Family - Anabaptist- CO pro sports - Outdoors - part blacksmith/part pastor (he/his/him) Co-author of Beating Guns:Hope For People Who Are Weary of Violence
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My brother in law needs your help. He was hit by a car on his way home and has already endured multiple brain surgeries.
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Here’s a Christmas photo that truly honors the Prince of Peace. My pal @pacifisticuffed and family holding garden tools made from guns. Merry Christmas… from all of us at @RAWtools.❤️🎄👊
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Check it out!! @pacifisticuffed and @ShaneClaiborne are on the latest ep of #ingpodcast talking about #beatingguns and the @RAWtools movement! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts) - anchor.fm/ing-pod/episodes/E…
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Today, I made a cross out of the barrel of a gun. I’m hoping to make some more soon, for my bishop and clergy friends... I’ve got a pile of guns here that need to be re-purposed.
The only thing that would make him cuter would be if they arrested the cops that killed #BreonnaTalyor #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter
This is what it's like for many of us white people who haven't had/don't want to talk about [systemic]racism.
Go to truthandconciliation.org and commit to learning how race affects us all. I'm not saying the water is fine, but there are a ton of floaties.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Watch this. It shows why we should all do the right thing and stay home to the fullest extent possible. All of us can help slow the spread of the virus, protecting the elderly, the vulnerable, and each other. washingtonpost.com/graphics/…
Instead of telling our grandkids we walked uphill both ways, we'll be telling them we had to wipe with both sides.
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.@RAWtools @pacifisticuffed @ShaneClaiborne @RisherRev @SenatorMGraham
Today, I attended an incredibly moving and inspirational event with Beating Guns authors - Shane Claiborne and Mike Martin as well as Reverend Sharon Risher and Commissioner Malcolm Graham.
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"With his outsider status, the stark moral clarity of his message and his concern for the downtrodden, he’s tapped into the spiritual sensibilities of the younger generations."
Check out this profile of @ShaneClaiborne at @washingtonpost! #BeatingGuns wapo.st/37CGykb
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Maybe it’s time for @MennonitesUSA to #bringthePeace please write your government officials and voice your opinion about #endlesswar Is our peace church ready? – at San Antonio, TX
It was a crazy year releasing my first book co-authored with Shane. SO MUCH to fit into the @RAWtools year end report for 2019!!
A few highlights from 2019... #BestOf2019
Published #BeatingGuns with my pal Mike Martin @RAWtools... our contribution to a better conversation about gun violence. We can't save every life, but we can do better than 105 lives a day lost to guns which is what we saw in 2019.
Mike Martin Swords to Plows retweeted
Our blacksmith in Seattle places Frankincense near the base of the anvil. When hot slag falls away from a transforming barrel, we are reminded of the birth of the Prince of Peace. Emmanuel #beatingguns
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After every mass shooting, people say: "All we can do is pray." That's a lie.
Pray we must... But thoughts and prayers must turn into actions and policies. Otherwise we are using prayer as a place to hide from responsibility. #BeatingGuns
Mike Martin Swords to Plows retweeted
We're busy packing merch today! Order by Dec 18 to guarantee delivery by Xmas! AND the first 18 heart necklaces sold in Dec will benefit 18 highschool students on an immersion day in the justice system beginning with screening of @JustMercyFilm @eji_org court tour and dialogue
Mike Martin Swords to Plows retweeted
Resources to help dialogue about gun violence in your faith community. From @mccorg @BrazosPress @pacifisticuffed @ShaneClaiborne and talking pieces inspired by @NACRJUSA
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I thought nothing could be less interesting to me than conservative fundamentalism...until I tasted progressive fundamentalism. I’m an equal opportunity hater of purity codes. Ideological purity tests are never life-giving, no matter who administers them.