Tag Archives: Christianity
Do All the Good You Can
“Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever … Continue reading
Bonhoeffer on Protest
“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.” -Bonhoeffer
Joy Within Reach
“The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to … Continue reading
Illusion that Life is a Property
“Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.” -Henri Nouwen
God of Peace
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.” -Thomas Merton
The Inescapable Network of Mutuality
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alternatives To Violence, Guidelines from Harold Whitmore
A list of guidelines for those seeking to resolve conflicts and violence… Listen, base your position on truth, be creative… Continue reading
Stephen Carey on the naive illusion of ‘elsewhere’
We must move beyond the naive but satisfying illusion that “we” are good and “they” are evil that the devil always lives somewhere else: now in Berlin and Tokyo; now in Moscow, Hanoi, and Beijing; now on to Belgrade and … Continue reading
Overcoming Evil with Evil
…when we undertake to overcome evil with evil,
we ourselves tend to become the evil that we seek to overcome
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Nayler on Internal Discord
Art thou in the Darkness? Mind it not, for if thou dost it will fill thee more, but stand still and act not, and wait in patience till Light arises out of Darkness to lead thee. Art thou wounded in … Continue reading