Today began for me with a little adventure wandering the streets of El Salvador. Internet access has been spotty at the guest house, which I mention not to complain but rather to give better context for you, dear reader, in those “creature comforts” we find so easily at home only to find them missing abroad. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘martyr’
El Salvador Day 03: Homemade Soup, Marching for Romero, and El Presidente
Posted in El Salvador 2010, tagged assassination, Canada, el presidente, funes, interviews, Jesuits, martin luther king, martyr, mining, mlk, president funes, romero, sister cities, traffic on 03.20.2010 | 4 Comments »
El Salvador Day 02: Two Red Books on Holy Ground, the High Price of Immigration, and Meeting Jon Sobrino
Posted in El Salvador 2010, tagged chapel, coffee, econonmics, immigration, jesuit, luther, martyr, meeting sobrino, red books, romero, sobrino, vatican ii, violence on 03.20.2010 | 2 Comments »
We thank you so much for all of your comments, please keep them coming! Today was a full day, an emotional day. Here’s the scoop, dear reader… You know what’s weird? Hearing someone proclaim your native country to be an “imperial nation” to your face. That’s what happened yesterday during our history of El Salvador [...]
Pre-Trip Reading: Witnesses to the Kingdom
Posted in El Salvador 2010, tagged job sobrino, martyr, martyrdom, romero, satire, sobrino, witnesses to the kingdom, writing style on 03.15.2010 | Leave a Comment »
Students going to El Salvador have been assigned a handful of books to read before the trip and after the trip, each requiring a brief written reaction piece. Here’s one of mine: Witnesses to the Kingdom: Martyrs of El Salvador and the Crucified Peoples by Jon Sobrino A figurehead of liberation theology, Jon Sobrino is [...]
