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Category Archives: To Act Justly
“I Don’t Want you to get Shooted”
Two recent events – one real and one fictional – sent me back a decade ago to an experience that changed my view of the world forever. The real event was the recent acquittal of a Minnesota police office for … Continue reading
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Tagged implicit bias, justice system, Nashville TV sh ow, Philando Castile, police mistreatment, Racism
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Can You Hear their Cry? – by Guest Blogger, Coral Swieringa
“For the Lord your God…loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing. You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt” (Deut, 10:18-19) I had seen them in Nokomis last year in the very same … Continue reading
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Tagged a future and a hope, immigrants, osprey, President Trump's directive on immigration
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Walk a Mile in Their Shoes
This blog now contains nearly 600 posts. The post below first appeared on October 28, 2015. I am re-posting it now because it speaks to the politically charged insults that are being tweeted or shouted in rallys about groups of … Continue reading
Following our Moral Compass
A PBS story about Rachel Carson, new information about my father’s participation in WWII, and a comment about evangelical Christians in Sojourner came together in a “perfect storm” in my mind. Here is the result. Rachel Carson (1907-1964) combined her … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian ethics, moral compass, Rachel Carson, Sojourner
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What is “White Privilege?”
In the recent film, Hidden Figures, Katharine (played by Octavia Spencer), a black woman who is in informally in charge of the “black computer group,” has been repeatedly denied promotion to supervisor by her white boss, Vivian. In my favorite scene in … Continue reading
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Tagged "America's Original Sin", Jim Wallis, Racism, white privilege
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To Act Justly – We will Protest
The Ten Commitments of Resistance in the Trump Era by Wallis, editor of the social justice journal Sojourners, was written to help Christians deal positively with the election of Donald Trump and the principles of his presidency. No matter whatever your … Continue reading
To Act Justly – We will Go Deeper in Faith
The Ten Commitments of Resistance in the Trump Era by Wallis, editor of the social justice journal Sojourners, was written to help Christians deal positively with the election of Donald Trump and the principles of his presidency. No matter what side … Continue reading
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Tagged Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine, Jim Wallis, moral compass, Sojourners, white identity
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Resist!
A friend recently forwarded me a blog post which asked “Have you chosen your word for the year yet?” The author shared her list of possible choices (cultivate, peace, stretch, share, believe, abide, cherish, notice, etc.) and her process for … Continue reading
Living as Apprentices 