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Our Tortured King

by Isaac Villegas 19 July 2011

Hanging on the cross, tortured, nearing death, a convicted rebel asks Jesus to remember him: Don’t forget me, he says.
While we are usually very good at running away from death, the 23rd chapter from Luke’s Gospel won’t let us look the other way. As we wrestle with this story from the Bible, our attention must [...]

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A Covenant for Outrage

by Brian Terrell 23 November 2010

“The political polarization of our society has now reached a new and dangerous level. Honest disagreements over policy issues have turned into a growing vitriolic rage against political opponents, and even threats of violence against lawmakers. Political debate, even vigorous debate, is a healthy thing for a democracy; but to question the integrity, patriotism, and [...]

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Was Jesus Raped?

by Michael Iafrate 2 April 2010

…This Holy Week it is essential for us as a church to see Christ crucified in those who have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of religious officials and to bring these “crucifixions” explicitly into our Holy Week liturgies. Perhaps the connections between Christ’s crucifixion and contemporary violence are difficult for us to make. Tombs’ research can perhaps give us the nudge we need in making Christ’s passion a little more “real” and helping us to see Christ crucified in those who suffer sexual violence in today’s world and in today’s church.

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23 CIA Agents Convicted in Italy

by Andy Alexis-Baker 7 November 2009

9 minute video produced by the ACLU in which numerous individuals who were abducted and held for years at Guantanamo tell their stories.

This week, 22 CIA agents and the CIA base chief in Milan were convicted in an Italian court of kidnapping an Islamic cleric. The agents abducted Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr off the streets [...]

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Waterboarding Saves Lives

by Ted Troxell 3 May 2009

It started with Facebook. A friend of mine, a diehard conservative who once brought a Walkman to a monastery retreat so that he wouldn’t have to miss Rush Limbaugh, posted this article, with a comment that read “waterboarding saved lives, suggests the evidence,” which makes it sound a little like a seat belt. We can [...]

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