Ched’s talk at the “Reclaiming the Text Conference,” Montreat, NC (May 28, 2008) on the apostolic vision of nonviolent action as evangelism, in conversation with M.L. King.
Originally published: Jul 28, 2010 | SKU: montreat2008
Today is Ash Wednesday. Since the Thomas Fire of 2017 in our bioregion, we have used ashes from our beloved Grandmother Oak to symbolize the invitation to personal and political repentance. Some friends in Pasadena are doing the same in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire two months ago. May our Lenten journey help us…
by Ched Myers A talk given to the Kairos Canada Gathering, June, 2009. 14 pp. I commend the Kairos planning team for choosing such a bold theme. Apocalyptic imagination is the great step-child of western culture, especially since the Age of Reason colonized our minds and hearts. Apocalyptic literature’s wild, visionary, almost shamanistic symbolism is…
By Ched Myers Orbis, 1996. 2 pp. The historical problem of violence continues to be the most pressing issue of our time. This is evident by any index: the spread of the international arms trade war of urban gang-banging; our fascination with vicarious brutality, from cinema vérité to celebrity murder cases; or the epidemic levels…
By Ched Myers With Matthew Colwell. Studies produced for the Center for a New American Dream. 11 pp. Few of us would argue with the complaint that Christmas has become too “commercialized.” It has deteriorated into an overheated festival of manic consumption in which the majority of the gifts are purchased by people who cannot…
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