March 12 is the feast day of Maximilian of Thavaste, whom tradition holds was beheaded for refusing to serve in the Roman military because he was a Christian. 1. On the 12th day of March during the consulship of Tuscus and Anolinus [295], when Fabius Victor had been brought into the forum at Tebessa, together [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Christian’
March 12: Maximilian Martyred in Tebessa (295), Fr. Rutilio Grande Martyred in El Salvador (1977)
Posted: March 13, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Christian, Christianity, El Salvador, Jesus, martyr, Maximilian, nonviolence, Roman Empire, Romero, Rutilio Grande
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Speaking “American,” Speaking “Christian”
Posted: December 7, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: American, Christian, Jesus, Marcus Borg, Sermon on the Mount
Theologian Marcus Borg’s interview with Sojourners included a great indictment of the designation of the U.S. as a “Christian” nation: What do you say to those who claim the United States is a “Christian” nation? The negative side of the ambiguity of faith is that religions have often endorsed extraordinary cruelty and violence. For example, [...]
You shall love your Muslim New York neighbor as yourself.
Posted: September 11, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 9/11, bigots, Christian, Christian nation, Christianity, God, Ground Zero, Ground Zero Mosque, Islam, Islamic center, Jesus, love, Lower Manhattan, Muslim, nonviolence, Park51 Center, prodigal son, Republican, September 11, Tea Party
The text from the lectionary for tomorrow in Christian churches is the story of the parable of the prodigal son. The deeper meaning of the story is Jesus’ warning to his ethnic brethren that the cultural purity movement they’d mounted in resistance to the Roman occupation of Palestine had become so exclusionary as to render [...]
Sometimes, God Uses the Google
Posted: September 16, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Christian, nonviolence
So, I just Googled this quote to get the proper citation: I’m convinced that love is stronger than any other force in the world, including death. This was the result: In the time of Moses, stone tablets. Today, Google.
Another Poll Shows More People Want Less or the Same Number of Troops in Afghanistan vs. More
Posted: March 11, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Christ, Christian, Christianity, escalation, Jesus, John McKenzie, nonviolence
CBS News/The New York Times sponsored a poll on the question of troop levels in Afghanistan that shows the number of people who want less or the same number of troops in Afghanistan outnumber those who want escalation. These numbers are more consistent with the Harris/BBC America poll I blogged about a few weeks ago [...]
Faith
Posted: February 18, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Cheney, Christian, Christianity, faith, Jesus, nonviolence, Obama, Sermon on the Mount
38 ‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” 39But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your [...]
