Category: Anabaptism
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๐๐๏ธ Worry and Idolatry
๐ถ New Propaghandi just dropped. At Peace ๐๏ธ๐ด
๐๏ธ Anybody want to get together for a Wurstessen Saturday?
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each act cultivates a pattern of nonconformity to state coercion
๐๏ธ Today we celebrated the life of Linda Jane Dixon.
At a time when interracial marriage was still illegal in many states, she risked being disowned by her family and was married in a Mennonite church in Ohio.
She was gentle and powerful.
She always had something positive to say.
She is missed.
๐ When Bonhoeffer Became a Christian ๐๏ธ
๐๏ธ The thing about the whole Bishop Budde thing?
She was gentle, asking for mercy.
She could have called on him to repent, lest destruction fall on his reign. This would have been firmly in the prophetic tradition.
She played within his power fantasies, and they still couldn’t handle the gospel.
๐๏ธ today we celebrate the 500th anniversary of anabaptism. If you like:
- separation of church and state
- peacemaking
- simplicity
- reconciliation & restoration
- economic justice
โฆyou may appreciate Anabaptism.
A few more thoughts of mine in an old post here.
๐๏ธ Happy Saint Martin day!
May we all work to defeat the triple evils of racism, poverty, and war.
