By David Blower
“Salvation comes to us in the form of the tired traveller” – Henri Nouwen
In the UK we’re used to hearing news of refugee camps in faraway places. But since camps have begun appearing on our own borders there’s been no small panic. And while our bombs continue to fall on Syria, Iraq and Yemen, our government has closed its borders tight, keeping out many who are desperate to be re-united to family members in the UK. Continue reading “Welcome the Stranger”
From Adbusters:
This week we’re calling for a massive worldwide reclaiming of urban space . . . for all you activists with a green thumb to join the global movement of guerrilla gardeners, silent revolutionaries who take to the streets in the dead of night to beautify, utilize and experience a thrill. Continue reading “Guerrilla Gardening”
From the David Wilcox song “Deeper Still” (2000):
In this life, the love you give becomes the only lasting treasure.
And what you lose will be what you win,
A well that echoes down too deep to measure.
By Ric Hudgens
When pundit choirs
sing for blood
when hatred fills
our morning hymns
when court chaplains
intone murder
when tithing
funds annihilation
the prophet
is the one
the prophet
is the one
the prophet
is the one
who interferes.
Glory to God.
Requiescat in pace.
Daniel Joseph Berrigan, S.J. (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016)
*Photo: Rose Marie Berger
Nichola Torbett of Oakland’s Seminary of the Street recently posted this great question:
Radical Christian friends, what books do you recommend that do deep exegesis of Matthew and Luke of the sort that Ched Myers has done on Mark and Wes Howard-Brook has done with John? And actually, while I have your attention, what are your indispensable go-to books for radical Christian inspiration?
Here are some of the responses: Continue reading “Radical Book Recommendations”
revolutionary poets
peel poems
from the scabs
of our existence
clenched tightly
between gums
worn from resistance
we barely exist
through the pain
in our stories
yet embody
the wisdom
of Ancestors
before us
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
By Wendell Berry
Love the quick profit, the annual raise,
vacation with pay. Want more
of everything ready-made. Be afraid
to know your neighbors and to die.
And you will have a window in your head.
Not even your future will be a mystery
any more. Your mind will be punched in a card
and shut away in a little drawer.
When they want you to buy something
they will call you. When they want you
to die for profit they will let you know. Continue reading “Practice Resurrection”
A mural from artist James Janknegt, painted for Christ the Reconciler retreat center in Elgin, TX:
By Bert Newton, Pasadena Mennonite Church
This year in Pasadena, Calif., we will hold our 14th annual Palm Sunday Peace Parade. Every year has a different theme. This year our theme is “Peace without Borders; Welcoming the Refugee.” Last year we called attention to the ecological crisis as well as to police shootings of unarmed black people. The year before that we addressed economic injustice and consumerism that drives war. We created a 12 foot Lady Wisdom puppet and a smaller Mammon puppet who rode a coach called “The Excess Express.” You can watch the struggle between Lady Wisdom and Mammon here. Continue reading “Palm Sunday: Puppets and Peace Parades”
Artist unknown.
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