Tag: violence
Suzanne Ross takes you out of your comfort zone as she examines two instances of goodness gone bad, and offers three ways to practice authentic goodness.
When pondering how the parables of Jesus can guide us in these disconcerting times, Lindsey Paris-Lopez discovers a new call to hope and determined action.
Matthew 22: 1 – 14 relates a parable of a king who held a wedding feast. Adam and Lindsey ask who’s getting kicked out of the wedding banquet.
Get to know René Girard, his life, and one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century: the mimetic insight.
In the first video in our Mimetic Invitation Series, “The Problem is the Solution”, we explore René Girard’s discovery of mimetic desire.
In the parable of the wicked tenants, Adam and Lindsey warn against its anti-Semitic readings then reveal the presence of the merciful God.
America’s response to September 11, 2001 was scapegoating and violence. Lindsey Paris-Lopez explains how these tools will never bring lasting peace using the Bible story of Jonah and the Whale.
Portlander, protestor, and Pastor Adam Ericksen reveals the sacrificial system operating in Portland and throughout America.
Adam and Lindsey follow Jesus grieving the death of John the Baptist to a deserted place where he feeds throngs from emptiness to abundance.
Guest author Paul Dumouchel explains the relationships, power dynamics, and victims of rival and displaced conflicts.