a bitter pill

in an interesting conversation this weekend, a friend told me that someone told him that i had insulted this someone. then this person subsequently asked my friend about my political leanings. this bothered me for a couple of reasons: not the least of which is that i didnt remember offending this person. also i felt [...]

the trouble with torture: towards confession and repentance

theres been a lot of coverage about torture lately. but largely, the church has been silent. no more. torture fundamentally distorts the humanity of the torturer and attempts to sub-humanize the tortured. acts of torture seek to undo the god-image a person bears. torture exploits the physical and psychological welfare of a person for the [...]