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Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2024/03/mennonites-hold-die-in-call-rep-to-support-ceasefire/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="2063 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=2063">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2024/03/mennonites-hold-die-in-call-rep-to-support-ceasefire/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2024/03/PressRelease1-350x350.png" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>MISHAWAKA, Indiana — Over 150 Mennonites and friends from across Michiana gathered outside Rep. 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As part of the service, approximately two dozen participants laid on the ground in a “die-in,” symbolizing the thousands of innocent Palestinians killed... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2024/03/mennonites-hold-die-in-call-rep-to-support-ceasefire/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="//www.patheos.com/progressive-christian">Progressive Christian</a></li> <li><a href="">Religion News</a></li> <li><a href="">Politics and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/current-events">Current Events</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/nonviolence">Nonviolence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/die-in">die-in</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/mennonite-action">Mennonite Action</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/rudy-yakym">Rudy Yakym</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-2039" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-2039 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sermon tag-atonement tag-deconstruction tag-hell tag-swearing tag-universalism" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">November 10, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! 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Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/11/revangelical-proclaiming-the-good-news-after-deconstruction/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="2039 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=2039">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/11/revangelical-proclaiming-the-good-news-after-deconstruction/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/11/Revangelical_featured-1-1536x505-1-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>For the past six years as pastor at Keller Park Church in South Bend, Indiana, I’ve spent almost every Sunday preaching through the lectionary or a book of the Bible. We’ve done occasional, short topical series, but even those are rooted more in specific biblical texts than in broader theological themes. There’s a reason for that: I think that’s what preaching (as opposed to teaching) should do. But, as with everything, there’s a time and place for switching it up.... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/11/revangelical-proclaiming-the-good-news-after-deconstruction/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="//www.patheos.com/progressive-christian">Progressive Christian</a></li> <li><a href="">History and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="">Politics and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/sermon">Sermon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/atonement">atonement</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/deconstruction">deconstruction</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/hell">hell</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/swearing">swearing</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/universalism">universalism</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-2027" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-2027 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-current-events tag-amal-from-afar tag-little-amal tag-refugees" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">August 31, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! 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Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/little-amal-comes-to-south-bend/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="2027 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=2027">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/little-amal-comes-to-south-bend/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/08/LittleAmal-250x250.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>Little Amal comes to South Bend By Andrea Cramer SOUTH BEND, Indiana—Neighbor to Neighbor, the EM EN Art House, and the St. Joseph County Public Library invite the Michiana community to gather at the Morris Performing Arts Center plaza (211 N Michigan Ave, South Bend, IN 46601) on September 7, starting at 7:00 p.m., to participate in the interactive event Amal from Afar. Beginning that evening, Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee child, will tour 35... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/little-amal-comes-to-south-bend/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="//www.patheos.com/muslim">Muslim</a></li> <li><a href="">Religious Events</a></li> <li><a href="">Education and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/current-events">Current Events</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/amal-from-afar">Amal from Afar</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/little-amal">Little Amal</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/refugees">refugees</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-2015" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-2015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-anabaptist-world tag-andrew-whitehead tag-christian-nationalism tag-white-christian-nationalism" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">August 18, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/recovering-from-american-idolatry/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Recovering from American Idolatry</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> August 18, 2023 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/recovering-from-american-idolatry/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="2015 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=2015">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/recovering-from-american-idolatry/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/08/CN_Article2-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>Reading sociologist Andrew L. Whitehead’s new book, American Idolatry, I had the distinct feeling of being back at my childhood church. Whitehead and I met during our freshman year of high school in the youth group of a large rural evangelical church in northern Indiana. This is the church where we learned to love and follow Jesus. Where we learned to read the Bible. Where we found Christian community and made lifelong friendships, including with each other. And it is where... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/08/recovering-from-american-idolatry/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="//www.patheos.com/progressive-christian">Progressive Christian</a></li> <li><a href="">Politics and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/uncategorized">Uncategorized</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/anabaptist-world">Anabaptist World</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/andrew-whitehead">Andrew Whitehead</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/christian-nationalism">Christian nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/white-christian-nationalism">White Christian Nationalism</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1994" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1994 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nonviolence tag-a-field-guide-to-christian-nonviolence tag-christian-nonviolence tag-ekklesia-project tag-john-howard-yoder tag-stanley-hauerwas" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">July 10, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/07/from-pacifism-to-peacebuilding-an-address-to-the-ekklesia-project/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">From Pacifism to Peacebuilding—An Address to the Ekklesia Project</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> July 10, 2023 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/07/from-pacifism-to-peacebuilding-an-address-to-the-ekklesia-project/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1994 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=1994">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/07/from-pacifism-to-peacebuilding-an-address-to-the-ekklesia-project/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/07/95292-scaled-e1689005273594-350x350.jpeg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>Note: Last Saturday, July 8, I gave a plenary titled “A Great Cloud of Witnesses: Encountering Exemplars of the Gospel Practice(s) of Peace” at the Ekklesia Project 2023 gathering at Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis on the theme Peacebuilding: Practicing the Peace the World Cannot Give. The following excerpt is from my introduction. A video of the entire talk should be posted on EP’s YouTube page soon. You can also read a fuller version of my talk in my book... