By Ethan Vesely-Flad The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. (Mahatma Gandhi, 1922) As a first-time father, I am newly attuned to the issues of social, spiritual, and ethical formation that consume the minds...
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Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family; To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
By Mark C. Johnson Louisa Thomas never uses the word quixotic to describe the lives and passion of her great-grandfather, Norman Thomas, his pacifist brother Evan, or their soldier siblings Ralph and Arthur. But the nostalgic, ambivalent echo of lives largely...
Stepping up your nonviolence: volunteer and training opportunities
By FOR “Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. (based on “Pilgrimage to Nonviolence” from Stride Toward Freedom) Join the FOR Colombia Peace Team “I’ve been doing political work or solidarity work for most of my life, and...
Reborn on the Fourth of July: The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism & Conscience
By Mark Johnson Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 4:32pm Just Released, by Logan Mehl-Laituri, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, IL 2012 Logan Mehl-Laituri spoke to us on March 16, 2007 from the front of the National Cathedral where some 3000 of us had gathered to hear...
YEAR 8: FOR Chicago Chapter promoting active nonviolence at Cornerstone through the I Will Not Kill campaign
By Sam Smith Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 11:57pm July 2011 was the seventh consecutive year that the Chicago Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation exhibited in the main merchandise tents at the Cornerstone Music Festival. At times, this message of peace and...