Category: Love
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12 Days of Peace Online Events, 9/21~10/2
In a world that seems rife with fear, division, and violence, what does it look like for Christians to live lives guided by hope and mercy? Join us between the international days of peace and nonviolence for 12 days of virtual conversations, workshops, and collective discernment. Online and open to all! #internationaldayofpeace #internationaldayofnonviolence #event #onlineevent…
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Memories Dedicated to the Victims and their Families of 9/11
We pause to honor the memory of those we lost. May their legacies inspire us to reach across divides, comfort those who mourn, and work tirelessly toward a future defined by compassion, reconciliation, and enduring peace.
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Grieving Sister Responds to 9/11 Attacks in Nonviolence
Cross-posting episode #88 from Fr. John Dear’s The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast (source): I speak with my friend Colleen Kelly, who lost her brother in the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. A few years earlier, I had baptized Colleen’s daughter at a very happy family event… On September 11th, Colleen’s brother Bill was…
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Peace through Weakness
Peace through strength is a foreign policy doctrine that calls for military superiority to deter aggression, which the Trump Administration now brazenly proclaims using hostile, threatening rhetoric by leaders loudly self-defining as Christian. Let us instead lift up Jesus and his words and actions in the face of threats of violence and acts of war.
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Memories of Children in South Sudan
Recent memories of children who followed Jesus in ways much more powerful than many adults who call themselves Christians.
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Darkness Covered the Earth
As we near the end of 2025, I am reflecting on “the beginning”, as described in the first chapter of Genesis, and praying for light to dawn in places of deep darkness.
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Christian Nationalism and the Soul of the Church: Resisting Toxic Theology and Healing the Flock
Harmful theologies have taken root that fuse religious & political identities together. Whether from the pulpit, the pews, or a politician’s mouth, Christian nationalism is corrupting our churches & society. Join scholars on Christian nationalism Rev. Angela Denker & Dr. Drew Strait to learn how pastors, leaders & concerned Christians can respond with courage and…
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Catalyzing Justice Course, 10/7~10/28
The Catalyzing Justice course provides an introduction to building a nonviolent movement for justice. Rooted in Kingian Nonviolence and drawing from several movement organizing theories, this course prepares you to work towards social change in your own community with both courage and love.
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Love as the Source of Nonviolence
Cross-posting Fr. Richard Rohr’s reflections about the futility of violence on this International Day of Peace. #InternationalDayofPeace #September21 #Peace #Nonviolence #MLK #RichardRohr #Love #Agape #Jesus #Gandhi #Strategy #Principle #MuntherIsaac #Palestine #Gaza #Theology
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Reviving the Golden Rule
In a time of toxic polarization, the rights and protections for our beloved neighbors being demolished, genocide, war and oppression across the globe — in face of fear and insecurity — how can Christ’s teaching of neighbor-love offer a path toward a just, flourishing, and reconciled future?
