I missed church today after planning to go for the first time in a while. I wish I’d gone. I would have heard these words from the Lectionary for today: Matthew 5:1-12 5When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sermon on the Mount’
Rejoice and Be Glad
Posted: January 31, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: Beatitudes, Christianity, Jesus, Nicene Creed, Sermon on the Mount
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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, [...]
“Pray for the Troops, Love Your Enemies”
Posted: November 27, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: George Zabelka, Jesus, Mark Twain, militarism, nonviolence, Sermon on the Mount
This was the sign on a church we passed today in Plano, Texas: “Pray for the troops. Love your enemies.” This sign confuses me, as the reader can draw any number of conclusions about what we’re supposed to ask for on behalf of the troops. I assume the attitude behind the sign is the attitude [...]
President Obama Disgraced Himself at Nobel Ceremony
Posted: December 12, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Gandhi, Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King, myth of redemptive violence, Nobel prize, nonviolence, Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, Sermon on the Mount
Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. The views expressed are his own. Say no to escalation in Afghanistan by signing our CREDO petition at http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/saynotoescalation/. Join Brave New Foundation’s #NoWar candlelight vigil on Facebook and Twitter to show your opposition to the war. But make these your [...]
President Obama’s Lonely Walk to the Situation Room
Posted: October 25, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Cesar Chavez, christian realism, Christianity, COIN, counterinsurgency, Gandhi, Jesus, Lilly, Niebuhr, nonviolence, Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, serenity prayer, Sermon on the Mount
Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. Learn how the war in Afghanistan undermines U.S. security: watch Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six), & visit http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. “It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals.” –M.K. [...]
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 [...]
