Rose in West Virginia, the FBI and IRS Probed His Closest Allies” Daniel Boguslaw October 23 2021 photo by Dominik Vanyi on Unsplash WN: The story below is about unbridled greed. It… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Interaction With “The CIA: 70 Years of Organized Crime” September 22, 2017 by Douglas Valentine – Lars Schall photo above by Tom Thai | CC BY 2.0 WN: Welcome… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Oct 2021 Legacy of Shame: October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Oct 2021 A Handful of Reasons to Join a Church [despite the exodus] – Sharad Yadav posted in Clarion Journal for Religion, Peace & Justice by Sharad Yadav WN: I like what I read below! One… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Oct 2021 Justice and Peace: Lumen Christi Institute Streamed live, October 7, 2021 image above: smp.org WN: The Catholic Criminal Justice Reform Network does excellent… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 They Went to Bible College to Deepen Their Faith. Becca Andrews September 30, 2021 photo above: yelp.com WN: The article highlighted below begins with Megan Wohlers telling her story… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Sep 2021 9/11 was a test: Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2021 Bomber Biden Sends in B-52 Bombers in a Tantrum over Taliban Advance August 12, 2021 by Dave Lindorff photo above: AC-130 Spectre gunship rains random death from the sky in the name… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Aug 2021 Covid Is Now a Crisis for the Unvaccinated By Aaron E. Carroll Dr. Carroll is the chief health officer for Indiana University. He’s also a writer who focuses… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jul 2021 What were the Capitol rioters thinking on Jan. 6? By Dan Zak and Karen Heller July 20, 2021 photo above: (Robert Carter for The Washington Post) WN: Sadly, the… Editor 2 Comments
19 Jul 2021 Front Page Augustine recounts this story of Empire: The king asked the fellow, “What is your idea, in infesting the sea?” And… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Jul 2021 Republicans were happy to support vaccine when they could credit Trump, then went on the attack By Community last July 17, 2021 image above: cagle.com WN: "Guns and Bibles" (see below)--but nary a drop of authentic… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Jul 2021 ‘I Alone Can Fix It’ book excerpt: The inside story of Trump’s defiance and inaction on Jan. 6 By Philip Rucker and Carol D. Leonnig July 15, 2021 WN: Sick . . . excerpts: Part two of an… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Jul 2021 How Tucker Carlson became the voice of White grievance By Michael Kranish July 14, 2021 photo above: patheos.com WN: What does one do with such elite entitlement; with such… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Jul 2021 “The Apocalypse Has Begun”: by David Cayley January 2, 2016 WN: This is a highly instructive essay. There is much on my website about… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Jul 2021 The Christian Right Is in Decline, and It’s Taking America With It Opinion Michelle Goldberg July 9, 2021 photo above: Mark Peterson/Redux WN: To the first part of the title: Amen!!!((This article… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jul 2021 Haiti’s fate is intertwined with the U.S. By Ishaan Tharoor with Claire Parker Email photo above: A man speaks on the phone next to a mural in… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Jul 2021 Welcome to crazy town: The QAnon movement explained By Brian Bethune July 7, 2021 photo above: mindbrews.in WN: Loony and terrifying! You will also find interesting this story… Editor No Comments
23 May 2021 I Was a Catholic Zionist: A Biblical Challenge to Tribalism and Idolatry WN: This review is from THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM Review: "I Was a Catholic Zionist"--An Eloquent Exploration of Judaism's… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 May 2021 Chris Hedges: God’s Covenant in the Promised Land WN: The following video, God's Covenant in the Promised Land, was powerful in 2014. It is tragically as true now… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 May 2021 Joe Biden’s War Powers: Intercepted with Jeremy Scahill April 28 2021 Recording: Go to website and listen to Joe Biden's War Powers 2021-04-28·36 min. Transcript… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 May 2021 Trump’s Secret Rules for Drone Strikes Outside War Zones Are Disclosed By Charlie Savage May 1, 2021 photo above: Targeted killings away from conventional war zones have been a central feature… Editor 2 Comments
