Jul 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
THE SPIRITUAL TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL (JUSTICE) WORK:A CHARTER OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES CORRESPONDING TO VITAL HUMAN NEEDSEdward Kruk, Ph.D.First Presented at First North American Conference on Spirituality (May 2006)ABSTRACT This paper explores core elements of a...
Jul 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
“They saw Jesus…” “When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those...
Jul 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Are the Gospels Mythical? Rene Girard(first published in First Things April 1996) From the earliest days of Christianity, the Gospels' resemblance to certain myths has been used as an argument against Christian faith. When pagan apologists for the official...
Jun 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
I started spending a lot of evenings in my local county jail a few years ago, doing Bible studies and meeting with inmates one on one as a young chaplain. I immediately loved the Chicano gangsters best. I thought I’d found kindred souls on the margins our society who...
Jun 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
In eighth street eatshops Leaden words hiss and seal the doors. “I am not a racist, but- But. Those natives.” How long. how long – – to choke these hymns of death? How long to eat the bright paste, the acrylic lies that melt shut the mouth? Who will sing...
