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http://VrienDuineN.tripod.com The presence of truth causes a lie to flee; we must be present to show to truth.
We are called to live in solidarity with the poor. What does this mean about Christian schools? Can we make a private school accessible to the poor?
We must align ourselves with the oppressed, not the status quo.
We are called to live a life of nonviolent resistance to the capitalist system that is oppressing the poor.
Jesus rode a lowly donkey, not a powerful stallion.
The wealth of the rich has been acquired by depriving the poor of their just wages (see James 5).
Homelessness is a crime. Not a crime of the individual, but of the society that allows it to exist.
How can we work at jobs and not be a part of the capitalist system that is oppressing the poor? What jobs don't do this?
We need to have more convictions and less opinions.
If it is wrong to kill Americans in the World Trade Center, what makes it right for us to kill Iraqis.
The church is caught up in middle class values of entertainment, consumerism, and greed; it has lost its prophetic voice.
We need to follow Jesus invitation, "come follow me," and focus less on the idea of "believe and you will be saved."
MLKs vision for America was not a dream; he wanted it to be a reality, along with a redistribution of wealth.
How can we spend so much on the military and so little on programs of social uplift? MLK says a society that does this is dead.
Jesus was a radical so why is the church not radical? He did not preach what was popular; he cared for the poor and went against the societies norms.
We have to pass on the idea of a radical Jesus, MLK, Gandhi, and Romero to others. But in our society we don't really want our kids to be like these men, they all ended up dead.
Our society perpetuates power, greed, and hate. We need peace, love, and simplicity.
