A Christian Reflection on War: A Response to Steven Spielberg’s Movie, Saving Private Ryan by Wayne Northey
“War is hell,” observed Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. And Steven Spielberg dips us right into its fiery midst in his 1998 Summer release. The opening and closing scenes in particular are riveting. Says Jamie Portman of Southam Newspapers (Vancouver Sun,...
Protecting the Neighbourhood by Andy MacPherson
I have heard the call. I have accepted the responsibility, and I thank God my family has been chosen to be a model of justice in my neighborhood. We are a light that shines in the darkness, and darkness shall not overcome us. There is a wonder working power in the...
Reflections on Gettysburg by Brad Jersak
There are no enemies, only mortals forced to make critical decisions of allegiance and survival amid the horrors of armed conflict (Cf. the back cover of "Gods and Generals" by Jeff Shaara). The American civil war, which sacrificed more American lives than...
Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking (Part 1) by Wayne Northey
Introduction “Violence is the ethos of our times. It is the spirituality of the modern world (Wink, 1992, p. 13).”, writes one contemporary cultural observer and New Testament theologian, Walter Wink. More than any religious spirituality, including Christian, violence...
Is Violence Master of Us All? Fight, Flight, or Just Peace-Making (part 2) by Wayne Northey
The Christian and War: Reflections on “Saving Private Ryan” “War is hell,” observed Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. And Steven Spielberg dipped us right into its fiery midst in his 1998 Summer release. War is indeed hell. Yet, in the long history of the...
The Sickness of America, the Sickness of Humanity by Wayne Northey
This was sent to me over the Internet: All-Time Best Quote In a recent interview, General Norman Schwarzkopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who have harbored and abetted the terrorists who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks on...
Dangers and Ironies of the “Enemy-is-a-Cancer” Argument: Two Friends Chatting Across the Border by Brad Jersak and Shannon McGuire
BRAD: Summary of the Enemy-is-a-Cancer Argument: While we normally regard a military enemy as people to be respected both during and in the aftermath of warfare (as per the Geneva Convention), there are those, such as extremist Islamic terrorists like Al Qaeda or...
Iraq: A Police State by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" The other day I watched a police...
Little Palestine by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" The flashbacks disoriented me....
Life in the Green Zone by Greg Rollins
By Greg Rollins. Greg is a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization that asks, "What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?" I recently talked to a foreigner...