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April 2015

April 21, 2015

Tony Jones’ Cross is a Symbol of Abuse (Or, How To Abuse Women Like A Pacifist)

[content note: domestic violence and spiritual abuse] If you spend a lot of time in...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

The Inherent Violence Of “Pro-Life Pacifism”

[Content Notes: Abortion. Graphic Discussion of Pregnancy/Childbirth Risks. Brief Discussion of Rape] Today I want...

November 2014

November 19, 2014

#TheNewPacifism: Preston Sprinkle, and the Cost of “Privileged Pacifism”

It's that time of year again! My friend Rod is hosting the second annual #TheNewPacifism synchroblog...

November 06, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: Privileged Pacifism’s Worldview Problem

This is my fourth, and final (probably...for now at least) piece on some of the...

November 01, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: What Counts as Violence?

This is my third piece in a series about the problems that privilege brings to...

October 2013

October 27, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: Fight the Systems, Not the Survivors

This is the second post in a short series I've been working on about the...

October 23, 2013

Privilege in Christian Pacifism: My Life is Not Your Thought Exercise

I wrote this post a few days ago and had it scheduled for today, but...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Must Reads!

Here are some important and/or interesting recent posts from around the blogosphere. Also, as always,...

November 2012

November 21, 2012

Their caricatures of me aren’t me.

Language is powerful, and so, when we find ourselves with enemies, we use their own...

September 2011

September 16, 2011

How Kittums, Smeagol, and Princess Buttercup taught me to love

Please read this article by Ben DeVries on Kurt Williams blog. It has a wonderful,...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Tension redeemed: Pacifism

War, war, what is it good for? ...I don't really know. I'm opening up my...

July 21, 2011

Two wrongs don’t make a right…or do they?

When children repay violence with violence, we say, "Two wrongs don't make a right." When...

July 07, 2011

Love by leaving

How do you love a boyfriend that abuses you? How do you treat an abusive...