Despair

Jim Wallis on Building Faith-based Social Movements

by Mark Hannan
Comment
| Despair, Practice, Principles, Social Justice, Uncategorized, Urban Ministry
October 25, 2010

As we approach the 2010 mid-term elections in a frenzy of political polarization, attack ads, and electioneering please enjoy the relevance of the words of Jim Wallis, speaking at the 2006 Congress on Urban Ministry.
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Unfortunately, Violence is not just a Chicago Problem

by Mark Hannan
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| Despair, Hand-guns, Parables, Paradigm Shift, Public Policy, Urban Theory
August 4, 2010

Violence is issue that is becoming increasingly common in cities all across America. A recent letter to the editor in Minneapolis highlights the incongruity between the American and European perspective on handguns.
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Who Decides when Enough is Enough?

by Mark Hannan
Comment
| Despair, Hand-guns, Lament, Michael Pfleger, Preaching, Public Policy
July 29, 2010

With the recent shooting of Michael Bailey, a well-loved police officer who was due to retire in a few weeks, many Chicago-ans are being reawakened to the epidemic of violence.
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McDonald vs. Chicago – Supreme Court Decision pt. 1

by Mark Hannan
Comment
| Despair, Gospel, Hand-guns, Lament, Principles, Public Policy, Understanding Violence
July 7, 2010

The Chicago pseudo-newspaper/tabloid RedEye released graphics mapping Chicago’s 2010 homicides in today’s issue. The statistics are disheartening enough when put in terms of numbers, 217 homicides in 6 months, but when you see it on a map it’s downright overwhelming. You can visit RedEye’s interactive homicide map and even though...
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The Promise Of Despair

by Mark Hannan
Comment
| Despair, Ecclesiology, Principles, Review, Theology, Theology of the Cross, Uncategorized
June 28, 2010

Andy Root's newest book, The Promise of Despair: The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church, stares directly into the cold, beady eyes of death and makes the bold proclamation that: death blinks first.
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Unfortunately, Violence is not just a Chicago Problem

Who Decides when Enough is Enough?

McDonald vs. Chicago – Supreme Court Decision pt. 1

The Promise Of Despair

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