Human Rights
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The Dream 2012
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3 min read
On the 49th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, it seems fitting to reflect on where we are in fulfilling it. Back in January, I wrote this for King’s birthday: It should surprise none of us that a leader villified by the conservative white community as “uppity” would become as…
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Pussy Riot Reveals Russian Morality Police
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2 min read
Or I (heart) Pussy Riot I’ve only just come across this story as I catch up on my podcasts and as Christian Piatt covered a few days ago. Christian covers the discomfort we have in the prophetic action and the challenge of protest in an admirably personal way. You should really check out his post.…
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Who Deserves to Die?
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3 min read
Have you seen one of these posters? We’ve moved to a small town, so I haven’t. This new campaign, with posters popping up in major cities across the country is two things that really get me excited. First, it is a guerrilla marketing campaign that arrests each person that sees a single poster. You stop,…
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Not the Root of Conflict; the Stalk
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5 min read
Conflict is our great paradox. We love peace and yet more easily create war. We long to be loved and thrive on defiling others. We can see the problems of conflict in our lives. We know that conflict is not our way. We also know that the roots of conflict arise from our fear of…
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Oh, How We Need The Dream
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4 min read
A year and a half ago, I wrote a post about “the dream speech” by Martin Luther King, Jr. In it, I wrote the following: …I will share how I, living in the country transformed by this moment, still respond to Dr. King’s words. When Dr. King says, toward the opening of the famous “I…