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Category Archives: Social Justice (undercurrents)
Making Social Justice Ministry Count
The students at Stanford University have created a $20 prosthetic leg. The JaipurKnee project now produces at a previously unheard of low price. Photos of this knee in action can be seen online, and it is obvious that lives are forever … Continue reading
Social Justice and Work
Religious communities need to understand the ethical issues raised by the contemporary workplace Continue reading
Spiritual Care, Workforce, Guilt
Non-harming ministers can develop a sensitivity to the time-binds in which their congregants find themselves, and in which the demands of volunteerism can place them Continue reading
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Ministers working in the area of peace may wish to consider: how will they bolster the well-being of their flock, so they don’t end up with frustrated, angry peace activists? Looking for banners? The Mennonites offer these helpful flags Looking … Continue reading
Biblical Interpretation and Spousal Abuse
It is the position of NonHarmingMinistries.com that it should be self-evident that physical, mental or emotional abuse in any marriage would be unacceptable to God. However, long-time victims of such abuse can come to believe the claims of their partners that they … Continue reading
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Tagged Spousal Abuse
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Another grass roots compassion song
In another post, we ask the question”what if all non-harming ministers were to join together in a grass roots movement leading their communities in song, fostering an ethic of sharing and understanding, and open hearted compassion towards the last and least, right here in our country.” Here, we offer yet another possibility for ministers interested in teaching mercy and kindness, ministers interested in tackling even more painful and difficult topics, within the context of song, because art can sometimes reach where sermonizing cannot. We offer for your kind consideration, Rough Justice.
Posted in Prison System (riptide), Social Justice (undercurrents), Violence (a riptide)
Tagged abuse, ballad, compassion, grass-roots, music, rape
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A Prison Solace Poem: thoughts are free…
Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like shadows in the night. No one can know them, no hunter can shoot them,… And if they lock me in a dark dungeon, that would just be futile, because my thoughts tear apart barriers and throw down walls: Thoughts are free! Continue reading
Breakwaters…
category description: a safe place to discuss contentious issues with dangerous undercurrents… Continue reading
Posted in Blogs on Stormy Issues, Compassion, Strangers (a riptide), Mental-Health (a riptide), Poverty (a riptide), Prison System (riptide), Self-Harm (a riptide), Social Justice (undercurrents), Sustainability: Our Life Raft, Today’s Outcasts (a riptide), Violence (a riptide), Workweek Ministry
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Compassion at the Grass Roots: “Such a Crime”
“Second Saturday Soul Soup Singalongs” – the song ‘Such a Crime’ offered in the tradition of call and response, in hopes for a grass roots movement fostering compassion towards the last and least. Song and easy guitar chords. Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, ballad, compassion, disability, grass-roots, homelessness, incarceration, music, poverty, sing-along, veterans
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Second Saturdays for Soupkitchens – Song Ideas
Peter Drucker, the renowned business luminary of the 1980s, has been known to say that the best hope for our country’s problems is if the leadership of the religious groups could possibly come together and find common ground. Surely recent trends in hunger, pointing to the possibility that half of our country’s children can expect to receive food assistance some time during their childhoods, could be one area in which we can agree to come together. Our thought: why not sing for other’s suppers? We will be singing every second Saturday, and Godwilling, some of you will, as well. Here, for your kind consideration, a few songs. Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, grass-roots, solutions, songs
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