‘Commentary’ Archives
Grace in the Face of Destruction
from the series Peace House Community Journal... By MARTI MALTBY Marti Maltby Last month I wrote about the need to use power wisely, and the temptations that everyone faces when they get power over others. Power can be used for our own prestige and comfort, or for the good of others. We have plenty of examples every day of each of those options playing out in front of our eyes. Since I wrote that article, I have been reading Missionary Conquest: The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide by George E. Tinker. It is a wonderful example of using power well, along with being a great book on many other levels. Tinker looks at four missionaries who are revered for their work among Native peoples in North America, but he shows how they all contributed to the destruction of Native societies, and the results that still haunt us today. One of the missionaries he writes about is Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, an Episcopal clergyman who worked in Minnesota and after whom the [...]
At the Capitol
from the series Raise Your Voice... By PETER MOLENAAR The May Issue of the alley rendered space to a Somali perspective in the aftermath of operation Metro-Surge. The above photo, taken not long ago, captured the integrity of a community, the essence of their prayer: hear the whimpering of babies beneath the rubble of Gaza. PETER MOLENAAR advocates a broad united-front, even as he describes socialism as the future solution.
Spirit of Phillips June ’26
Dave Moore & Linnea Hadaway have lived here since the Reagan 80s and became life partners while originating the cartoon series “Spirit of Phillips.”
