Hunger Fast: The Call for Justice
“When I walked outside people, thinking I was a doctor, began handing me their dead children. Within minutes I watched 25 children die.”
These were the opening words of Ambassador Tony Hall from within the...
A Proposal for "Illegal Aliens"
The Hebrew Scriptures clearly call for the children of Israel to make room for the alien. The Israelites are reminded that they, too, were once aliens in a strange and distant land.
…Who loves the stranger...
Faith Ignites Struggle for Justice, Now as in Past
In public schools and community centers across the United States, Black History Month means that the busts of presidents on January’s bulletin boards have been replaced by images of Frederick Douglass and Ha...
Staying Alive to do Justice
I try to start each day by setting aside about twenty minutes for centering prayer. I empty my mind of the hundred-and-one things that are apt to start spinning in my head the moment I wake up. Then, focusin...
Being an Oxymoron
A few years back I was a guest on Steven Colbert’s popular television show, The Colbert Report. He introduced me as an Evangelical who is liberal on social issues. Then he added, “He’s a living oxymoron!”
Sa...
We All Love Him Now: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I remember the 1950s and 60s well. For me the Civil Rights era took place when I was in college and slightly after I graduated. In my small apartment I would frequently turn the radio on to hear stories of pr...
Whose Side Are You On?
This blog post was first published on rjonline.org
Many thoughts run through my mind when I consider the work I have done over many years in the restorative justice field. I often say when I am speaking publi...