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Ben Anderson sjIt’s really hard that living the Gospel and following Jesus means that we are willing to encounter the injustices in society and experience poverty. It’s not easy that being Easter people- living up to the resurrection- means that we allow ourselves to encounter the uncomfortable places in our lives and our world. Loving Jesus makes [...]
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encounters allowed
Posted: May 3, 2012 by Julia Walsh in EasterTags: brokeness, Christianity, Easter, faith in action, God, Gospel living, helping the poor, Hillsong United, Hope, humility, injustice, Jesus, poetry, poverty, religion, service, Social Justice, trust
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an Easter economy
Posted: May 1, 2012 by Julia Walsh in EasterTags: Book of Acts, capitalism, Christ as cornerstone, Christianity, Easter, Easter season, Eastertime, economic justice, economy, faith, free market, free market chicago, gift economy, God, Gospel, Gospel good news, Jesus, live simply, love, May Day, Occupy movement, Peace, religion, Science Friday, serve the poor, Social Justice, weekend without capitalism
It is time for a new economy. It is time for Christ to be our Cornerstone of all creation, even our economic exchange. It’s Easter, the season of new days and resurrected, restored creations. The time is now for God’s Way to revive all that makes us broken and weak, especially the structures that create [...]
adventures in the Spirit, part 3
Posted: April 20, 2012 by Julia Walsh in Kingdom of GodTags: Bible, Chicago, Christianity, Decorah, domestic violence, Education, Effigy Mounds, environment, faith, God, Gospel living, Hales Franciscan High School, helping others, high school, holy thursday, holy week, immigration, immigration raid, injustice, Iowa, Jesus, Luther College, ministry, Postville, poverty, religion, rural, service, service learning, service trip, Social Justice, teaching, teens, urban, work, Youth
A wise priest once helped me understand what Spirit means. Spirit, he said, is all that relates beyond boundaries. Our Spirits can transcend time, place and bodily nature to relate to our God, the Great Source. Jesus said His Spirit would be with us always. At times, it seems as if the spirits of those [...]
Rebuilding New Orleans
Posted: March 26, 2012 by jaynep2 in Action: serve as loving presence and act for a new dayTags: Christianity, discerning, faith, foot washing, God, healing touch, Holy Spirit, homeless, humility, ministry, New Orleans, religion, religious vocation, service, service trips, serving the homeless, Social Justice, The Rebuild Center, vocation, washing of the feet
By guest blogger Jayne Pickett This past week I journeyed with a group of women discerning a call to religious life. We traveled to New Orleans for a week of service at a ministry called The Rebuild Center, a collaborate effort by the Presentation Sisters, Jesuits and Vincentians. No, our ministry was not carpentry or [...]
consciousness, change and Joseph Kony
Posted: March 8, 2012 by Julia Walsh in LentTags: activism, advocacy, Arab spring, challenge, children soldiers, Christianity, consciousness, culture, debate, faith, God, government, Hope, Invisible Children, Jesus, Joseph Kony, justice, Kingdom of God, Kony 2012, Lent, messy jesus business, morality, news, passion, peacemaking, people, politics, poverty, religion, social change, Social Justice, Uganda, viral videos, work
A lot of interesting things are happening in the movements for change in our society. Videos are going viral, the Occupy movement continues, we’ve experienced an Arab Spring, and our nation is divided so much about issues (like wealth, poverty, war, abortion, contraception and sexuality) that I’m beginning to wonder if the two-party political system [...]
counter-culturally powerful
Posted: February 7, 2012 by Julia Walsh in non-violenceTags: capitalism, christ, Christianity, community, competition, consumerism, counter-cutural, culture, discipleship, equality, faith, God, Jesus, Martin Luther King, poor, poverty, power, powerful, powerless, relationship, religion, rich, service, social class, Social Justice, social status, society, spirituality, sports, Super Bowl, Unity, work
Yesterday I asked a section of my students to raise their hands if they thought power is something God gives us. Only half of the students raised their hands. When I asked the other half what they thought they spoke about how power is something people earn because of their success. “If we are all [...]
Obama and Jesus on Fairness
Posted: January 27, 2012 by Ben Anderson sj in Kingdom of GodTags: Ben Anderson SJ, Bible, Blessed, Christian, Christianity, community, fair, fairness, faith, freedom, God, government, helping others, helping the poor, Jesus, justice, Kingdom of God, marginalized, Obama, philosophy, poor, poverty, President Barak Obama, relationships, religion, salvation, service, Social Justice, spirituality, State of the Union, work
Obama always snags me. I try my best to avoid being sucked into his beautiful rhetoric, but he got me on Tuesday during the State of the Union. What captured me was his strong language about fairness. Over and over again he talked about fair practices in trade, fair taxes, and creating a world where [...]
a mucky way of peace
Posted: January 6, 2012 by Julia Walsh in peacemakingTags: activism, anti-military, Canticle of Zecheriah, Catholic, Christianity, Christmas, community, faith, fasting, God, Guantánamo prison, Hope, Iraq, Jesus, journey, joy, light, love, messy jesus business, Peace, peacemaking, prayer, religion, Social Justice, spirituality, torture, trust, Violence, war, Witness Against Torture
As I continue to try to be a faithful disciple of Jesus I continually confront the messy, cluttered commotion along the Way. I feel like I keep switching from being stunned by the beauty and caught in my human confusion. The words I pray every morning stir my questions: “Blessed be the Lord, the God [...]
the time of children
Posted: December 28, 2011 by skhennessey in Kingdom of GodTags: abuse, AIDS, child labor, child slavery, children at Christmas, Christmas spirit, disappearing daughters in India, feast of the holy innocents, hunger, malaria, neglect, Social Justice, war
Guest Blogger: Sarah Hennessey When Herod realized he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the [...]
Advent Stumblings
Posted: December 21, 2011 by Ben Anderson sj in AdventTags: Advent, Catholic, Christianity, Christmas, disappointment, failure, faith, God, homelessness, Hope, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, new mass, patience, poverty, prayer, prophet Isaiah, religion, Santa Claus, Social Justice, spirituality, the faithful, winter
Guest blogger: Ben Anderson I didn’t get it right. The new mass words have begun this Advent and I have often found myself stumbling and failing at it. I hate that, failing. The irrational part of me flairs up in a puff of anger at myself and others. I want to be “right,” and such [...]
