The Medium is the Message
By Matt Lumpkin Editor’s Note: This post in its present form first appeared on the IMES blog (The Medium is the Message) and is used here with permission. This painting is about the deep unrest I feel...
View ArticleDavid Gushee on the Torture and the Detainee Task Force: Part I
Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a series of two on David Gushee’s comments during the final event of our “Public Theology and the Sacredness of Human Life” series at All Saints Church on April...
View ArticleDavid Gushee on the Torture and the Detainee Task Force: Part II
Editor’s Note: This is the second post in a series of two on David Gushee’s comments during the final event of our “Public Theology and the Sacredness of Human Life” series at All Saints Church on...
View ArticlePublic Theology and the Sacredness of Human Life
Editor’s Note: This is a video recording of the second event in our “Public Theology and the Sacredness of Human Life” series at Fuller Theological Seminary on April 18, 2013. Find additional posts...
View ArticleReport Card on President Obama’s Just Peacemaking Policy
Now after the first four years of Obama foreign policies, is it time for a report card from the perspective of just peacemaking practices? He has opened himself to such a report card by endorsing all...
View ArticleRedeeming the Enemy: A Call to Civil Disobedience
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (Redeeming the Enemy: A Call to Civil Disobedience) and is used here with permission. “To our most bitter...
View ArticleThe Initiator Roundup: August 8, 2013
Reviewing this week’s offerings, I found myself quite thankful for the difference in time zones around the world that allowed my morning to start with some great, fresh stories. (In terms of “just...
View ArticleThe Initiator Roundup: August 29, 2013
The month of August 2013 has seen more than its share of violence worldwide, and this edition of The Initiator Roundup is all-the-more focused on an ethics of hope and the realistic possibilities of...
View ArticleIf Gas is the Problem in Syria
“US Is Willing to Go Solo on Syria,” (LATimes Aug 30) says the U.S. government’s case for a punitive strike against Syria is having difficulty persuading allies due to the memory of false claims during...
View ArticleThe Initiator Roundup: September 5, 2013
With all of the back-and-forth this week on the possibility of punitive strikes against Syria, I saw the just peacemaking paradigm put to use many times around the web – and invoked, even if not by...
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