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/07/from-pacifism-to-peacebuilding-an-address-to-the-ekklesia-project/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="//www.patheos.com/progressive-christian">Progressive Christian</a></li> <li><a href="">Politics and Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/nonviolence">Nonviolence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/a-field-guide-to-christian-nonviolence">A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/christian-nonviolence">Christian nonviolence</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/ekklesia-project">Ekklesia Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/john-howard-yoder">John Howard Yoder</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/stanley-hauerwas">Stanley Hauerwas</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1959" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1959 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sermon tag-acts-10 tag-cornelius tag-peter tag-transphobia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">April 22, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/04/peter-cornelius-and-evangelical-transphobia/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Peter, Cornelius, and Evangelical Transphobia</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> April 22, 2023 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/04/peter-cornelius-and-evangelical-transphobia/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1959 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=1959">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/04/peter-cornelius-and-evangelical-transphobia/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/04/pexels-oriel-frankie-ashcroft-6054376-1-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean” —Peter to Cornelius (Acts 10:28) Conversion stories When I was kid, my family used to listen to a radio drama called Unshackled! every Sunday night on our drive home from Sunday night church. Unshackled! is the longest-running radio drama in history, having first aired on September 23, 1950, and continuing to this day. To date, over 3,700 episodes have been produced. 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Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/puzzled-and-terrified/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Puzzled and terrified—an Easter homily on Luke 24:1–12</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> March 30, 2023 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/puzzled-and-terrified/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1950 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=1950">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/puzzled-and-terrified/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/03/9463134557_8195b54b50_c-scaled-e1680211344798-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>“They stood there puzzled” (v. 4, NLT). “The women were terrified” (v. 5). “The story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn’t believe it” (v. 11). “He went home again, wondering what had happened” (v. 12). Puzzled. Terrified. Nonsense. Didn’t believe it. Wondering. These are not words we normally associate with Easter. And yet, here they are in Luke’s Gospel narrative of that first Easter morning. Why would Luke include these details? At the outset of his Gospel,... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/puzzled-and-terrified/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/sermon">Sermon</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/certainty">certainty</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/easter">Easter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/luke-241-12">Luke 24:1–12</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1935" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1935 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-books tag-abuse tag-cameron-altaras tag-carol-penner tag-resistance tag-violence" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">March 3, 2023</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/resistance-confronting-violence-power-and-abuse-within-peace-churches/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Resistance: Confronting Violence, Power, and Abuse within Peace Churches</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> March 3, 2023 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> <div class="divide-byline"></div> <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-comment"></i> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/resistance-confronting-violence-power-and-abuse-within-peace-churches/#comments-section"> <span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1935 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/?p=1935">0 Comments</span> </a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/resistance-confronting-violence-power-and-abuse-within-peace-churches/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2023/03/ResistancePromo-e1677855994790-250x250.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>In addition to writing and pastoring, one of the hats I wear is managing editor at the Institute of Mennonite Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. There I have the privilege of working on projects that center voices and perspectives that historically have been marginalized or silenced. One of those projects is the recent book Resistance: Confronting Violence, Power, and Abuse within Peace Churches, edited by Cameron Altaras and Carol Penner. Historic peace churches, like the Mennonites and Amish featured in... <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2023/03/resistance-confronting-violence-power-and-abuse-within-peace-churches/" class="no-effect decorated-link" target="_blank"><span class="read-more">Read more</span></a></p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <div class="row"> <div class="tagged-with-include-rss hidden"> <rad-tagged-with channel-name=Evangelical channel-link=http://www.patheos.com/Evangelical> <li><a href="">Women in Religion</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/category/books">Books</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/abuse">abuse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/cameron-altaras">Cameron Altaras</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/carol-penner">Carol Penner</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/resistance">Resistance</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/tag/violence">violence</a></li> </rad-tagged-with> </div> </div> </div> </div><div id="post-1919" class="simple-post-container clearfix post-1919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting"> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/" /> <span class="hide" itemprop="datePublished dateModified">June 11, 2022</span> <div class="hide" itemprop="publisher" itemscope id="patheos" itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization"> <a itemprop="url" href="//www.patheos.com/"> <span itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject"> <img itemprop="url" src="//www.patheos.com/~/media/images/components/navigation/patheos/patheos-logo-header.png" alt="LOGO"> <meta itemprop="width" content="127"> <meta itemprop="height" content="38"> </span> <span itemprop="name">Patheos</span> <span itemprop="description">Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.</span> </a> </div> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2022/06/introducing-a-field-guide-to-christian-nonviolence/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url"><span itemprop="headline">Introducing A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence—and Myself</span></a></h1> <div class="post-info by-line"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-calendar"></span> June 11, 2022 By <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/author/ccramer/"><span itemprop="author">David C. Cramer</span></a> </div> <div class="decorated-divider lg left"></div> <div class="image-container"> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anabaptistrevisions/2022/06/introducing-a-field-guide-to-christian-nonviolence/"><img itemprop="image" class="no-lazy" src="https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/1153/2022/06/CramerFamily-scaled-e1654977992631-350x350.jpg" width="800" height="600" /></a> </div> <div class="entry-content clearfix overflow-text" itemprop="description"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><p>This Sunday, June 12, I’m speaking about Christian nonviolence with my friend Ryan Yazel at South Bend City Church, as part of a sermon series on their mantra “Everyone an Icon.” This is probably as good a time as any to mention that the book I coauthored with my friend Myles Werntz, A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace (Baker Academic, 2022), is now available! 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