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WN: New Testament scholar Chris Marshall first published this piece in 2000. There is another piece on this site (Is…

photo above: St. Mary's of the Lake, Lake George, N.Y. - Paulist Fathers, www.paulist.org Though this is not a ringing…

WN: Arguably the two greatest New Testament era historians in the world today are James D. G. Dunn and N.…

WN: This paper highlighted below answers in the negative the question posed in the title. It was written by Pamela…

illustration above: The rescue by (Anabaptist) Dirk Willems. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 387 of…

by Brendan O'Connor August 8, 2017 WN: I decided to republish this article of seven years ago. The supreme haughty…

At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1…

By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one…

Colleen Dulle photo above: Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a Feb. 17, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy…

This study still has pertinence today. There are two versions, which titles below explain. The second was presented on the…

WN: Some of the papers on Restorative Justice are understandably repetitive, though I culling the obviously such. image above: sikhnet.com…

WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,…

By  Community last July 17, 2021 image above: cagle.com WN: "Guns and Bibles" (see below)--but nary a drop of authentic…

By Alicia Elliott July 12, 2021 photo above: The Mohawk Institute Residential School, referred to by former students as ‘the…

Opinion by Paul Butler Contributing columnist July 8, 2021 photo above: Nikole Hannah-Jones during an interview in Brooklyn on Tuesday.…

By Marie-Danielle Smith July 8, 2021 illustration above: by Anna Minzhulina WN: Military. Police. Prisons.((See here also.)) All are rife…

WN: The video is beautifully presented and wonderfully hopeful! Dr. Gabor Maté is an amazingly wise and compassionate healer. TAKE…

By Maclean's June 8, 2021 photo above: Shoes are placed on the lawn outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School…

Opinion by Ken Dryden May 27, 2021 photo above: Toronto center John Tavares is taken from the ice on a…

WN: The following video, God's Covenant in the Promised Land, was powerful in 2014. It is tragically as true now…

By Adnan R. Khan May 11, 2021 photo above: Spec Ops Magazine WN: In short, Canada’s Special Operations Regiment (CSOR),…

By Charlie Savage May 1, 2021 photo above: Targeted killings away from conventional war zones have been a central feature…

The new president’s paper trail reveals a man who has often betrayed his own bedrock principles. Jeremy Scahill April 28…

April 27, 2021 by Sonali Kolhatkar image above: Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair chart below: The Washington Post, Fatal Force…

WN: Dianne is one of the amazing volunteers in charge of Colorado CURE. Please enjoy this brief interview: You may…

John J. Strynkowski March 28, 2021 photo above: Photo by Markus Schumacher on Unsplash WN: The reflection highlighted below is…

NOTE on image above: Foot washing by UK artist Dinah Roe Kendall WN: It is exciting to introduce The Kenarchy…

Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation's penal system is not just failing, it's making things…

Tomgram January 7, 2020 By Andrew Bacevich illustration above: lindsaysocialstudies.weebly.com (President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: "Speak softly and carry a…

March 26, 2020 by Ramzy Baroud photo above: Sgt. Paul L. Anstine III, U.S. Marine Corps – Public Domain WN:…

By Peter Manseau Feb. 19, 2021 photo above: Michael Sparks, far left, stands with other Trump supporters as they are…

Financial meltdown, environmental disaster and even the rise of Donald Trump – neoliberalism has played its part in them all.…

February 12, 2021 by Paul Street photo above: Backbone Campaign – CC BY 2. WN: The highlighted article is a…

By Bill Berkowitz February 8, 2021 WN: The article highlighted below is very disturbing for followers of the one Mark…

National Security Experts Warn Trump “Is Promoting Terrorism” The president’s post-election incitement expands on a tactic he has long used:…

Trump's Politics Fractured My Family. Where Do We Go After The Election? I'm a Democrat, they're Republicans. Healing the political…

Nov 8, 2011 by John Dear Blog | On the Road to Peace WN: What can one say? The highlighted…

The McCarrick Report: The Vatican Owns Up To Enabling Abuse November 10, 2020 by Mary Pezzulo WN: The article highlighted…

Stuart Stevens was a winning GOP operative. Now he feels terrible about what he’s done to the country. By MICHAEL…

RJWorld eConference, August 22 – September 6, 2020: Robbie Robidoux & Wayne Northey RJ World 2020 was a 17-day (extended…

Published on Thursday, August 06, 2020 by Common Dreams by Rev. John Dear photo above: "Our message over the years…

