Stanley Hauerwas is America’s most notable theologian on the topic of Christian non-violence. When explaining why he believes in non-violence he’s known for giving the simple response ”I’m a pacifist because I’m a violent son of a bitch.” I don’t particularly care for his choice of words but I’m a… Read More
A movie has been made comparing just war theory and Christian non-violence. You’d think I’d love it. I didn’t. Oh, my brain ate up all the information, history, scripture. Something deeper in me was even inspired several times to be more like Christ. But most of the time I just… Read More
I heard a story once about newlyweds learning to fight. Every time a conflict broke out the couple would follow the same script. She’d lock herself in the bathroom and he’d stand outside the door begging her to come out. Her silence gave her all the power and left him… Read More
I’m having lunch with one of the authors of The Real War On Terror. We met a few months back, the last time I was up in Ohio. Jonathan hasn’t gone to seminary, isn’t employed as a theologian, and is Doogie Hauser young but he and his co-author have written… Read More
On the very long flight to Europe I finished reading WHAT ABOUT HITLER?:Wrestling with Jesus’s Call to Nonviolence in an Evil World. Here’s a little about it. Now, I usually read books twice: Once to get the basic gist of it and the second time with a pen in hand… Read More
Jerry was my first real enemy. A sixth grader with pale freckled skin, he was a head shorter than I. I popped a wheely off the curb of Jerry’s driveway one Saturday and he hollered at me from his front porch, launching into a stream of curse words that chased… Read More
Shaun Groves