Blog 29 Apr 2021 Empire Politician: The new president’s paper trail reveals a man who has often betrayed his own bedrock principles. Jeremy Scahill April 28… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Apr 2021 How Trump Unleashed a Domestic Terrorism Movement— “He tells them what to do. He tells them why they’re angry.” Mark Follman March+April 2021 Issue photo above: Nate… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Mar 2021 Why America’s Great Crime Decline Is Over March 24, 2021 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic photo above: wisegeek.com WN: The "new model" called for in… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2021 Introducing: The Kenarchy Journal NOTE on image above: Foot washing by UK artist Dinah Roe Kendall WN: It is exciting to introduce The Kenarchy… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Feb 2021 The Incomparable David Cayley WN: Introduction Below is a clickable list of many of David Cayley’s Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) about 50-minute-long podcasts. They… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Dec 2020 Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. Jesus Was a Victim of Empire. Acknowledging This Should Transform Christianity. By Christine Mungai, Truthout Part of the Series: Religion's… Editor No Comments
04 Dec 2020 Dancing With Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain, Book Review of Dancing With Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain Jarem… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2020 The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse November 10, 2020 by Mary Pezzulo WN: The article highlighted… Editor No Comments
01 Nov 2020 Book Review of Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, Jean Bethke Elshtain, New York: Basic Books,… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Oct 2020 Tomgram: Ariel Dorfman, Trump’s Divine Fate Posted by Ariel Dorfman October 22, 2020. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: In a word: brilliant! More so: incredibly… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Oct 2020 James Murdoch, Rebellious Scion Increasingly uncomfortable with News Corp’s politics and profit motives, Rupert’s younger son chose chickens and sheep over Fox, and insists… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Aug 2020 ‘He’s Destroyed Conservatism’: The Republican Case Against Trump’s GOP Stuart Stevens was a winning GOP operative. Now he feels terrible about what he’s done to the country. By MICHAEL… Editor No Comments
Blog BAYONNE, NJ - MAY 3: A wind blown American flag at the Tear Drop 9/11 Memorial flies over the skyline of New York City as the sun sets on May 3, 2020 in Bayonne, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) 16 Aug 2020 The Unraveling of America by Wade Davis August 6, 2020 Wade Davis holds the Leadership Chair in Cultures and Ecosystems at Risk at the… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Aug 2020 Life Under the Bomb Means a Life of Resistance Published on Thursday, August 06, 2020 by Common Dreams by Rev. John Dear photo above: "Our message over the years… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2020 An Open Letter To Joe Biden Dear Mr. Biden. If I might be so bold, I wonder about connecting some dots at this incredible kairos moment… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2020 Cornel West Says ‘Neo-Fascist Gangster’ Trump and Neoliberal Democrats Expose America as ‘Failed Social Experiment’ WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Apr 2020 Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Editorial: Dolan delivers the church to Trump and the GOP Apr 28, 2020 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: New… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Feb 2020 “Nothing” bishop gets frank on married priests, Vatican under Francis "Nothing" bishop gets frank on married priests, Vatican under Francis Feb 19, 2020 by Joshua J. McElwee photo above: Bishop… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Dec 2019 Freedom, Valor, Love: On Snowden’s Permanent Record November 20, 2019 by Michelle Renee Matisons WN: Former Canadian Member of Parliament Chuck Strahl once remonstrated at a workshop… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Dec 2019 In a polarized world, dialogue is a radical act Julie Schumacher Cohen Julie Schumacher Cohen is Director of Community and Government Relations at The University of Scranton. She is… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Nov 2019 America’s Arms Sales Addiction November 17, 2019 The 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade By William D. Hartung Honestly,… Editor No Comments
