Category: Activists

Conscience Thunders

King summoned the bold protest of ancient sources—“Today we particularly need the Hebrew prophets”—whose words had goaded the movement past fear and silence. “They did not believe that conscience is a still, small voice,” he…

Today’s One-Liner (#216)

“I’m not interested in criticizing Sheriff Clark, I’m interested in converting Sheriff Clark!” –Hosea Williams, quoted in Taylor Branch, At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968

Conscience Versus Power

In spite of all the terrible executions, the indescribable tragedies, and the unrepented brutalities, the White Rose leaflets made their way throughout Germany and occupied Europe, bringing hope into the cells of condemned prisoners and…

Today’s One-Liner (#197)

To pray the psalms with even half a heart was to be comforted and discomfited, set in motion, set in stillness, set free, set on edge, led outside, led within.  –Daniel Berrigan, Uncommon Prayer: A…

Today’s One-Liner (#173)

In some radical circles the vehemence of one’s feelings against the hierarchy is taken as an index of genuine Christianity.   –James Hitchcock, The Decline and Fall of Radical Catholicism, 1971

Each and Every

Therefore we take joy in all  the living, the unborn, the rejected and despised, those declared expendable, the aged (so often also unwanted).  We welcome them all!  We rejoice in each and every one!  –Daniel…

Working Through…

The next step in the process is for you to see that your even thinking about what you are doing is crucially important.  You are probably striving to build yourself an identity in your work,…