What? The pope does not know what the Doctrine of Discovery is?
What? The pope does not know what the Doctrine of Discovery is?
As a massive “heat dome” made a warm summer even hotter in parts of the U.S. and Europe, leaders are already sweating the coming winter.
We do have status markers, but those markers are often invisible to newcomers, especially those who aren’t white.
My congregation, First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, has been learning about colonization and its continuing impacts since I founded the Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery Coalition in 2014 with Sarah Augustine and Anita Amstutz.
Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Russia and North Korea have at least one thing in common: They are targets of broad-based economic sanctions. As a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sanctions might seem like a peaceful alternative to war. They are not.
Kara Carter spoke recently with Mennonite Church Canada about where the church is headed and why ministry centered on building relationships is so important.