Blog Ranking Member Devin Nunes (L), Republican of California, speaks with Representative Jim Jordan (C), Republican of Ohio, and Republican Counsel Stephen Castor (R), during the first public hearings held by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, with witnesses Ukrainian Ambassador William Taylor and Deputy Assistant Secretary George Kent testifying, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., November 13, 2019. Saul Loeb/Pool via REUTERS - RC2HAD9JPDQ7 14 Nov 2019 The Exposure of the Republican Party The Exposure of the Republican Party The GOP will not be a great or good party until those who lead… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2019 Of Course a US President Can Murder Somebody Without Legal Jeopardy—Ain’t That Great! Of Course a US President Can Murder Somebody Without Legal Jeopardy—Ain't That Great! Published on Saturday, October 26, 2019 by… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Oct 2019 Our Mad Dog President—and His Bible-Thumping Kennel Pals Published on Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Common Dreams by Michael Winship The White House theocrats may be the biggest danger… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2019 Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, High Crimes and Misdemeanors of the Fading American Century The Real Cover-Up: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jul 2019 On Judging 28/07/2019 photo above: KayR Studios from Pexels WN: All I can say is: wow! Letter 19: On Judging Desert Fathers… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Jul 2019 How Can We Celebrate “Freedom” While Kids Are in Concentration Camps? How Can We Celebrate “Freedom” While Kids Are in Concentration Camps? By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Published July 4, 2019… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Jul 2019 Kids Locked In Cages Aren’t So Sure You’re Actually “Pro-Life” Benjamin L. Corey July 1, 2019 WN: Of course, the persons addressed in the article highlighted below in the… Editor No Comments
Blog Church of Holy Sepulchre 14 May 2019 Good Friday Sermon and Easter Sermon, 2017 by Randy Klassen Good Friday Sermon and Easter Sermon, 2017 by Randy Klassen photo above: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem WN: Randy… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Mar 2019 Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity Tribunal Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout Published March 14, 2019 photo above:… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Mar 2019 On March 15, the Climate Kids Are Coming On March 15, the Climate Kids Are Coming A massive, international, youth-led mobilization will demand action on the climate crisis.… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jan 2019 Theology That Builds Walls Theology That Builds Walls January 8, 2019 by Morgan Guyton photo above: First Baptist Church of Dallas on… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Dec 2018 Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Polling A new Washington Post Fact Checker poll Take… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Dec 2018 After 30 Years Studying Climate, Scientist Declares: “I’ve Never Been as Worried as I Am Today” After 30 Years Studying Climate, Scientist Declares: "I've Never Been as Worried as I Am Today" And a colleague says… Editor No Comments
13 Dec 2018 Justice That Restores, Charles W. Colson, Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2001. 172 pages WN: Charles Colson’s book seems so out of place in the Age of Trump. Colson was of course a conservative… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2018 Trump’s Massive Corruption Exposé Trump's Massive Corruption Exposé WN: The sooner the All-In-One Ultimate Ugly American, Planet Enemy Number One and Supreme Narcissist is… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Oct 2018 Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Bad Character Has Nothing to Do With His Bad Politics Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Bad Character Has Nothing to Do With His Bad Politics Published on Wednesday, October 03, 2018 by… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Sep 2018 The Kavanaugh Hearings The Kavanaugh Hearings by John Graham WN: This is very wise commentary -- thanks to one of my nieces for… Editor No Comments
24 Sep 2018 Justice That Transforms — Book Series First 3 Volumes Fall 2018; Volume One Republished January 2020; two more projected late 2023 SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are… Editor
Blog 15 Sep 2018 Obama’s Imperial Presidency September 14, 2018 by Carl Boggs photo above: The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0 WN: It is astounding that… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 Aug 2018 Reckoning With John McCain Respecting the best of McCain requires grappling with the rest of McCain. By Timothy Patrick McCarthy Twitter August 27, 2018… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Aug 2018 Willow Creek, Your Time Is Now August 6, 2018 by Scot McKnight 68 Comments photo above: Pat Baranowski was the executive assistant to the Rev. Bill… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Aug 2018 Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Jul 2018 After meditation God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can’t… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Jul 2018 HERE’S WHAT RUSSIA `HAS’ ON TRUMP