The Olympics: A Call to Resistance — by David Diewert

Shared with permission from Streams of Justice: The Olympic Games constitute a key mechanism among a whole array of political and economic strategies for shaping our desires and leading us along in the relentless pursuit of comfort, security and power. It is a...

Jesus Christ: Arms Dealer — by Ward Draper

Now the serpent was craftier than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’? The woman said to the serpent, we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God...

The Canvas – part 1 — by A.G.

i open my eyes and right in front of me is a work of art on a canvas, it stretches up as high as i can see, as far down as i can see, as far to the left and to the right of me as i can see. the background is quite dark, the colors muted. people’s faces are not...

The Canvas – part 2 — by A.G.

the canvas – is His canvasthe pencil, Histhe pen,the hand, His the thought,the word,the hope, the truth, all of these things He has given to you…  He has woven in you…that you would touch the expanse of eternity living in the promises of God...

“Borders” by Christine Pendleton

"Borders" Oh, the covert dealings of the nations. Who’s side am I on? Who’s side am I on? Oh, the injustice of war; The suffering of the innocent; And the growth of the poor and needy. Who’s side am I on? Who’s side am I on? Where...