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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Impeachment and the Perils of Purple Piety: Why You Should Hold a Forum at Your Church 5 years, 6 months ago
I was sitting in the chapel last Wednesday between two women
and we got to the hymn “For Everyone Born,” which somehow finds “justice and
joy” in a verse where “abuser, abused, with need to forgive” […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, GUNS ARE A NATIONAL STUMBLING BLOCK: WHO IS THE WEAKER SIBLING? 5 years, 9 months ago
The mass shooting in Odessa and Midland, Texas, on August 31, adds to the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton of August 3 and 4, 2019. These cannot be allowed to recede into the learned-helplessness of our […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, The Rite To Weep Over Jerusalem 6 years, 2 months ago
A Tradition to Counter Historical Amnesia.
Senior Editor Chris Iosso
For everyone following the common lectionary, this Sunday (March 17) includes what is called Jesus’ “lament” over Jerusalem, Luke 13: […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Lent and Unrelenting Brutality 6 years, 3 months ago
A Reflection and Prayer for Ash Wednesday
Artwork by Steven Smith
“Emergency” is the right word for the brutality that borders so much of our manageable, even comfortable lives. Today, a friend recalls the […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, "Hope Where There is no Hope" 6 years, 5 months ago
The Latest word from Kairos Palestine—Christians in the Holy Land
To see pages 2 and 3, click the button in the bottom left corner of the pdf embedder. For more information, see the original Kairos D […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Lock THEM Up—And Televise the Trials. 6 years, 5 months ago
It is justice, not vengeance, to investigate thoroughly and prosecute resolutely all public officials who have put private interests above the common good.
If broken windows in a neighborhood can justify a […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, ACSWP Announces Call For Sermons On Jerusalem 6 years, 5 months ago
How do Presbyterians see today’s Jerusalem in light of the Bible’s witness?
This call for sermons is exerpted from ACSWP’s triannual newsletter, Salt & Light. Sign up here to receive those upd […] -
Chris Iosso wrote a new post, The Lost Moral Core of US Foreign Policy: Ecumenical and Reformed Traditions 6 years, 7 months ago
With regard to foreign policy, the real dragon facing the United States is not China but the grandiosity of its own leaders, as seen in recent speeches by President Trump and National Security Advisor John […]
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Presbyterians can welcome the grown-up maturity of Chris Iosso’s essay on morality and foreign policy, which the President lacks. The President too often sounds like a whining-teenage, losing quarterback at halftime.
There remains an unresolved question for Protestant social ethics regarding the use of EMPIRE. Jesus was born in an empire, and we live and vote in one. The continental U.S. cannot be regarded as anything less than an empire. Our task is as was Niebuhr’s to learn to live maturely and responsibly in it. See Niebuhr: The Structure of Nations and Empires -
Not sure where the moral core went, as regards the PCUSA. I recall various delegations going to Soviet Russia and “laughing, praying, weeping” with the designated huggy bears and returning to tell us we have nothing to fear but whichever Republican was president.
I used to ask people at Louisville if there were any US efforts in geopolitics or related activities about which the Kremlin and Louisville disagreed.
Nothing.
Israel is defending itself with anti-missile weapons. Those old enough will recall the immense effort the PCUSA put into opposing SDI.
After the First Gulf War, in which, unfortunately, the US checked all the boxes in the Just War Doctrine, the PCUSA GA approved a resolution calling for redoing the JWD.
Transparency, folks. Transparency.
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Re-inventing the Wheel or (Re)moving the Goal-posts? 6 years, 9 months ago
The Social Creed, at 10 years, links us to the Social Gospel and Labor Day.
It is easy to focus on what divides groups of Christians from each other and from other movements of faith. But, in the Labor Day […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Nuclear Disarmament— Renewing Hope, Against All Odds 6 years, 10 months ago
As Hiroshima Day approaches, how does the Church reckon with the Nuclear Age?
August 6 and 9, 1945, are the days that the United States Air Force dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Shall the Institutionalists Win? 6 years, 11 months ago
General Assembly 2018, A Drama in 3 Acts
Act I. The Prophetic March to End Cash BailIt was a glorious moment: hundreds of General Assembly commissioners marched down to the St Louis jail to support bailing […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, What the General Assembly may say about St. Louis 6 years, 11 months ago
Five St Louis congregations continue the dialogue of “The Gospel from Detroit”
This article was originally published by Presbyterian News Service on June 12, 2018.The city of St. Louis is the historic […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, From "The Way Forward" to a Way Ahead: The Missing Prophetic Compromise 6 years, 12 months ago
Unbound Staff address the missing text from ACSWP’s Advice & Counsel
Ironically, on possibly the hottest issue of the PCUSA General Assembly, where the Advisory Committee on Social Witness Policy (ACSWP) has […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, MLK’s Mantle in 2018: Barber, Theoharis, and Strategy for the Poor People’s Campaign 7 years, 4 months ago
Correction: The date of the culminating march in Washington, D.C. is June 23rd.
Some heroes don’t wear capes. Instead of flight or invisibility, the mantle of Martin Luther King Jr. gives one more g […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, A Nonviolent Victory and the Power of the Noble Sanctuary in Jerusalem 7 years, 5 months ago
Collective nonviolent action in Palestine lives, and it helps account for the steadfastness of Palestinian endurance under the occupation.
Though little known, the events of July 2017 in Jerusalem provide an […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Jerusalem: Prize of War and Capital Curse 7 years, 5 months ago
The affirmation of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was a “grievous mistake,” to
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Seeking an Epiphany of Peace 7 years, 5 months ago
A 2018 Symposium on Israel-Palestine
For first-hand stories from the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program’s Spring trip to Israel-Palestine, check out the Mosaic of Peace 2018 blog, co-hosted by […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Bully yes; Pulpit no—Honest Patriotism in the Era of Trump 7 years, 5 months ago
Christians need to be careful with the phrase “bully pulpit,” a phrase often applied to the presidency. One is tempted to say, “bully, yes; pulpit, no.” It is hard to see any “pulpit” of stable moral autho […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Resisting Harassment in the Church 7 years, 5 months ago
Past and Future Measures to Challenge Coercive Sexism.
An earlier piece by Managing Editor Henry Koenig Stone addressed the call of Christians to engage individually with the MeToo movement and fight to […]
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Chris Iosso wrote a new post, Increasing Tax Fairness 7 years, 6 months ago
Resisting the Creed of Greed (Part II)
Click Here for Part I’s indictment of those pushing through the current tax plan.The short answer to the current Administration’s tax cut proposal is: “No […]
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