March 23rd, 2026
Episode #64, John Dear in conversation with Daniel Hunter on resistance
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear speaks with writer and scholar of nonviolent resistance, Daniel Hunter. He coaches and trains movements across the globe; is a founder of ChooseDemocracy.us which organizes against authoritarianism; and is currently the director of Freedom Trainers. [www.freedomtrainers.net] His books include “What Will You Do If Trump Wins,” “Climate Resistance Handbook” and “Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow.” His essays about resistance to growing fascism are widely read [see www.wagingnonviolence.org].Next week…
The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast welcomes Jim Finely! For more information, visit here.
March 16th, 2026
Episode #63, John Dear in conversation with Jonathan Kuttab of FOSNA.org
On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” John Dear speaks with Jonathan Kuttab of Palestine, executive director of FOSNA, Friends of Sabeel North America, the best Christian solidarity group working with Palestinians for peace. [See www.fosna.org www.jonathankuttab.org] (John has worked with them for many years and gave a keynote speech at the Sabeel conference in Bethlehem in 2008 with the Cardinal of Jerusalem. See: www.sabeel.org)Next week…
The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast welcomes Daniel Hunter! For more information, visit here.
Upcoming Zoom Programs:
Sr. Helen Prejean, in conversation with John Dear, on the Holy Week Journey of the Nonviolent Jesus
Saturday March 28, 2026
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
John Dear on his new book, “Universal Love: Surrendering to the God of Peace”
Saturday April 18, 2026
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
Wes Granberg-Michaelson, “The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action”
Saturday May 16, 2026
11 am Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, 2 PM Eastern
John Dear’s new book available February 17th, 2026
Universal Love:
Surrendering to the God of Peace
By John Dear
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“The wolf shall live with the lamb; the leopard shall lie down with the kid. The calf and the lion will feed together, and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together;
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the
adder’s den. They will not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain,
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(Isaiah 11:6–9)
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“I am called in the Word of God — as is everyone else — to the vocation of being human, nothing more and nothing less … To be a Christian
means to be called to be an exemplary human being. And to be a Christian categorically does not mean being religious. Indeed, all religious versions of the gospel are profanities. In the face of death, live humanly. In the middle of chaos, celebrate the Word. Amidst Babel, speak the truth. Confront the noise and verbiage and falsehood of death with the truth and potency and efficacy of the Word of God. Know the Word, teach the Word, nurture the Word, preach the Word, define the Word, incarnate the Word, do the Word, live the Word. And more than that, in the Word of God, expose death and all death’s works and wiles, rebuke lies,
cast out demons, exorcise, cleanse the possessed,
raise those who are dead in mind and conscience.”
–William Stringfellow
March 23, 2026
Dear friends, Christ’s blessings of peace to you!
On today’s new episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” I speak with writer and scholar of nonviolent resistance, Daniel Hunter. He coaches and trains movements across the globe; is a founder of ChooseDemocracy.us which organizes against authoritarianism; and is currently the director of Freedom Trainers. [www.freedomtrainers.net] His books include What Will You Do If Trump Wins, Climate Resistance Handbook, and Building a Movement to End the New Jim Crow. His essays about resistance to growing fascism are widely read [see www.wagingnonviolence.org].
“How can you help stop authoritarianism?” he asks. “You stop viewing them as legitimate; you non-cooperate and don’t comply with their orders.”
“We are seeing unprecedented collective action. For example, over 1.5 million people participated in the Disney boycott within hours of Jimmy Kimmel being removed from his show. Disney tracked who was more powerful–the government or the people—and saw that the people are more powerful so his show was restored… Authoritarianism does not care about polls or the number of activists protesting. Authoritarian power only cares about what it can make us do.”