I am reading the book Jesus for President - which engages the connection between theology and politics - and I came across a very challenging quote that I feel compelled to share with you...
"Unless we are prepared to risk injury and death in nonviolent opposition to the injustice our societies foster, we don't dare even whisper another word about pacifism to our sisters and brothers in those desperate lands. Unless we are ready to die developing new nonviolent attempts to reduce international conflict, we should confess that we never really meant the cross was an alternative to the sword. Unless the majority of our people in nuclear nations are ready as congregations to risk social disapproval and government harassment in a clear call to live without nuclear weapons, we should sadly acknowledge that we have betrayed our peacemaking heritage. Making peace is as costly as waging war. Unless we are prepared to pay the cost of peacemaking, we have no right to claim the label or preach the message."
- Ron Sider (speaking at the Mennonite World Conference, 1984).
How are we, as followers of Jesus, called by God to be peaceful, political, peculiar, relevant, and radical in our world?
May the church endeavor to consider this question very carefully in our times!
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