“But I’m Not Violent!” (Part 2/2)
One of the most common responses I get when I start talking about nonviolence is actually pretty simple:
“But I’m not a violent person.”
And honestly, I get it.
Most of us aren't walking around looking for fights. We aren't carrying weapons or physically attacking people
Why this isn’t a “Hippie Movement” (Part 2/2)
There is a phrase I have heard more than once when talking about nonviolence, enemy-love, forgiveness and peacemaking within Christianity. Usually it comes with a smile.
“Isn’t this all just a bit hippie?
More Than Doctrine: The Shared Way of Life That United the Early Church (Part 2/2)
When people talk about the early church, we can easily imagine a single, unified movement that believed the same things and practised the same faith everywhere. The reality is a little more complicated.
The earliest Christian communities were diverse. They wrestled with different questions, interpreted Scripture in different ways, and sometimes disagreed quite sharply with one another. Yet beneath these differences we find something remarkable: a common commitment to a shared way of life.
More Than Doctrine: The Shared Way of Life That United the Early Church (Part 1/2)
When people talk about the early church, we can easily imagine a single, unified movement that believed the same things and practised the same faith everywhere. The reality is a little more complicated.
The earliest Christian communities were diverse. They wrestled with different questions, interpreted Scripture in different ways, and sometimes disagreed quite sharply with one another. Yet beneath these differences we find something remarkable: a common commitment to a shared way of life.