Category: Nonviolence

• MLK on Where We Go From Here

  

  Cross-posting this excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr’s 1967 speech at the 10th annual session of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

  Jennie

  January 21, 2025

  Jesus’ Way, MLK, Nonviolence

• Cultivating Beloved Community by “Calling In”

  

  Days before MLK day and Donald Trump’s inauguration, listen to this podcast for great stories and advice on how to build beloved community. Without dodging the hard questions in our polarized society, Loretta Ross invites us to resist “calling out” culture in exchange for “calling in.”

  Jennie

  January 18, 2025

  Cross-Posts, Nonviolence, Reconciliation

  Calling In, Calling OUt, Dan Harris, Loretta Ross, Mindfulness, MLK, Nonviolence, Ten Percent Happier

• MLK Calls Us Beyond War

  

  Cross-posting Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1967 speech Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence at Riverside Church in New York City.

  Jennie

  January 16, 2025

  Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Jesus’ Way, Martin Luther King Jr, Nonviolence, Revolution of the Heart, USA, Vietnam

  CeasefireNow, End The Korean War, End War, Event, Foreign Policy, Martin Luther King Jr, MLK, New York City, Riverside Church, Speech, USA, Vietnam War, war

• Cartoon Recap of South Korean Martial Law in 2024 and 1980

  

  The following South Korean comic takes us into the mind of a soldier during martial law in Seoul, December 2024 – then time travels back as an observer of martial law in Gwangju, May 1980 – returning to Seoul for the overturning of martial law, the people’s protests, and the impeachment of the President -…

  Jennie

  January 7, 2025

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Cross-Posts, Jesus’ Way, Korea, Militarism, Nonviolence

  Catholic Institute for Northeast Asia Peace, Comic, Comic Strip, Emergency Order, Jesuit, Jesuit Research Center for Advocacy and Solidarity, Martial Law, Myeongdong, National Assembly, Soldier, South Korea, Webtoon, Yoon Suk-Yeol

• The Magi’s Nonviolent Resistance

  

  The Magi hold a unique and often overlooked place in the Christmas narrative. Their journey, actions, and choices provide us with a profound model of nonviolent resistance and solidarity. Read more in this cross-post from Sami Awad.

  Jennie

  January 5, 2025

  Church, Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Nonviolence, Nonviolence International, Solidarity, Unarmed Civilian Protection

  Christmas, Christmas Season, Epiphany, Magi, Nonviolence, Way of Peace, Wise Men

• The Peace of Jesus in a War-Torn World

  

  Cross-posting this Christmas message from Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., calling Christians to eschew fear, anger, and violence to follow Jesus in the Way of Peace.

  Jennie

  January 4, 2025

  Church, Jesus’ Way, Nonviolence, Peace

  Christmas, Nonviolence, Way of Jesus, Way of Peace

• 2024’s Top Ten Nonviolence News Articles

  

  Ten of 2024’s best articles from Waging Nonviolence, a news source focusing not just on the problems facing our world, but the solutions — specifically the ones put forth by ordinary people and the movements they build to push for change.

  Jennie

  December 31, 2024

  Advocacy, Cross-Posts, Nonviolence, Waging Nonviolence

  2024, Best of 2024, climate change, Democracy, Gaza, Movements, New, New Year, news, Newspaper, Nonviolence, people power, politics, Social Movements, solutions

• The Nonviolence of Jesus

  

  Gandhi said, “The only people who don’t realize that Jesus was nonviolent are the Christians.” Listen to this recent podcast discussing the nonviolence of Jesus by the Metta Center for Nonviolence and Fr. John Dear.

  Jennie

  December 28, 2024

  Church, Cross-Posts, Gandhi, Jesus’ Way, Metta Center for Nonviolence, MLK, Nonviolence

  Ahimsa, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, MLK, Nonviolence

• The Myth of Redemptive Violence

  

  Back in 2017, Robert Koehler wrote this op-ed in response to the Trump administration’s missile strikes in Syria – presenting other options to violent military action.

  Jennie

  December 19, 2024

  Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Militarism, Nonviolence, Nonviolent Peaceforce, South Sudan, Syria, USA

• Americans, we have a choice.

  

  This is not a drill. Some of my thoughts on ‘the enemy within’ and the choice America faces.

  Jennie

  November 1, 2024

  Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way, Militarism, Nonviolence, USA

  Christian, election, enemy within, Harris, Imago Dei, love, Military, Nonviolence, prayer, Scapegoat, Trump, United States, violence