Resisting Empire – Kat Armas
“[R]esisting empire begins in imagination. It’s daring to dream of a reality entirely brand new: disrupted, shaken, free.”
–Kat Armas, Liturgies for Resisting Empire: Seeking Community, Belonging, and Peace in a Dehumanizing World our Lift Every Voice Book Club selection for March and April
What restricts your ability to imagine a different reality? What frees and strengthens your dreaming muscles?
Read or view our conversation with the author here.
Pastor Michael Moore's Blog 
Many new and wonderful world visions are percolating and being set forth at all times. It’s human nature. Most of us will never see or hear of most of these plans. Apparently, a majority of the global population has tunnel vision… having been led by those who would “own” us for profit. Their profit… keeping us distracted and afraid. This ugly truth is revealing itself during this turbulent upheaval.
The following famous quote, often attributed to Albert Camus in The Rebel, advises that in an unfree, absurd world, the only way to retain autonomy is to live with total internal freedom. [Religious context could be applicable here, but is not what Camus intended] rejecting societal constraints and conforming to authenticity, one’s very existence becomes a revolt against the “walls and prisons” of modern life.
Oh wow, thanks for sharing this, Donna. It is both profound and completely on target. As I wrestle with my own thoughts and feelings about this whole shitshow that is US politics, what you shared speaks to me. I’m going to have to contemplate this… thank you!