Brian J. Walsh's Blog, page 17

Gender, Weeping and Hope

What begins in gendered weeping

finds its resolution in gender reversals.

What begins in uncontrolled wailing

gives birth to hope for a radical new way.

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From Maximillian Kolbe to Oscar Romero

It is a short path from Maximillian Kolbe to Oscar Romero.

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Dancing to the End of Love … at Auschwitz

A dance of the displaced,

a dance of the diaspora,

exiled within exile.

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In Name Alone

Not wishing to impose Divine will upon them, God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity. A Christian nation in name alone.

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Bound to Betray

Betrayal unravels the very fabric of creation.

The grief of God resonates with

the grief of all creation.

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God’s Pathos, Broken Love

Yahweh is singing the blues.

And it is terrible.

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Jeremiah’s Call and Desperate Times

Without prophetic critique,

hope before breakfast will be little more than

cheap optimism at best,

and a pious cover-up at worst.

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From Transfixed to Hope: Hope Before Breakfast

We may be sleepy, but we will not be numb.

Hope and history may not rhyme,

but we gather nonetheless with a radical and stubborn hope,

even before breakfast!

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Unknowingly Complementarian

We arrived at the trendy new wine bar slash cafe on Bloor Street.

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Reclaiming Jesus

Respected elders in the United States,

our mothers and fathers in the faith,

reclaim Jesus in the face of

the heresies of American empire.

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