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Archive of the posts written by author: Jon Nils Fogelberg.
May
20

What we cannot do alone From individual choice to community covenant

There is a reason every spiritual tradition on earth invented the congregation. Not the building. Not the institution. The gathering — the intentional assembly of people who have decided, against all the considerable pressures of private life, to show up in the same…

May
6

The weapon already in the room What every faith community should know about guns and domestic violence

There is a conversation that happens in faith communities all over America, in fellowship halls and pastoral offices and parking lots after services, that almost never gets said out loud. It is the conversation about the household where something is wrong. Where the…

Apr
18

The MIL Designation: A Path to Sanity in Domestic Arms Regulation

In the quiet corners of the St. Croix River valley, we often talk about stewardship—of the land, the river, and our community. But there is a growing disconnect in our national stewardship of public safety. Today, the Entangity Daily News proposes a technical…

Apr
6

Artemis II: Blasting to the Moon | ENGAGE: Blasting the Silence on Gun Violence

A View from Above: Peace on a Beautiful Planet I love the pictures of the Earth that Artemis II sent back on the way to the moon. Looking at that fragile, blue marble suspended in the void, who would ever guess that violence…