A truth commission in the USA?
Baptist theologian David Gushee says ... yes, we need one.
I hear similar calls from many of my friends around the world. Dr. Rene Padilla recently published this open letter to President Obama in the Journal of the Latin American Theological Fellowship. The article is reprinted with permission below the jump ...
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Truth Commission – Lessons from N. Ireland
My Irish friend Gareth Higgins - after a sad setback this week in Northern Ireland - commented on my brief post yesterday about a truth commission here in the US.
He is involved in a group called Healing Through Remembering in Northern Ireland that could provide examples and models for the US. The group offers a number of helpful reports here.
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On the economy …
The Center for Action and Contemplation (where I'll be with Richard Rohr, Phyllis Tickle, Shane Claiborne, Alexia Torres-Fleming, and others March 20-22) put up my recent piece on the economy here.
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The stats are in …
My sagely friend Brad Cecil just drew my attention to this article in USA Today.
More evidence that things must change one way ... or they'll change another.
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New York City folks – great opportunity!
My friend Dave Andrews, Aussie author and activist, will be in Brooklyn this Thursday 12 March, 7 - 10 pm, meeting with the emergent cohort and radical community folks ... and anyone who'd like to come.
Radical Living NYC (http://radicalliving.wordpress.com/about/), an intentional community in Bed-Sty Brooklyn, will host the evening and house Dave overnight in their hospitality room.
Jason Storbakken, one of the founders of Radical Living, offers these details: "The conversation with Dave will be at the Marcy House (622 Marcy Avenue, corner of Hart Street). Take the G train to Myrtle-Willoughby, cross the street and walk three blocks down Marcy Avenue. Enter through the gate and walk up the stairs. The door should be open. If not, call me at 212-444-2701. People are welcome to bring a dish/refreshments, but the main dish will be provided." For more info, check out:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=55576698494&mid=1e7a99G25f12805G1b90c0aG7
Martin Wroe of Greenbelt describes Dave like this: "I like to think of Dave Andrews as a... weirdy, beardy, proverbially wise-old, kind-old, be-slippered, fire-sided, snoozy, fearless, story-telling, grand-fatherly, rugged, tribal-leader.'
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