Are you looking for a challenging, provocative, and inspiring read for your Lenten journey this year? I highly recommend the newly published work, Can I Get a Witness? Thirteen Peacemakers, Community Builders, And Agitators for […]
Author: Dannis Matteson
Joy and Justice
Today is Gaudete Sunday: the third week of Advent, the Sunday of Joy. If we take a look at the readings as a whole we find that joy is not the only major theme. Justice […]
Encountering the Black Christ in Chicago
The anti-violence protest I participated in last week here in Chicago has me reflecting on what it means to encounter the Black Christ in today’s gospel reading. Jesus is depicted as walking over choppy waves toward […]
Protesting Death and Constructing a Counter-culture of Life
My mother is a fifth-grade educator, and recently on the phone, she told me about the lock down drill their district ran this week. In her small, rural, public school, my mom was instructed to […]
Why I Got Off of Facebook After Charlottesville
Days after the “Unite the Right” rally occurred in Charlottesville this past August 2017, my sister sent me a link to the podcast “It’s Been a Minute” with Sam Sanders. Tom and I sat down […]
Crying out from the eye of the Storm of Silence
As countless superstorms and other extreme weather events continue to terrorize our global neighbors, I am afraid that the worst storm of them all is the storm of silence. A recent report by Public Citizen […]
Living the Truth in the Darkness of Climate Change Denial
Yesterday, President Trump ordered to remove the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement for reasons such as securing America’s “sovereignty,” protecting the economy, and so that other nations will no longer “laugh” at the United […]
Tomorrow is Today, Chicago!
Yesterday, on the 49th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Cardinal Cupich announced the launching of a comprehensive program to address the violence plaguing Chicago communities. A letter was also issued to the citizens of Chicago […]
Bursting the Boundaries of Budget Cuts: The Virtue of Imagination
Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former High Commissioner for Human Rights at the UN, spoke at Loyola University Chicago’s Climate Justice conference recently to address our global ecological crisis. Her motivating question was: […]
Nurturing Relationship and Transforming Dialogue in Academia
Academia. It can feel like a world of competition, self-promotion, hierarchical rituals such as sitting in rows and hand-raising, racing to publish, and pervasive workaholism and point-proving. Indeed, our work as theologians and ethicists is critical to […]
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