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The Aggressive Creativity of Jesus-Shaped Pacifism

Jesus-shaped pacifism is still aggressive—it’s just differently aggressive. It’s a unique way of acting that challenges difficult situations by flipping the script. Jesus proposes several ideas to provoke the imagination in such directions:

If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek for them to slap and see what happens. Will they actually slap you again? Will they suddenly come to terms with themselves? Will anyone watching really choose the aggressor’s side after that?

If someone sues you for your shirt, give them your cloak too. Will they feel sickened by your offer? Will they still be able to take joy in their winnings? Will they start to realize that they have become petty enough to try to take your shirt in the first place?

If a soldier demeans you by using their legal rights to force you to carry their belongings for a mile, offer to walk an extra mile. Will they start to sweat at your kindness? Will all of the insults they made and expectations they set over the last mile start to feel gross to them? Will they even want you to do another mile? And if they don’t, then why did they make you do the first mile?

Jesus gives these examples to inspire us to choose a new Spirit-led way of responding to difficulty. They are not precise commands of what to do if you find yourself in these exact situations, for there is often more than one Jesus-like reaction in every situation. The problem is that we never experiment enough to learn this lesson, for we are more prone to choose the body’s way of fight, flight, freeze, or flop.

Jesus calls us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. These jarring examples that invite us to do jarring things are his classic examples of what this wise innocence looks like.

What is your normal reaction to the difficult situation you’ve been facing that never seems to go away? What might it look like to choose the backward ways of Jesus, where even persecution on a cross turns into resurrection on a throne?

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The Ball and the Mirror

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The Ball and the Mirror

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The Ball and the Mirror

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The Ball and the Mirror

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The Ball and the Mirror

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L’autre voie

https://dandanjean.com/2026/08/14/lautre-voie/

The Flotilla will set sail for Gaza again. Let’s not give up

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Just to point out the contradiction: Sri Lanka's constitution both institutionalises and protects Buddhism, but a Buddhist 'executioner' who follows even the first lay precept could not carry out a death sentence on anyone.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Sri-Lanka-considers-death-penalty-for-drug-related-offences/108-347821

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Just to point out the contradiction: Sri Lanka's constitution both institutionalises and protects Buddhism, but a Buddhist 'executioner' who follows even the first lay precept could not carry out a death sentence on anyone.

https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking-news/Sri-Lanka-considers-death-penalty-for-drug-related-offences/108-347821

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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

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World Youth Day 2026: Global Challenges and the Future of Bangladeshi Youth

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The Transparent Tongue

I prayed for a transparent tongue—

not one without language,
not one emptied of conviction,
not one so pale with caution
that it could no longer name the wound,

but a tongue through which
truth might pass
without becoming a weapon.

James saw it clearly:

the small bit
turning the great horse,

the little rudder
steering the ship
through a violence of wind,

the single spark
lifting its bright red shout
into the trees.

So much ruin
from so little flesh.

Inside the mouth
a forest of ash waits.

One word,
and the branches begin to burn.

One word,
and someone carries the smoke
for years.

We bless God
with the morning hymns,

then turn before noon
and curse the likeness of God
walking beside us.

Sweet water,
bitter water,

both rising
from the same hidden spring.

I prayed for a transparent tongue,

but transparency is not
saying everything.

A window is transparent,
yet broken, it becomes
sharp and dangerous.

Light passes through it
without leaving a cut.

The transparent tongue
does not confuse cruelty
with courage,

or bluntness
with honesty,

or the pleasure of being right
with the work of righteousness.

It pauses
at the gate of the teeth.

It asks:

Will this word heal?

Will this word clarify?

Will this word protect the weak
without becoming
what it condemns?

Will this word leave room
for repentance—

including mine?

I prayed for a tongue
clear enough
that anger would not stain
every syllable,

clear enough
that fear would not bend
every meaning,

clear enough
that the old need to win
would not stand
between the speaker
and the spoken.

Not invisible.

Not innocent.

Not pure.

Only transparent enough
for mercy to be seen
moving through it.

Transparent enough
for silence to enter
when silence is wiser.

Transparent enough
for lament
to remain lament
and not harden into blame.

Transparent enough
for praise to rise
without requiring
an enemy beneath it.

The tongue is not alone.

Behind it waits the heart.

Below it, the hands.

Beyond it, the feet
that must walk
where the words have pointed.

A mouth may speak of peace
while the body prepares for war.

A mouth may bless the hungry
while the hands remain closed.

A mouth may cry justice
while the feet refuse
to cross the street.

So I prayed not only
for a transparent tongue,

but for a transparent life—

a body through which
the word and the deed
recognize each other.

Let my speech become a window,

not so others may admire
the speaker,

but so they may glimpse
something gentler
standing behind me.

Let the tongue become
a small clear pane
in the house of the soul.

Let light enter.

Let light leave.

And when the spark comes—

as sparks will—

let it kindle warmth
instead of wilderness,

a lamp
instead of a pyre,

a fire around which
enemies might sit long enough
to remember one another
as human.

I prayed for a transparent tongue,

and heard no answer
except the next word
waiting to be spoken.

So I held it
for one breath longer,

turned it toward the light,

and asked whether grace
could pass through.

Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

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Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

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Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

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Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

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Corporate Hegemony in the Banking Sector and the Deposit Crisis

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La voie de la non-violence

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Understand Jesus Christ #blog #nonviolence

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Bangladesh on the Backfoot Amid Energy Crisis: Revives 20-Year-Old Myanmar Gas Pipeline Proposal

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Bangladesh on the Backfoot Amid Energy Crisis: Revives 20-Year-Old Myanmar Gas Pipeline Proposal

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The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

The Archer

In the high sea of clouds,
in willowing wisps of white,
an evil lurks.

The winds of the world bring
the first whisper of change,
an alien thing.

A dragon.

Red as blood, gleaming darkness,
its armor, invincible?

Heavy metal talons, drooling jaws,
acid falling, burning earth below.

It screams through the sky,
wings creaking, flapping furiously,
breathing flame.

Men flee,
like tiny ants scurrying
from desecration
into it.

Only One holds his ground,
a bow and one arrow
in his hand.

The Prince awaits,
as if to allow the dragon to
devour him.

Then with a flash,
he looses his arrow.

It soars through the air.

Blood gushing,
the dart buried deep,
the dragon crashes to the ground.

Landing on the One.

From amongst the dragon’s corpse,
amidst dying coals and wisps of smoke,
a figure crawls,
stands.

It is the Archer,
the One,
Him.

From the collection “Words at 16 (1983)”

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian

Reminder: it's a war crime to bombard targets in/near built-up areas where civilian casualties are likely (UN EWIPA, 2022), as is deliberately targetting non-combatants (UN Security Council Resolution 1265, 1999) or civilian infrastructure (UN Security Council Resolution 2573, 2021).

In war, these rules apply as much to the victims of invasion (e.g. Ukraine, Palestine) as to the invaders (Russia, Israel). "Whataboutism" is irrelevant. It's not an "accident" when you blow up a hospital or a playground near your target; it's murder.

#nonViolence #protection #humanitarian