The tedious and the astonishing

Posted on February 9, 2017 by stephen t berg / 12 Comments

Strife at first light. Fear for breakfast.Daily meal of hostility.All this is tedious. Hate is tedious.The man shaking his fist behind his windshield,behind his...

Politics

Inauguration

Posted on January 22, 2017 by stephen t berg / 10 Comments

The idea of what &nbs...

Love/Mercy/Peace/Politics/Violence

Desiring mercy in the wake of an election of retribution

Posted on November 14, 2016 by stephen t berg / 11 Comments

In the ten-plus years I’ve scribbled about “desiring mercy not sacrifice”—that seemingly cryptic thing that Jesus said, which is at the heart of human survival,...

Politics/Religion/Writing

The brown fog of electoral wasteland and the excarnation of the religious right

Posted on October 20, 2016 by stephen t berg / 17 Comments

As all Grow Mercy readers (the crowd in the phone booth) know, it’s not often I hold forth politically. But the spectre south of the 49th has me seeking ...