Good News - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Fri, 29 Jun 2018 13:31:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Good News - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 Red Hens, resistance, and love https://www.quakerranter.org/sowing-in-tears-part-two/ https://www.quakerranter.org/sowing-in-tears-part-two/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:02:31 +0000 http://www.quakerranter.org/?p=61047 Johan Maurer weighs in on the civility-in-politics questions happening now. He makes useful distinctions between mass behavior and spontaneous protest and then lays out the situation for those of us who follow the Prince of Peace.

I’m convinced that the USA is in a kind of danger that is new to most of us. But even if our worst fears turn out to be exaggerated, the scale of pain and despair among some (and wicked glee among others) is something that demands a prophetic and pastoral response from all who claim to represent Good News.

Also check out his list of eight options for responding to the current political crisis.

https://blog.canyoubelieve.me/2018/06/sowing-in-tears-part-two-red-hens.html

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