By Rev. John Dear (Dec. 23, 2019) Each Christmas, we celebrate the birthday of Jesus, whom Gandhi called the greatest person of nonviolence in history. Alas, he lamented, the only…
Over the last fifty years, there have been thousands of nonviolent movements for peace and justice that have made huge strides, and at the heart of every one of those…
By Rev. John Dear (Published in Richard Rohr’s magazine, Oneing, Fall 2018) “I believe in the essential unity of humanity, and for that matter, of all that lives,” Gandhi once…
Two weeks ago, after CODEPINK friends disrupted the Capitol hearings, the man in the White House (I like Harry Potter--“He Who Shall Not Be Named”) said that protesting should be…
Driving up the two-lane mountain road along the red and orange wall of rocks on one side and the shocking sheer cliff down to the sagebrush valley far below on…
On the Road to Peace A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John April, 2018 Dear friends, Peace be with you! Fifty years ago, on April 3, 1968, the night before he…
“Welcome to the revolution!” That’s what one of the Parkland students said Saturday morning to the massive crowd of one million people in Washington, D.C. who marched along with millions…
On the Road to Peace A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John March, 2018 Dear friends, Peace be with you! I’m now on the road, criss-crossing the country, talking about nonviolence,…
On the Road to Peace A Monthly Newsletter from Fr. John October, 2017 Dear friends, After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria devastated the homes and lives of millions, and Trump…
It's Friday morning and I'm standing before the Federal Judge in D.C. Superior Court in Washington, D.C., another hearing for my recent protest and arrest during inauguration week. Another protest,…