John Dear, peace activist and the author of over 30 books, recently wrote these challenging words:
If we want to follow the nonviolent Jesus, then we’ll want to make the journey from baptism to community, to understanding the Sermon on the Mount, to serving those in need, to working for justice and practicing nonviolence, and eventually, sooner or later, in such a world of war, empire and nuclear weapons, to crossing the line, engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience and risking the cross and the resurrection.
So What?
For many years Dear has lived out his faith by engaging in the nonviolent civil disobedience he advocates for all who seek to follow the way of the nonviolent Jesus. Is doing so a part of your journey of faith? Why or why not?