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Gandhi’s Assassination: In the midst of death, life persists

“I do daily perceive that while everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying all that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves, and re-creates. That informing power or spirit

February 6, 2017 No Comments

Davis, CA workshop: Creating a Culture of Peace

I invite you to submit an application to join me for an upcoming workshop on the practice and power of active nonviolence for personal and social change! Facilitated by Creating a Culture of Peace and hosted by FOR, the 17 hour weekend workshop

February 6, 2017 No Comments

Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to open his files. The ill-considered ban on Muslim refugees and

February 2, 2017 No Comments

Immigration Bans and Escape Clauses

It is not certain than in the transition to the White House, the specialist on minority religions in the Middle East has found his desk and been able to open his files. The ill-considered ban on Muslim refugees and

February 2, 2017 No Comments

#NoBanNoWall #BeTheChange

The Fellowship of Reconciliation rejects and denounces in no uncertain terms the executive order Friday that suspended entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, barred Syrian refugees indefinitely, and blocked entry into the United States for

January 30, 2017 No Comments

Understanding Cruelty in Spite of God

Perhaps it is because of the way I was raised, but I think I have always believed that God being “good” meant that with God, or because of God, bad things were not supposed to happen to people who

January 30, 2017 No Comments

Understanding Cruelty in Spite of God

Perhaps it is because of the way I was raised, but I think I have always believed that God being “good” meant that with God, or because of God, bad things were not supposed to happen to people who

January 30, 2017 No Comments

White Silence Equals Violence: Awaiting a Verdict

This morning, here in Minneapolis, I’ll learn whether six jurors believe beyond a reasonable doubt that Dan Wilson and I are criminals. The court case stems from an action protesting the execution of Jamar Clark, age 24, who died

January 24, 2017 No Comments

White Silence Equals Violence: Awaiting a Verdict

This morning, here in Minneapolis, I’ll learn whether six jurors believe beyond a reasonable doubt that Dan Wilson and I are criminals. The court case stems from an action protesting the execution of Jamar Clark, age 24, who died

January 24, 2017 No Comments

Truth and Reconciliation

Friends, I consider South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation program following apartheid as the high water mark of ethical advancement in my lifetime. What a bold, poignant, dramatic, and, for many, healing, process it was! And what an example it

January 23, 2017 No Comments

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