Category Archives: OWS

Keeping Together Spirituality, Prophetic Critique, and Nurture via @glassdimlyfaith

Indeed: When we look for this, we find the church weak, either nur­tur­ing per­sonal spir­i­tu­al­ity with­out a prophetic cri­tique (con­ser­v­a­tive), or focused on prophetic action with­out nur­tur­ing our spir­its (lib­eral). The church is Solomon’s baby, split in two. http://justiceunbound.org/carousel/letter-to-a-seminarian-from-a-christian-occupier/ In the words of my mentor-Church community,  The Church of the Saviour (now a “tradition unto itself,  having spawned numerous , Continue Reading

Mitt Romney Wants To Repeal The Rule That Would’ve Stopped The Latest Financial Scandal | TPMDC

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Given all we’ve been through,  any firm this stupid HAS TO BE ALLOWED to fail,  OR  purged of their STUPID, CARELESS, unable to learn leadership and taken over. On a conference call with analysts, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon announced that his firm had lost $2 billion investing in the same species of derivative that exacerbated the 2008 financial crisis. via Continue Reading

The “success” of Occupy via #OccupyNation

Todd Gitlin has written an amazingly articulate expression of the history, aims, and “feel” of the Occupy movement.  The following does an amazing job of explaining (at least for me)  the appeal,  the effects,  and the values of Occupy,  and is,  by virtue of that,  an expression that ventures close into theological territory,  for it hits around the universals of Continue Reading

caught up together in this culture of self-centered greed via @micahBales #OWS #occupychurch

Wow.  A truly great statement of faith by one who seeks to #OccupyChurch #occupyTheology #occupyFaith I believe in the struggle for economic justice and grassroots democracy represented by the Occupy movement. I believe that the corruption of the wealthiest elites must be exposed and challenged. I believe that the poor and middle classes – the 99% – must join together Continue Reading

Principalities & Powers in #OWS #OccupyChurch via @Micahbales

On not demonizing the one percent: Our fight is not with human beings, but with the dark forces that keep us all enmeshed in a system that develops our most twisted and selfish inclinations http://lambswar.blogspot.com/2012/04/spirit-of-one-percent.html Instead,  as Micah discusses,  recognize that “the spirit of the One Percent is alive within all of us”

The Spirit of the 1% by @MicahBales #occupyChurch #OWS

treating others as irredeemable objects of frustration – [is] clearly out of line with my Christian faith. Jesus laid down his own life for those who hated and oppressed him, and as a disciple of Jesus Christ, I am called to pray for those who persecute me.At the same time, Jesus stood up against the predatory lenders of his day. He Continue Reading

Fault Lines ( by @AJEnglish ) : History of an occupation #OWS

More impressive work from Al Jazeera English. Absolutely kicks the collective butts of American media. This is not surprising. American media is largely heavily filtered by corporate interests. I particularly love what the guy says at 8:30 in the video. “It’s up to you guys (the political leaders) to show that you’re the legitimate representatives, becuase at the moment, nobody Continue Reading