Quotes
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“…a poor colonized subject of Rome…”
The Gospels were written from beneath the heel of dominationist might, by dominated folk, with other dominated folk in mind. Virtually everyone mentioned in the Gospels was a poor colonized subject of Rome, with all of the violence, exploitation, fear, insecurity, and psycho-emotional debilitation that attended that status. Obery M. Hendricks, The Universe Bends Toward…
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“…nature reflects life…”
I think that nature reflects life, or life reflects nature, from seed time to harvest. Planting and weeding, cultivating. The full harvest comes, then emptiness. I don’t envy people who live in perpetual sunshine. I won’t say whether it’s right or wrong, but it doesn’t seem natural. The Rev. Dr. Gardner Taylor, Leadership Journal (Fall,…
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“…the highest pitch of artificial tension…”
We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the…
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“They loved life…”
These people followed Jesus. To them, true doctrine and faithful obedience were one; there was no need to choose between them, and indeed no option to do so. They loved life, because life is God’s first and greatest gift, and they sought to nurture it everywhere they found it. They were friends to the unborn…
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The Racial Wealth Gap
Study after study shows that white families are more likely than blacks and Hispanics to enjoy certain economic advantages — even when their incomes are similar. Often it’s the subtle things: help from Mom and Dad with a down payment on a home or college tuition, or a tax break on money passed from one…
David W. Swanson 