"Women-Stuff"

"Women-Stuff"

“Women-stuff” is the hidden energy behind almost all of the justice issues. The movement toward nonviolence and disarmament, the movement against homelessness and refugee problems, the raping of the earth and its resources, sexual and physical abuse, the idolatry of profit and the corporation, the rejection of the poor – none of these will move beyond the present impasse until the underlying issues of power, prestige and possessions are exposed for the lie that they are. Humanity’s capacity to disguise its own darkness seems endless. Patriarchal logic is only logic in favor of the system and the status quo – which is proudly called “real world.” Believe me, because I always hear it quoted to me after my sermons, usually from polite men in three-piece suits: “That was an interesting talk there ‘Father,’ but you know in the real world…” The fathers of the system hate nothing more than another father who refuses the rules of the game. That is precisely our role in proclaiming the new system that Jesus called the Reign of God.

from Radical Grace, “Is This ‘Women’Stuff’ Important?”