WN: Please see in light of the title this outstanding article by Canadian Wade Davis: The Unraveling of America. 1.…

The regime now is in full propaganda mode, aided by the World Health Organization. Andrew Nikiforuk April 2, 2020| TheTyee.ca…

WN: Wipf and Stock Publishers gratefully re-published (my re-edited) Volume 1 of a series by the same title, January 9,…

"Nothing" bishop gets frank on married priests, Vatican under Francis Feb 19, 2020 by Joshua J. McElwee photo above: Bishop…

It should be no surprise that the new governments installed by all these U.S. wars and coups are among the…

October 1, 2019 by Paul Street photo above: White House – Public Domain WN: This is a powerful broadside against…

Author of 2004’s ‘A Short History of Progress’ issues a progress report. Ronald Wright 20 Sep 2019 | TheTyee.ca Ronald Wright’s 10…

Jack Miles July 24, 2019 Facebook Twitter Email WN: Sounds utterly fascinating! My Orthodox son reminds me that Christianity did…

Jul 18, 2019 by NCR Editorial Staff photo above: The White House is seen in Washington July 12. (CNS/Tyler Orsburn) …

Tim Alberta of Politico has written a compelling, alarming and scoop-heavy history of the fall of the party of Lincoln…

Good Friday Sermon and Easter Sermon, 2017 by Randy Klassen photo above: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem WN: Randy…

Good Riddance to Cultural Christianity April 19, 2019| nones, Religious Right, voluntary association photo above: Pat Robertson speaks at the…

On Biblical Inerrancy: Some Reflections for United Methodists and Other “Christians” March 11, 2019 by M. G. Piety Image above: …

On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal Trudeau tried to pressure justice minister to cut deal…

WN: Below is an outstanding talk by a highly unusual young man!: Paul K. Chappell. Well worth the lesson -…

Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Polling A new Washington Post Fact Checker poll Take…

Bush the Archvillain By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Published December 4, 2018 photo above: President George H.W. Bush speaks during…

The Cross: God’s Peace Work – Towards a Restorative Peacemaking Understanding of the Atonement WN: This was written initially as…

Georgetown Prep President: Working for Hope in a Season of Contempt Politics & Society Short Take James Van Dyke, S.J.…

September 14, 2018 by Carl Boggs photo above: The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0 WN: It is astounding that…

February 06, 2017 by Vern Redekop WN: Anything my friend and scholar Vern Redekop writes -- and he is prolific!…

That’s impeachable. By John Nichols Twitter August 22, 2018 10:40 am photo above: Michael Cohen leaves his federal court hearing in…

by Chico Harlan August 12 at 6:53 PM Email the author photo above: Members of Chile's bishops conference, Luis Fernando…

Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this…

  Reader's Editorials Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia WN: The article highlighted below does not surprise... It is also no…

The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in…

Feb 23, 2018 photo above: Evangelist Billy Graham speaks in Dallas at the 1974 Southern Baptist Convention. (AP) by Mel…

Plough Quarterly magazine 15: Staying Human Feature by Michael T. McRay Technology feeds our insatiable hunger for stories, but fails…

Jan 23, 2018 by NCR Editorial Staff Accountability Opinion photo above: Pope Francis listens to a question from a journalist…

December 28, 2017 by Thomas P. Doyle photo: Boston Cardinal Bernard Law bows his head as a victim of clergy…

WN: In January 1975, I read John Howard Yoder's The Politics of Jesus at an Inter-term course taught by Clark…

Institutions are essential to the church’s mission, but they are not reality, Wright says. They are merely the scaffolding and…

Sunday, November 26, 2017 By Four Arrows, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: aljazeera.com WN: Below is a wise, challenging, hopeful piece.…

While list of programs and rules under attack grows, a call for former president to fight back against "Trump-led assault on…

By Michael Frost September 24 at 7:00 AM photo above: San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem before…

The evangelical Christian movement has been at war with environmentalism for decades—but the stakes have never been higher. By ALLIE…

Steven Paulikas THE STONE AUG. 14, 2017 photo above: Jeff Swensen for The New York Times excerpts: Jeffress told The Post,…

AUGUST 18, 2017 by PAUL STREET excerpts: Increasingly, though, one really must wonder if the arch-authoritarian racist idiot Donald Trump will…

book cover above: Stricken By God? is an anthology of papers by authors from all the major Christian traditions, arguing…

