A MN Timberwolves chaplain is rightly asking, no, demanding, a right interpretation of peace by us preachers. Emphatically, the call is to be clear that a faithful sermon for peace is not a call for passive, standing down to avoid conflict or confrontation. That is not peace. Yes. Please listen to pastors calling for peace--in … Continue reading Peacemaking
A pledge of Allegiance
Over the years, I've written variations of pledges (below). I believe my nation's ideals of the rule of law, the blind scales of justice equitably and fairly applied without fear or favor, the hope of abundance for the tired, the poor, the oppressed; the freedoms guaranteed for faith, speech, due process, property, gathering--and much more--put … Continue reading A pledge of Allegiance
And Justice for All
...what is not acknowledged as sin, cannot be forgiven. What is not forgiven can never be put out of mind. What cannot be forgotten will forever retain its power.
Ambassadors
...mutuality and vulnerability for cooperative goals is not the same as applause and acquiescence to evil power and corruption...Reconciliation, making friendships, does not mean submitting to evil as if it is good, right, or excusable.
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