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Relatives
People ask George Tinker about the Osage view on non-violence. He replies: “We don’t have that word in our language because we know that we have to eat lunch. And you can’t eat lunch without perpetrating violence on our relatives. Whether it is corn, or buffalo or elk. We will disrupt the life of that relative in order to live. The end result is that we must find a way to restore the balance as we disrupt it. ” In…
Toward Sunday
We continue our worship series,World Cup, by focusing on the writing and teaching of a prophetic theologian/pastor from one of the countries competing in this year’s World Cup. We will turn our attention to George Tinker, a prominent American Indian theologian, this Sunday. Tinker teaches at a United Methodist seminary in Denver. His writing and work will challenge us to consider US independence very differently than it is commonly depicted in dominant tellings of US history. Outline for World Cup June…