Praxis: “Make Love, Not War”
Praxis: “Make Love, Not War”
Nonviolence is more than not taking up arms in times of conflict. Like all these praxes, nonviolence is a way of life determined by the cross. Jesus himself does not take up arms or allow his disciples to do so to save himself. If the cross is the truest revelation of who God is, then God is essentially nonviolent, allowing himself to be crushed under the violence of the world instead. Our own way of life must be cross shaped. Even in the most mundane conflicts in our lives we do not take up the weapons of evil. Evil cannot overcome evil, it must be overcome with good.
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Bulletin