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…

 In a new book Dream Hoarders, Richard V. Reeves argues that members of the upper middle class, not just the…

Obama: a Hollow Man Filled With Ruling Class Ideas JUNE 2, 2017 by PAUL STREET WN: The review below of…

George W Bush failed in his attempt to block global action on climate change. His mistake – about to be…

7th International CURE Conference on Human Rights & Prison Reform April 25-29, Alajuela San Jose, Costa Rica by Bruno van der Maat…

WN: This is a fascinating article that brings together Hermann Hesse and Thomas Merton, likely the two most countercultural influencers…

Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Compiled by Wayne Northey WN: Today, I updated a bibliography, especially weighted towards…

Thursday, April 06, 2017By C.J. Polychroniou, Truthout | Interview photo above: House Speaker Paul Ryan looks on as President Donald Trump…

Hello from Winnipeg! I couldn’t put it off any longer. The new self-help/memoir, Dancing with Elephants, is now available everywhere.…

by Dennis Venema / Scot McKnight • February 16, 2017 WN: Almost anyone raised fundamentalist or evangelical was fed on the almost…

Published on November 4, 2016 by Brian Frydenborg New threads in the Team Trump/Team Putin tangled web show Manafort and…

Published on Thursday, September 15, 2016 by Common Dreams by Jake Johnson photo above: 'Whether she is writing of Kashmir…

Since 1980, the economy has continued to grow impressively, but most of the benefits have migrated to the top. Bill…

“The urgency to create change is at an all-time high.” 07/13/2016 09:04 pm ET Updated Jul 15, 2016 Read the…

Friday, July 15, 2016 by Abby Zimet, staff writer Another savage week, from St. Paul to Nice. Because we have…

Published on June 18th, 2016 | by Guest by Paul R. Pillar an excerpt: Donald Trump is waging the most…

by Paul Stevens • June 16, 2016 an excerpt: There is no question that we have a population bulge in…

Thursday, 09 June 2016 00:00 By Charles Derber and Yale Magrass, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Reading from a teleprompter,…

Friday, 03 June 2016 00:00 By James Kilgore, Truthout | Op-Ed photo above: Image:

by Paul Nuechterlein an excerpt: When I wrote the first draft of this page (May 2007), I was wondering if…

by Paul Nuechterlein An excerpt: From the perspective of mimetic theory, the most serious problem with the Left Behind series…

WN: I think this is a classic - by Andrew Greeley. An excerpt: He is not another Hitler. Yet there…

WN: This is in my view an excellent piece by Christopher Manion - from 2003. An excerpt: Mr. Thomas, normally…

Three Quotes and Two Dictionary Entries 1. “In [a true fairy-story] when the sudden 'turn' [or 'eucatastrophe'] comes we get…

WN: Dr. Willard Swartley is an outstanding New Testament exegete, whom I now consider a friend, after our meeting in…

WN: I collected such for a while... They are all below: The church is hopeless, but it is the only…

War, Police and Prisons: Cross-Examining State-Sanctioned Violence Streams of Justice, September 28, 2009 WN: I was asked by the above-named…

M2/W2 (Man-To-Man/Woman-To-Woman) is the Restorative Justice agency with which I was associated for forty years. An excerpt: A few years…

An excerpt: Christian support for capital punishment, like Christian participation in war, has known a majority Christendom approbation since the…

image above: thenile.com.au WN: "Empire" by nature is gargantuan evil. There is none known to history that has not been…

WN: I invite response. To be noted: two authors adduced below--Willard Swartley and Richard Hays--both support/ed a church ban on…

image above: webpages.uidaho.edu WN: Evangelicals were in bed with former President George W. Bush like never before. They of course…

WN: I wrote this and presented it at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) June 19, 2008. Paul Nuechterlein…

image above: hub.wsu.edu WN: This is a true story in which in 2000 we intervened on behalf of a friend,…

April 16, 2017 WN: This essay was initially written in the 1980's while I was preparing a sermon on Romans…

WN: Much of this material first appeared in The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice, “Christianity: The Rediscovery of Restorative Justice”,…

WN: The title was of a wonderful song by singer/songwriter, Ken Medema, from his album, “In the Dragon’s Jaws” (no…

Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 1, 2003 photo above: reintegrationaustralia.com.au An excerpt: For…

Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 4, 2003 An excerpt: A few years ago,…

WN: Contemporary Western Restorative Justice theory and practice were not first developed by Americans, though they have greatly contributed to…