Walking the Way: Following Jesus on the Lenten Journey of Gospel Nonviolence to the Cross and Resurrection

Walking the Way: Following Jesus on the Lenten Journey of Gospel Nonviolence to the Cross and Resurrection

by John Dear
Walking the Way: Following Jesus on the Lenten Journey of Gospel Nonviolence to the Cross and Resurrection

Walking the Way: Following Jesus on the Lenten Journey of Gospel Nonviolence to the Cross and Resurrection

by John Dear

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Overview

"Our world of war, poverty, corporate greed, racism, sexism, nuclear weapons, and catastrophic climate change demonstrates the total failure of violence," says John Dear. The internationally known peace activist and Nobel Prize nominee has always offered a single answer: Jesus. Now he invites us to follow the nonviolent Jesus through the holy season of Lent, beginning with Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and culminating in his resurrection and the new life of peace he brings to all. Deeply personal and uncompromisingly committed to peace, these prayerful reflections on Jesus' life and death challenge the notion that support of violence at any level is compatible with a life in Christ. Drawing on the insights of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others, Dear shows us how we can practice gospel nonviolence, be apostles of peace, and change the world. Perfect for personal reflection or small group discussion, these meditations invite us to "participate in our own inner disarmament and cultivate our true nonviolent nature" as we follow the Good Shepherd, the Lamb of God. A timely, important, and inspiring book for our times.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781627850919
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications/Bayard
Publication date: 02/20/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 144
File size: 2 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 The Turning Point 7

Chapter 2 The Mission 12

Chapter 3 The Great Rebuke 19

Chapter 4 Whenever You Stand To Pray, Forgive 24

Chapter 5 The Things That Make For Peace 32

Chapter 6 Zechariah's Nonviolent King 38

Chapter 7 Civil Disobedience in the Temple 45

Chapter 8 The Eucharist's New Covenant of Nonviolence 55

Chapter 9 Holy Thursday Friendship and Betrayal 62

Chapter 10 Lord, Here Are Two Swords! 69

Chapter 11 Sleeping Through Jesus' Prayer in Gethsemane 75

Chapter 12 Those Who Live by the Sword Will Die by the Sword 79

Chapter 13 Trial, Torture and Steadfast Nonviolence 86

Chapter 14 Attendants of the Nonviolent Jesus 91

Chapter 15 Passers-By at Calvary 97

Chapter 16 Good Friday's Last Words 101

Chapter 17 The Cross as the Way 111

Chapter 18 There on the Shore Stood Jesus, and It Was Morning 115

Chapter 19 What Things? 122

Chapter 20 The Resurrection Gift of Phage, the New Life of Nonviolence 128

Conclusion 134

About the Author 137

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