EFJ/Team Sweat: I just submitted the following report to Nike CEO, Mark Parker. I will keep you posted as this case moves forward. Peace, Jim Keady, Director Educating for Justice Dear Mark, I am writing with regard to PT Sinar Timur Industrindo, a Nike supplier located at [...]
Advent is a Time of Waiting – by Dorothy Day
Friends of EFJ, Below is an Advent reflection from Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. Read. Reflect. Be silent. Peace, Jim Keady ADVENT IS a time of waiting, of expectation, of silence. Waiting for our Lord to be born. A pregnant woman is so happy, so content. She lives in such a [...]
Is the Civil Unrest in London a Harbinger for U.S. cities? by Jim Keady
As I watched the coverage of the civil unrest in London this past week, all I could think was, “this is just the beginning.” First, let me be clear about my naming the actions of the people involved as “civil unrest” rather than “riots.” Riots, as the news likes to call such actions, connotes something [...]
Is Christianity Communism? by Jim Keady
Friends of EFJ, I picked “Communism and the Bible,” by Jose Miranda, off my bookshelf yesterday. I have read this book before, but again I was dumbfounded by the challenging clarity of the first few paragraphs. Given this, I thought I would share them here. Read. Think. Discuss. Peace, JWK COMMUNISM IN THE BIBLE BY [...]
Why Don’t We Know Our May Day History? by Jim Keady
Friends of EFJ, Why isn’t this part of American history taught to us in our schools? Regardless of how one feels about it, it is history, major history, and most are never introduced to it. Read, think, question. Peace, JWK The History of May Day Published: International Pamphlets, 1932; HTML: for marxists.org in March, [...]
Does the Catholic Church Support Labor Unions? by Jim Keady
Friends of EFJ: I had an engaging conversation with a husband and wife in Spring Lake (NJ), the town where I live, this week. We were talking about the economy, politics, faith, etc. and at one point the woman said, “the Catholic Church doesn’t support unions.” I was gentle in my correction of her statement [...]
Book Pick: Radical – Taking back your faith from the American Dream, by David Platt
This is the official blurb for the book: WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU? It’s easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for [...]
EFJ WEBSITE PICK: THE RADICAL EXPERIMENT
www.radicalexperiment.org This website accompanies David Platt’s book, “Radical: Taking back your faith from the American Dream.” Here is the overview from the site: The Radical Experiment is a year-long commitment to five specific challenges: To pray for the entire world To read through the entire Word To commit our lives to multiplying community To sacrifice [...]
EFJ ARTICLE PICK: Why my church rebelled against the American Dream, by David Platt
(Originally published at http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/23/my-take-why-my-church-rebelled-against-the-american-dream/) By David Platt, Special to CNN We American Christians have a way of taking the Jesus of the Bible and twisting him into a version of Jesus that we are more comfortable with. A nice middle-class American Jesus. A Jesus who doesn’t mind materialism and would never call us to give [...]
Is Injustice a Waste of Time? by Ken Homan (n)SJ
As I’ve been sitting in prayer and thinking about the world recently, I realized that injustice, plain and simple, is a waste of time, lives, resources, and money. Justice, however, is the exact opposite–it gives life, saves time, saves money, AND makes resources more sustainable. So why be unjust? From a Christian Standpoint: As a [...]