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John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Waging Peace at the Drone Convention

The future of war was on display last week at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. There the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) showed and…

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August 14, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Bells of Hiroshima–in Los Alamos

A hundred and fifty of us gathered on Sunday night, August 5th, at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos, New Mexico, at the exact spot where long ago the Hiroshima Bomb…

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August 7, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Psalms of Peace, Part 5 (Ps.115)

[Ed.’s Note: This meditation is the last of a five part summer series on the peace writings in the psalms.] Their idols are silver and gold, the work of human…

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July 31, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Psalms of Peace, Part 4 (Ps. 85)

[Ed.’s Note: This meditation is the fourth of a five part summer series on the peace writings in the psalms.] I will listen for the word of the God of…

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July 24, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Psalms of Peace, Part 3 (Ps.34)

[Ed.’s Note: This meditation is the third of a five part summer series on the peace writings in the psalms.] Come, children, listen to me. I will teach you awe…

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July 18, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

“The Psalms of Peace,” Part I, Psalm 33

“A king is not saved by a mighty army, nor a warrior delivered by great strength. Useless is the war horse for safety; its great strength, no sure escape. But…

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July 3, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

“A Conversation with Vincent Harding”

It was hot and muggy this past weekend at the camp site outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina where some 2,000 progressive Christians gathered for the second annual, ecumenical Wildgoose…

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June 26, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

U.S. Churches Respond to the Kairos Palestine Document

On December 11th 2009, Palestinian Christians issued a heartfelt, sober, prayerful, urgent cry for help to end the U.S.-backed Israeli occupation. Their Kairos document was called: "A Moment of Truth:…

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June 12, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

The Journey Toward Healing the Future

“The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself…

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June 12, 2012
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Catonsville Revisited-“The Single Most Powerful Antiwar Act in U.S. History”

There have been hundreds of thousands of acts of nonviolent civil disobedience in U.S. history which have helped the cause of justice and peace. From the Boston Tea Party to…

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June 5, 2012
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