by Ched Myers Published online at http://www.wordandworld.org. 8 pp. Four decades ago Martin Luther King delivered his “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence” speech at Riverside Church in New York City. Not only was this his most consequentialaddress (King was assassinated exactly one year later); I believe it represents the most significant public…
by Ched Myers America, Jan 1 2007, pp 16ff. 3 pp, pix The origins of the feast of the Epiphany are historically complicated and ecclesially disputed. We might think of it as a kind of peace offering from the Western to the Eastern church, given the latter’s date (surely older) of Jan. 6 for the…
by Ched Myers Cascade Books. 5 pp. The first time I heard Daniel Berrigan speak was early in 1976 at the Newman Center in Berkeley. National myths were already running hot and heavy during the country’s bicentennial, touting imperial grandeur wrapped in noble innocence. Dan, however, was talking about America in terms of Babylon, reading…
by Ched Myers A Chapter in Earth and Word: Classic Sermons on Saving the Plante, edited by David Rhoads, Continuum, pp 211-223. 8 pp. IN MID-FEBRUARY OF 2005 a 73-year old nun was murdered by ranchers near Anapu, Brazil because of her attempts to halt the illegal logging of the rainforest. Dorothy Stang, a Notre…
by Ched Myers A talk given at the “Posadas sin Fronteras” at the U.S. Mexico border, December 2006. 5 pp. I want to begin by honoring the two brothers we are remembering today. The late Franciscan Brother Ed Dunn was a gentle but strong presence in this movement, always looking for deeper solidarity with the…
by Ched Myers Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries E-News. 3 pp. Being on the road is grueling. And recently it has been the most taxing I can remember: the endless stream of people, the wall to wall scheduling, the intense meetings and late night conversations. Each leg of the journey hurts physically, and I can feel myself…
by Ched Myers A chapter in: Mark, Gospel of Action: Personal and Community Responses, edited by John Vincent, London:SPCK. 12 pp. Nearly two years after U.S. President George W. Bush declared the second war with Iraq officially over, British and American soldiers remain mired in an increasing violent and controversial occupation of that country. As…
by Ched Myers Ministry of Money E-News, Fall. 4 pp. The statistics on poverty in the global economy are grim. Half the world’s population (some 3 billion) lives on less than $2/day. The Gross Domestic Product of the poorest 48 nations is less than the combined wealth of the world’s 3 richest people. A billion…
by Ched Myers Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries E-News, 2006. 3 pp. On Sunday, Aug 6th, fifty of us gathered in central California to remind ourselves that communion with the Divine must be linked to resistance to evil. Organized by Catholic Worker communities, the event celebrated the traditional Catholic Feast of the Transfiguration, and mourned Hiroshima Day,…