Psalm 120

Posted on October 7, 2022 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

We are for peace, cry the mothers in Russia,Cry the children in Ukraine,Cry the women in Tehran,Cries the prone journalist in the West Bank. But when we cry, ...

Anthropology/Art/Freedom/Peace/Poetics/Religion/Spirituality/Violence

Identification papers – thoughts on Benjamin Hertwig’s chapbook, The Slow Wars

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Identification papers for Benjamin Hertwig The park is weeping yellow leaves—a lace of loose and wandering flames. An old man by the dry pond has tak...

Active nonviolence/Anthropology/Atonement/Christianity/Culture/Freedom/Mercy/Peace/Politics/Spirituality/Violence

Remembrance Day isn’t easy

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stephen t berg / 16 Comments

Remembrance Day always brings conflicting thoughts. It’s not an easy day. Not easy because I will not be ungrateful for the sacrifices made in war, but I&...

Christianity/Culture/Love/Mercy/Nonviolence/Peace/Poetics/Politics

Headlines for August 4, 2014

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stephen t berg / 4 Comments

Finally, there is no moral tide, that rises on either side. Blood is blood and what is blood in war, but an end to all means to an end. Shed enough of it, and t...