We all, religious or not, to some extent mix together these ways of thinking and acting - love, as against domination. They express whatever faith - or nonfaith - we have. But they are probably opposites.
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Naomi Klein Finds Hope – In “Killing the Trump WIthin”
A deeply diverse and insistently forward-looking campaign … could well prove unbeatable. A Strong Call to Insistent Courage and Hope Naomi Klein calls us to action and hope in No Is Not Enough:...
He Understands Having Hope – for Unity in Flexible Resistance
What If Trump Is Still President? (He is.) Combative by nature, happier in a fight, the president may now have to choose between escalating the pitched conflict that has torn Washington apart in...
If You Do Not Love Your Neighbor Whom You CAN See – Can You Love God?
The author of “1 John” makes a simple, blunt, very logical analysis of our emotional attachments – or professed attachments. (1 John 4:20) If you do not love your brother whom you...
The Quiet Places in Our Lives Make Our Public Activity Safer
Contemplation and Public Action The public good is most in danger when the voluntary visits to contemplation are neglected in favor of immediate communitarian action. We don’t have to go off...
“It Will Happen Here.” Solidarity is the Only Possible Response.
When so many groups are under attack a collective response is the only response. They're attacking all of us to make us feel atomized and fearful.
Evangelicalism is Broken. Do They Know? Do They Care? (review of Labberton’s “Still Evangelical?”)
Many of them see no crisis, judging from 5 of the 12 articles in Mark Labbertons’s recent valuable book Still Evangelical? (pub’d Jan 2018). If you are concerned about these issues – if you...