Reader's Editorials Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia WN: The article highlighted below does not surprise... It is also no… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2018 Judgment days In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality Please go… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Apr 2018 How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant. By Michael Massing April 19, 2018 illustration above… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2018 The Last Temptation How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Mar 2018 Billy Graham & The Cold War Before the Culture War – White evangelical voters, Donald Trump, and the evolution of the religious right The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Feb 2018 The Last Real Evangelical: Evangelist Billy Graham Feb 23, 2018 photo above: Evangelist Billy Graham speaks in Dallas at the 1974 Southern Baptist Convention. (AP) by Mel… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Feb 2018 The Land of No Men: Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village WN: These are fascinating stories of Kenyan villages where women are in charge. You may notice they are a tad… Editor No Comments
14 Jan 2018 Dancing With Elephants Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain (2017), Jarem Sawatsky, Winnipeg: Red Canoe Press… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jan 2018 New York City vs. Big Oil Flanked by Nation contributors Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben, Bill de Blasio announced that New York City would divest from… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Dec 2017 “Prison, Sexual Assault, and Editing John Howard Yoder: One Man’s Story” by Andy Alexis-Baker WN: In January 1975, I read John Howard Yoder's The Politics of Jesus at an Inter-term course taught by Clark… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2017 Pope Denounces ‘Mentality of Fear’ Caused by Nuclear Regimes, Urges Disarmament Published on Friday, November 10, 2017 by Common Dreams At a seminar at the Vatican, Pope Francis praised the U.N.'s… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Oct 2017 If Thou Could’st Empty All Thyself Of Self by Thomas Edward Brown If thou could'st empty all thyself of self, Like to a shell dishabited, Then might He… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Sep 2017 CAMPAIGN NONVIOLENCE WEEK OF ACTIONS 2017 TAKE ACTION SEPTEMBER 16-24, 2017! Campaign Nonviolence is a long-term grassroots movement for a culture of peace and nonviolence free… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Sep 2017 On 9/11: How We Hyped Terrorism and Slighted the Real Threat: Climate Change SEP 11, 2017 Juan Cole is the Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan and… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Aug 2017 Why Are There No Eclipse Deniers? AUG 21, 2017 COLUMNS by Juan Cole an excerpt: In fact, we are all climate criminals and saboteurs. The US… Editor No Comments
Blog Illustration by The Spectator 11 Aug 2017 Note To Wall Street: Never Mind Your Nuclear Stock Tips For “Highly Dovish Forward Guidance.” On Account of Everyone Being, You Know, Dead. by Abby Zimet, staff writer illustration above: by The Spectator We can't even. Tensions with North Korea continue to escalate,… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Jul 2017 How “Witnesses of the Unseen: Seven Years in Guantánamo” Opens Up the Horrors of Torture Thursday, 27 July 2017 06:37 ROBERT C. KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photo above: As Guantánamo remains open and the… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jul 2017 Salvation as At-One-Ment book cover above: Stricken By God? is an anthology of papers by authors from all the major Christian traditions, arguing… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Jul 2017 Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Two Impulsive Leaders Fan the Global Flames Posted by Dilip Hiro at 6:51am, July 6, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. image above: Winning entry of this year's International Trumpism… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Jul 2017 We Are the 99 Percent—Except for the Top 20 Percent of Us In a new book Dream Hoarders, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Jun 2017 There Trump Goes Again Published on Friday, June 30, 2017 by Washington Post by Eugene Robinson photo above: White House deputy press secretary Sarah… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 May 2017 America’s Iran Hysteria The Irrationality of Iran Vilification By Danny Sjursen Posted by Danny Sjursen at 7:46am, May 30, 2017. