seen from Germany
seen from China
seen from Yemen
seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from Australia
seen from Philippines
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from Türkiye
seen from United States
seen from France
seen from France
seen from Germany
seen from Germany
seen from Singapore
seen from United States
seen from Russia
“Indeed, it was the message of the church for hundreds of years that things would not change, and that one’s task on earth was simply to accept wherever one was on the social-economic scale as God’s will. But now the poor are discovering that it cannot truly be God’s will for most of God’s children to suffer. God wills life and love and fullness for all and not just a few. And God wants our help to bring that about.”
Excerpt from Liberation Theology by Robert McAfee Brown
Whatever the status of evil in the world, I know that the only God in whom I can believe will be a God found in the midst of evil rather than at a safe distance from it; suffering the evil rather than inflicting it.
Jewish Contributions to a Christian Lent by Robert McAfee Brown
To Ernesto: Poet/Revolutionary
We all need
times of beauty
moments of refreshment
by which to be empowered
for the struggle
But if we seek empowerment
exclusively
in havens of retreat
we soon begin to think
that beauty finds it dwelling place
apart from where the people are
You have shown us
that beauty also dwells
in misery’s environs
and by its presence there
can work huge transformations
You have shown us
that there is nothing more beautiful
than a human face
on fire with the love of justice
Because for you there is no line
dividing art and revolution
your poems in themselves
are revolutionary acts
and revolution is empowered
by your verse
So
our friend
keep writing and keep doing
the rest of us will always need reminding
that Word and deed are one
- Robert McAfee Brown , poem for Nicaraguan priest, revolutionary, poet, liberation theologian and Marxist Ernesto Cardenal
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Robert McAfee Brown
Dear Brother Donald
Letter to President Donald J. Trump September 30, 2017 Dear Don, I hope you don’t mind me calling you Don. You can call me Gordy; only those close to me in grade school called me that, but, so did the kids in my confirmation class. Since we were both confirmed in Presbyterian churches, I think it makes sense to call each other Don and Gordy. After writing you yesterday, I wondered whether your…
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Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Robert McAfee Brown
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Robert McAfee Brown
Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today.
Robert McAfee Brown
