Author Archives: gwpj

Originally posted on Well, This Is What I Think:
? One of the effects of events such as the hideous massacre of innocents in Orlando is the repeated assault on the mood and feelings of people who are only distantly connected…

Originally posted on Shalom Rav:
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Crossposted with Truthout The weeklong Jewish festival of Passover is coming to a close, but like many Jews around the world I’m still digesting the myriad questions, answers and discussions that…

Originally posted on Shalom Rav:
Photo:Marko Djurica/Reuters Your child will ask why do we observe this festival? And you will answer it is because of what God did for us when we were set free from the land of Egypt.…

Originally posted on What I write:
It is best not to be an American Indian I will give it up I have examined that kind of life an discovered it is not worth living. I will not ask to know…

Originally posted on Shalom Rav:
Is Zionism “settler colonialism?” It’s an important question that is increasingly invoked in public debates over Israel/Palestine – and BDS in particular. While I personally do believe Israel to be a settler colonial state, I…

Originally posted on AwayPoint:
Sonia Guizar used to attend mass regularly and teach at a Catholic school. But her Catholic employer’s refusal to cover birth control brought her an ill-timed pregnancy and a child with developmental challenges that stretch her…

Originally posted on O at the Edges:
Confession to Montgomery, Asleep on the Church Steps If I walk quietly by it is not to avoid disturbing you, but rather myself. What could I give you but another bagel, the boiled…

Originally posted on A Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice: :
During his final State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama carved out around two minutes from his 58-minute speech to touch on the rise of Islamophobic…

Originally posted on Well, This Is What I Think:
… this is what bombing children looks like … Whoever is doing the bombing. And certainly the first piece of film is of a Syrian Army barrel bomb being dropped on…