SERMON: A Tough Mind And A Tender Heart, by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16) A French philosopher said, “No man is strong unless he bears within his character antitheses strongly marked.” The strong man...
View ArticleSERMON: The Paraclete, by Gerard Manley Hopkins
But now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It...
View ArticlePOETRY: Ultimately Justice Directs Them, by Craig Morgan Teicher
1 The soldiers are coming. The soldiers are coming to break America. The soldiers are dispatched from America and they are landing their boats on American shores. 2 Why are the soldiers coming? Not...
View ArticlePEACEMAKING: Forgiveness, Reconciliation, And Justice — A Christian...
From Christian Peace and Nonviolence, edited by Michael G. Long In this essay I want to contest the claim that the Christian faith, as one of the major world religions, predominantly fosters violence,...
View ArticlePOETRY: Late Justice, by Kay Ryan
Late justice may be more useless than none. Some expungings or making-rights or getting-backs lack the capacity to correct. The formerly aggrieved become exacting in unattractive ways: intolerant of...
View ArticlePRAYER: Prayer Or Action? The Tension Explored, by Susan Rakoczy
From Great Mystics and Social Justice What is our future as committed Christians as the third millennium begins? How shall we live the Christian life – how do we live the gospel now – as we seek to...
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