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. WN: It… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 May 2017 Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Compiled by Wayne Northey WN: Today, I updated a bibliography, especially weighted towards… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Apr 2017 Global Resource Depletion Home › 2013 › Volume 64, Issue 08 (January) › Global Resource Depletion Is Population the Problem? by Fred Magdoff Topics: Ecology , Marxist Ecology , Stagnation Places: Africa illustration above found here… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Apr 2017 The Banality of War WN: Below is the first footnote of an essay for a possible chapter in an upcoming book slated for fall… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Apr 2017 The Spoils of War: Trump Lavished With Media and Bipartisan Praise For Bombing Syria Glenn Greenwald April 7 2017, 7:43 a.m. WN: "The first casualty of war is truth", is an adage proved invariably true… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Mar 2017 ** OUT NOW ** Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training Hello from Winnipeg! I couldn’t put it off any longer. The new self-help/memoir, Dancing with Elephants, is now available everywhere.… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Feb 2017 You’re Fired! The Unemployable Trump Administration February 23, 2017 Dana Snitzky Longreads photo above: British (Canadians) burn White House in War of 1812. (Metaphorically, would that… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Feb 2017 If Being a Christian Means XYZ, then I am not a Christian. February 15, 2017 by Kimberly Stover WN: I have copied the entire posting below, with a link at the end… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Feb 2017 Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science by Dennis Venema / Scot McKnight • February 16, 2017 WN: Almost anyone raised fundamentalist or evangelical was fed on the almost… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2017 The Stephen Miller Story: From Pestering Latino Students in High School to Drafting Muslim Ban Wednesday, February 15, 2017 By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! | Video Interview WN: Someone described Stephen Miller as a snot-nosed… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Feb 2017 Trump travel ban hits major setback after judges uphold temporary restraining order Ben Jacobs in Washington @Bencjacobs Thursday 9 February 2017 23.17 GMT Complete victory’: attorney general celebrates Trump travel ban verdict Judges… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Dec 2016 Israeli Ministers Throw Trump-Like Tantrums After U.N. Security Council Slam Posted on Dec 27, 2016 By Juan Cole / Informed Comment an excerpt: He criticized President Obama: “The heart aches that after… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Nov 2016 George Takei: They interned my family. Don’t let them do it to Muslims. By George Takei November 18 at 6:00 AM Follow @GeorgeTakei George Takei is an actor, activist and social media maven.… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Nov 2016 For Abolition: Prisons and Police Are More Than Brutality, They’re State Terror Saturday, 12 November 2016 00:00 By Frank Castro, The Hampton Institute | News Analysis photo above: Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2016 GLOBAL MILITARY SPEND List of countries by military expenditures Staggering! When will we ever learn? an excerpt: This article is a list of… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Nov 2016 Hugh Hewitt Questions Ben Carson If He Was Ruthless Enough to Kill Thousands of Innocent Kids in War December 16, 2015 Watch Full Show DemocracyNow! WN: The audience booed when conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt asked evangelical neurosurgeon… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Nov 2016 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Nelson Mandela Rules) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2015 The document linked below is outstanding! It is nothing less… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Nov 2016 Creating a National Security State “Democracy” Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed By Tom Engelhardt Tomgram: Engelhardt, Resurrecting My Parents From the Dead for Election 2016 | TomDispatch an excerpt: To say… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2016 Review of the book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Below is one fairly detailed review of the book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Oct 2016 Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Been Vile and Offensive—and We Should Thank Him for That How Trump stopped the gaslighting of America. By Matthew Arnold October 26 9:07 photo above: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Aug 2016 How Obama Helped Lay the Groundwork for Trump’s Thuggery His refusal to prosecute torturers and his Wild West assassination of bin Laden show how moral complacency can all too… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Aug 2016 Special Investigation: My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard by Shane Bauer