Love by leaving
How do you love a boyfriend that abuses you? How do you treat an abusive girlfriend like Jesus would treat her? How do you forgive a person without letting him/her hurt you again? Ever since I broke up...
View ArticleTwo wrongs don’t make a right…or do they?
When children repay violence with violence, we say, “Two wrongs don’t make a right.” When governments repay violence with violence, we say, “Justice was served.” I know most people reading this already...
View ArticleTension redeemed: Pacifism
Inconceivable! (Image from obscureprotest.com) War, war, what is it good for? …I don’t really know. I’m opening up my series on tension and doubt (read the intro here) with the subject of pacifism. I...
View ArticleHow Kittums, Smeagol, and Princess Buttercup taught me to love
Please read this article by Ben DeVries on Kurt Williams blog. It has a wonderful, beautiful point, and adorable animals. You can’t lose. Read it!...
View ArticleTheir caricatures of me aren’t me.
Language is powerful, and so, when we find ourselves with enemies, we use their own language against them. Oppressive people do this to me often. They tell me I must tolerate their hateful, abusive...
View ArticleMust Reads!
Here are some important and/or interesting recent posts from around the blogosphere. Also, as always, I will include an adorable picture of one of my cats. Enjoy! “A Statement of Trans-Inclusive...
View ArticlePrivilege in Christian Pacifism: My Life is Not Your Thought Exercise
I wrote this post a few days ago and had it scheduled for today, but since h00die_R is hosting a synchroblog at Political Jesus on the topic of pacifism, I thought I’d link up! Check it out and see if...
View ArticlePrivilege in Christian Pacifism: Fight the Systems, Not the Survivors
This is the second post in a short series I’ve been working on about the problems that privilege brings in Christian pacifist circles. The first post can be found here. I’m also linking this post up to...
View ArticlePrivilege in Christian Pacifism: What Counts as Violence?
This is my third piece in a series about the problems that privilege brings to Christian pacifist movements. I’m linking this series up to h00die_R’s synchroblog on the topic–The New Pacifism. Be sure...
View ArticlePrivilege in Christian Pacifism: Privileged Pacifism’s Worldview Problem
This is my fourth, and final (probably…for now at least) piece on some of the problems that unevaluated privilege can cause in Christian pacifist movements. I’m linking this series up to h00die_R’s...
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