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Penitential Advent: A #StayWokeAdvent Lectionary Reflection
I never understood the penitential aspect of Advent until tonight. When I was very young, Advent and Lent were both purple penitential seasons with little to distinguish between them. By the time I was in college, the seasons had been … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Lectionary reflection, Music
Tagged #staywokeadvent, advent, Advent 1B, ferguson, Is 63, Mk 13, psalm 80, racism, St. Louis Jesuits
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Excessive Force: What Happens when Police Safety Trumps Public Safety
For the past several nights, I have been watching the feeds from Ferguson, increasingly horrified as the combined police forces rolled down the streets in armored personnel carriers or marched down the streets carrying M-16s, deploying sonic weapons, repeatedly gassing … Continue reading
Ferguson, Intersectionality, and Occam’s Big Paisley Tie
If you want to learn about privilege in this country, you only need to ask who gets the benefit of the doubt. — Laila Lalami (@LailaLalami) August 15, 2014 Last week, I found myself in a conversation with some white … Continue reading
(Few) Catholic Voices on #Ferguson
Since becoming aware of the Catholic Media Fail on Ferguson, I’ve been asking around and checking for related stories in the Catholic media and blogs that I’m aware of. This is all I’ve found. Did I miss anything? Please let … Continue reading
A Mimetic Reading of the Ferguson Events
I’m a hugely text-oriented person, but so much of what happened in Ferguson this week was captured in truly compelling tweeted images that this post will be full of embedded tweets, mostly including images. Some of those compelling images were … Continue reading
Ferguson, Missouri
Today, it’s finally made the mainstream media. But terrible things have been happening in Ferguson, Missouri — a small municipality in St. Louis County — since Saturday afternoon, when 18yo Mike Brown was shot and killed by police. According to … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, Moral theology
Tagged catholic media, ferguson, racism, social justice
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