People say: “They don’t do this, they don’t do that, they ought to do this, they ought to do that.” Always “They” and never “I.” People should say: “They are crazy for doing this and not doing that but I don’t need to be crazy the way they are crazy.” The Communitarian Revolution is basically […]

To be radically right is to go to the roots by fostering a society based on creed, systematic unselfishness and gentle personalism. To foster a society based on creed instead of greed, on systematic unselfishness instead of systematic selfishness, on gentle personalism instead of rugged individualism, is to create a new society within the shell […]

Jesus says: “Blessed are the poor, the gentle, those who mourn, those who hunger and thirst for uprightness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who are persecuted in the cause of uprightness” (Matthew 5:3-10). These words offer us a self-portrait of Jesus. Jesus is the Blessed One. And the face of […]

Jesus is called Emmanuel which means “God-with-us” (see Matthew 1: 22-23). The great paradox of Jesus’ life is that he, whose words and actions are in no way influenced by human blame or praise but are completely dependent on God’s will, is more “with” us than any other human being. Jesus’ compassion, his deep feeling-with […]

Let me ask a simple question that will, I hope, help to inform or shape our work for change. It uses the all-to-familiar experience of driving down a highway. Do we need to change lanes, or change direction? Are the needed changes in this time of crisis fairly minor — like changing lanes to avoid […]

The great paradox of life is that those who lose their lives will gain them. This paradox becomes visible in very ordinary situations. If we cling to our friends, we may lose them, but when we are nonpossessive in our relationships, we will make many friends. When fame is what we seek and desire, it […]

“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” – Moshe Dayan

I have come into this world to see this: The sword drop from men’s hands Even at the height of their arc of anger Because we have finally realized There is just one flesh to wound And it is His – the Christ’s, our Beloved’s. Hafiz

Can we call Muslims and Buddhists who work for peace “children of God”? How can we not?

How can we call ourselves “children of God” if we do not work for peace?

This beautiful piece came from a facebook group. It is urging everyone take a stance for peace before the Olympic Games in Beijing.

We need a day set aside to remind us that war is the ultimate human failure. This would be the day when we hear speeches about suffering and destruction of property and not about noble sacrifice. We would be reminded of the hacking coughs and trembling hands suffered by our returned soldiers in the decades […]

Sometimes our sorrow overwhelms us so much that we no longer can believe in joy. Life just seems a cup filled to the brim with war, violence, rejection, loneliness, and endless disappointments. At times like this we need our friends to remind us that crushed grapes can produce tasty wine. It might be hard for […]

Brian McLaren may not eat locusts or wear clothing made of camel’s hair. But in Everything Must Change, this modern-day prophet issues a piercing critique of a U.S. church which, he says, too often serves as a force of “domestication, resignation, pacification, and distraction” rather than “liberation and transformation.” All the while, a perfect storm […]