while the wars rage on i light the pink candleRead more [...]
Freedom (from fear) Tour
I think everyone who was part of Freedom Tour would agree that there was an internal journey we each experienced as a result of taking in so much power, so much story, so much courage forged in the fire of a red-hot faith that refused to sit down. Read more [...]
Freedom Tour 2013
If people are silent, "these very stones will cry out" for justice and freedom. Read more [...]
Lenten Confession: And Also With You
Someone has to hear the confession of a wheezing old woman confined to her recliner this flu season, so it may as well be you. Here goes . . . Read more [...]
Stations of the Cross
Can we hear the voice of Jesus demanding justice for our brothers and sisters? Read more [...]
Lape in Cite Soleil: Pax Christi Ayiti Peace Camp
And yet there is another side to Haiti that is too often overlooked. A Haiti that greets the dawn with a pulsating swell of songpraise. A Haiti that is proud and prayerful and has much to teach us about faith, courage, and peacemaking. Read more [...]
Moveable Peace Walk: Occupy Main Street
Today, I look back on the peace walk and ask myself what, if anything was served, by walking along Grand River during some of the hottest days of summer. Read more [...]
Tears, Not Triumphalism
God have mercy on us all as we once again pick up our national drug of choice - raw vengeance cut with unabashed triumphalism - in response to the violence of others. Read more [...]
beauty
the purple cone flower poking through a bed of basil stands as a bold rebuke to a world that loves war. Read more [...]
We Mourn All Victims of War and Violence
The fast is a public way of expressing a hunger for peace, justice, and community as an antidote to war, greed, and alienation. It is a humble way of admitting complicity in the deaths of many and of expressing profound sorrow for all lives taken by war. Read more [...]