God is Subversive: Talking Peace in a Time of Empire

To Lee Griffith, being a peacemaker means much more than sporting “PEACE” T-shirts or voting for left-wing political candidates. Peacemaking is for him a daily practice of community formation, lifestyle decisions, and prayer ― ordinary living that is faithful to the gospel and happily out of sync with most of the world most of the time ― and it is a vital part of following Jesus Christ.

In these challenging talks, Griffith ― a veteran anti-war activist who has been arrested many times for his pro-peace demonstrations ― sets forth a solidly biblical argument for uncompromising nonviolence. Along the way, he describes encounters with dumpster divers and prostitutes, with bag ladies and judges, with people who hear voices and see ghosts ― and he shares how, through these encounters and more, he has come to know better the subversive God of the gospel.