In 1978, a Jewish writer-activist named Arthur Waskow published a book called Godwrestling. I read the book a year or two later, and have never forgotten it. Waskow died this week, just after his 92nd birthday. In the book he described a Jewish way of Bible reading and interpretation that was drastically different from the … Continue reading Is Arthur Waskow Now Done With “Godwrestling”? I doubt it.
In these tough times, the arts can support resistance, endurance, and vitality. Yet Friends were firmly opposed to the arts for 200 years. That era is over, but in many Quaker spaces, the arts are still the object of what has been called “uneasy tolerance.”
Homeland Invasion: Update 09-24-2025 – Chuck Fager Recent scenes from the front: — A combat vet protesting Chicago ICE raids, emerging from a thick cloud of their tear gas, unmasked & unruffled, bearing a large American flag. — A fullsized, full-color roadside billboard near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, home of the famed 82nd Airborne Division, … Continue reading Homeland Invasion Update: 09-26-2025
Hear & Watch Black pastors Speak on Idolizing Charlie Kirk: Excerpts from clips compiled by Roland S. Martin on YouTube Martin: Black pastors from across the country certainly were not holding back from the pulpit on Sunday. Here’s a few of what some of them had to say. We’re going to start with Pastor Jamal … Continue reading Adding Other Voices to the Memorial in Phoenix on Sunday
The opening: “You Think You’ve Seen ‘Shock & Awe’”?? (Trump posted this AI fantasy on Truth Social early Saturday) “The president offered no details beyond the label “Chipocalypse Now,” a play on the title of Francis Ford Coppola’s dystopian 1979 film set in the Vietnam war, in which a character says: “I love the smell … Continue reading It’s “War”?? Trump’s “Chipocalypse Now” — Day One