Webinar Video, Feb 5
Earth Keepers 360 invites you to view a prophetic conversation with with Father John Dear, Sister Joan Brown, Reverend Andrew Black, and Chaplain Jorge Sayago-Gonzales: “We Are Our Children’s Future: Living the Radical Alternative of Peace, Justice & Environmentalism in Times of Crisis.”
In our conversation with Father John Dear, peace activist and author of over 20 books on peace and nonviolence and Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, we explore questions like: How can embracing a life of nonviolence be one of the biggest ways you can solve the climate crisis and live in solidarity with Mother Earth and her creatures? What is the intersection of social justice, peace, and environmentalism? What are the hidden impacts of American militarism and the production of nuclear weapons on our environment? How does nonviolence as a way of life speak to our immigration crisis, farmworkers, and the environment? How do we teach our youth the importance of nonviolence? How do we stay spiritually grounded, hopeful, and faithful when things feel like they are “going to hell in a handbasket?”
Father John Dear has long been a prophet for peace and nonviolence. In a world wracked by war and violence we need John’s voice and vision again, and again. His newest book, The Gospel of Peace, is a commentary not just on the Gospels, but on the state of the world that’s witnessing two major wars, rampant gun violence, unchecked environmental degradation, and assaults on our humanity from the border crisis to a crisis of our collective souls. In the face of incidents like January 6th, Father John boldly acknowledges that one cannot faithfully call oneself a Christian and still embrace violence and tyranny. The courageous work of nonviolence, as seen in the lives of Jesus, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. continues through John Dear as he challenges us to look beyond war and conflict, to see nonviolence as the only true alternative to address the many crises facing us all.
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