As we approach Holy Week, it's helpful to ponder the passion, arrest and death of the nonviolent Jesus, in light of our own tumultuous times and personal journeys. This week,…

I consider Jeff Dietrich one of the best spiritual writers in the nation, besides one of our most faithful Christian witnesses. Alas, too few know him or read his work.…

Last Friday afternoon, I joined thirty friends for a peace vigil on Douglas Street in Los Angeles, outside the Space and Missile Systems Center at the El Segundo Air Force…

I'm traveling in California for two weeks, giving talks on my new book, Lazarus Come Forth!, and had the chance to spend an afternoon recently with my friend Anne Symens-Bucher…

Jim Douglass is one of the world's great teachers, theologians and practitioners of Christian nonviolence. I regularly return for inspiration to his classic works, The Nonviolent Cross, Resistance and Contemplation,…

One of the nation's sharpest, clearest and brightest voices for justice and peace is Loyola University-New Orleans law professor Bill Quigley, who is also Associate Director of the Center for…

On September 1, 1987, one of the most dedicated peace activists in the nation sat down with friends on the train tracks outside the Concord Naval Weapons Station near the…

Last summer, eighty-five year old Mennonite peace activist Peter Ediger decided to take his passion for peace to the churches in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he lives. Peter works for…

To mark Dr. King's birthday, I've been reflecting on the principles of nonviolence which he learned during the historic yearlong bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. After Rosa Parks refused to…

Recently, I came across a new collection of prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr., Thou, Dear God: Prayers that Open Hearts and Spirits (edited by Lewis V. Baldwin, Beacon Press,…