July/August 2016 issue of Mother Jones This is a highly poignant story, at once courageous and deeply… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Jul 2016 There’s No Business Like the Arms Business photo above: A mural near the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. ( Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Jul 2016 Beyond Dallas and Orlando, a Global Arc of Violence Thursday, 14 July 2016 00:00 By Michelle Chen, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Motorcycle officers in a motorcade escort for… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2016 Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe’s Gates Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe's Gates Thursday, 07 July 2016 00:00 By Michelle Chen, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above:… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2016 The Language of War Posted on June 19, 2016 by wjastore an excerpt: The language of war fascinates me. I was reading President Obama’s… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2016 Dominating the Skies — and Losing the Wars: Air Supremacy Isn’t What It Used to Be Tuesday, 21 June 2016 00:00 By William J. Astore, TomDispatch | News Analysis photo above: F-18 Hornets fly as part… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Jun 2016 Tomgram: Mark Wilkerson, Batman in a Hospital Bed Posted by Mark Wilkerson at 7:44am, June 9, 2016. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. How to Buy the book This… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Jun 2016 Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Justice for Torturers? Posted by Rebecca Gordon at 7:25am, June 7, 2016. Follow TomDispatch on Twitter @TomDispatch. photo above: A composite showing some… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jun 2016 The US Militarizes Children in (Their) Schools ROBERT C. KOEHLER OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT photp above: Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Jun 2016 The arsonists of Fort McMurray have a name Martin Lukacs @Martin_Lukacs Thursday 12 May 2016 13.23 BST photo above: thesource.com an excerpt: These arsonists have a name and… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2016 Preparing for the Next Memorial Day Wednesday, 01 June 2016 00:00 By Medea Benjamin, PINK Tank | Op-Ed an excerpt: The barbarism of targeting "suspects" by… Editor No Comments
Blog Brian Stauffer 01 Jun 2016 Limit the Next President’s Power to Wage Drone Warfare image by Brian Stauffer By JAMEEL JAFFER and BRETT MAX KAUFMAN MARCH 8, 2016 And President Obama repeatedly vociferously calls… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2016 Drone Strikes Reveal Uncomfortable Truth: U.S. Is Often Unsure About Who Will Die By SCOTT SHANE APRIL 23, 2015 photo above: The rubble of a building that was destroyed in Yemen by a… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2016 Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, The Grief of Others and the Boasts of Candidates photo above: An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. Photograph: Nesar… Editor No Comments
Blog 31 May 2016 Best of TomDispatch: Nick Turse, From the Missing Archives of a Lost War Posted by Nick Turse and Tam Turse at 5:02pm, May 29, 2016. an excerpt from the introduction: On this Memorial… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 May 2016 US Army Chaplain Resigns in Opposition to Use of Assassin Drones by the United States If only hundreds more U.S. army chaplains would do this! an excerpt: [US Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Christopher John] Antal… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 May 2016 In Washington, Why Is Militarism the Only Option? by Tom Engelhardt This is a brilliant, devastating piece that presents militarism in the United States as their current "drug… Editor No Comments
Blog Atomic cloud over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. (Photo: Hiromichi Matsuda) 08 May 2016 The Untold History of US War Crimes (Photo: atomic cloud over Nagasaki, August 9, 1945. (Photo: Hiromichi Matsuda) An interview with Professor (of History) Peter Kuznick It… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Inside the Assassination Complex: Whistle-blowing Is Not Just Leaking – It’s an Act of Political Resistance by Edward Snowden in the foreword to The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare (see the previous blog… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book The United States is a world-wide assassin. Plain and simple. They act with impunity as judge, jury, and executioner. They… Editor No Comments
Blog A member of the National Guard - a department which costs over $8 billion a year. Photo: DVIDSHUB via Flickr (CC BY) 23 Apr 2016 Global pitbulls: the US military mission to support corporate colonialism This is tragically our planet's reality... An excerpt: With its 800 bases in 80 countries, the US's global military domination… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Apr 2016 The Science of Killing Has Become an Impractical Instrument of Political Domination WN: This is an excellent article. An excerpt: Surveying the U.S.'s imminent defeat in Vietnam in his 1972 book, Roots… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Apr 2016 Vatican to host first-ever conference to reevaluate just war theory, justifications for violence WN: This is quite an amazing development in the Catholic Church! The conference you will read about is April 11… Editor No Comments
10 Aug 2015 A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross The Cruciform Self, Brian Gregor, Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013, 261 pp. From the back cover: Brian Gregor… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 The 14 Characteristics of Fascism image above: Benito Mussolini (left) and Adolf Hitler (right), the leaders of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, respectively, were both fascists. WN: Sobering. Canada anyone? See… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 We Are Mansfield Park image above: The young Fanny and the "well-meant condescensions of Sir Thomas Bertram" on her arrival at Mansfield Park. A… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 Boycott Chicken! This again a now-and-then piece. An excerpt: I told him of an organization in America that marched annually in a… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2015 The Bombs of August 1945 image above: wm.org.uk WN: This was written by Howard Zinn. You may also find it here. The bombing of Hiroshima… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2015 Canadian Federal Candidates Questions: June 2004 Two questions that never received a response during election year 2004 . . . Mr. Warawa, the Conservative Party of… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Mar 2015 True Christian Spirituality An excerpt: It seems that we Christians always have had difficulty keeping together Christian points of tension. Whether the two… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 Mar 2015 War, Police and Prisons: Cross-Examining State-Sanctioned Violence War, Police and Prisons: Cross-Examining State-Sanctioned Violence Streams of Justice, September 28, 2009 WN: I was asked by the above-named… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Mar 2015 Call For a Church Apology Vis À Vis Crime and Punishment photo above: freeimages.com An excerpt: When Anselm of Canterbury wrote Cur Deus Homo (Why God Became Man) in the 11th… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Mar 2015 Emperor Bush, Pirate bin Laden, Calvin College, and the Gospel image above: webpages.uidaho.edu WN: Evangelicals were in bed with former President George W. Bush like never before. They of course… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Capital Punishment image above: izquotes.com WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty… Editor No Comments
25 Nov 2014 Just War Against Terror The Burden of American Power in a Violent World, Jean Bethke Elshtain, New York: Basic Books, 2003, 240 pp. The… Editor
Blog 17 May 2014 Chapter Sixty-Three In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 May 2014 Chapter Sixty-One In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 May 2014 Chapter Forty-Eight In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 May 2014 Chapter Forty-Five In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 May 2014 How To Save the World: Perennial Juxtaposition WN: Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy has been a powerful voice for the Gospel of Peace over many decades. He recently… Editor No Comments
29 Apr 2014 “Farewell, Rob Bell” A Biblical Response to Love Wins, Larry Dixon, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011, 70 pp. This very sad, even some… Editor
29 Apr 2014 Christian Anarchy Jesus’ Primacy over the Powers, Vernard Eller, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987. Jacques Ellul first introduced me to this theme after… Editor
10 Apr 2014 Against The Death Penalty Christian and Secular Arguments Against Capital Punishment, Gardner C. Hanks, Herald Press, 1997; 208 pages After this review was published… Editor
14 Mar 2014 Book Reviews List SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. A Farewell To Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Mar 2014 Is There A Place For Dreaming? WN: The title was of a wonderful song by singer/songwriter, Ken Medema, from his album, “In the Dragon’s Jaws” (no… Editor No Comments
25 Feb 2014 Chrysalis Crucible – a novel SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. “I shudder sometimes at what we’re selling, B.… MasterEditor No Comments
30 Jan 2014 About Me SEARCH and ARCHIVES options are at the bottom of all website pages. I retired as Director of Man-to-Man/Woman-to-Woman--Restorative Christian Ministries… MasterEditor No Comments