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“Minding the Prophet Margin: Just War, Accountability, and the Private Military Contract(or)”

“Minding the Prophet Margin: Just War, Accountability, and the Private Military Contract(or)”

Transcript of an academic presentation given for the Business of War panel of the Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN (June 2013) We’ll start with our expectations low. I did not write a paper, I wish I could have, but I ran out of time. The manuscript

Circle of Hope: The Word(s)

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Circle of Hope: The Word(s)

Delivered July 22, 2012, at Circle of Hope in Philadelphia, PA at the invitation of Pastor Rob White. My first sermon was given July 3rd, 2011 at a church in Durham, NC. I spoke about my love/hate relationship with America right around the time I was in my first

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Wild Goose Festival 3: Moral Reintegration

A talk given at the Wild Goose Festival, 2012 — the third of three sessions on moral health: formation, fragmentation, and reintegration. Some of what follows grew out of a community I helped found in January 2008 called Centurions Guild — current and former service members trying to hold honest, compassionate, deliberate

Wild Goose Festival 2: Moral Fragmentation

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Wild Goose Festival 2: Moral Fragmentation

A talk given at the Wild Goose Festival, June 23, 2012 — the second of three sessions on moral health: formation, fragmentation, and reintegration. Lightly edited from the original recording. I'm a combat veteran, so I'm heavily invested in figuring this stuff out. Yesterday we talked about

Wild Goose Festival 1: Moral Formation

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Wild Goose Festival 1: Moral Formation

A talk given at the Wild Goose Festival on June 23, 2012, at Shakori Hills, NC. The first of three sessions on moral health: formation, fragmentation, and reintegration. Lightly edited from the original recording. The latest VA effort for Vietnam-era veterans has centered on PTSD — a real advance in

Memorial Day 2012

Memorial Day 2012

On May 28, 2012, Veterans for Peace asked me to read from Reborn on the 4th of July at Regulator Books in Durham, NC, for Memorial Day.

VFP: "Bring Our War Dollars Home"

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VFP: "Bring Our War Dollars Home"

Remarks delivered at the NC State Capitol on February 20, 2012, hosted by North Carolina Peace Action. Introduction, by John Heuer (Chair, North Carolina Peace Action): I'm serving as chair of North Carolina Peace Action. It's my privilege to introduce our next speaker. Logan Mehl-Laituri

AYR: Writing, Reflection, and Narrative

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AYR: Writing, Reflection, and Narrative

Presented as part of the After the Yellow Ribbon Conference at Duke University on November 12, 2011. Writing, Reflection, and Narrative — 2011 Conference Session Okay — Hannah is away, so I'll probably take a little while to get situated. I've called this session "Writing, Reflection, and

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JBIC Testimony

*Live performance recorded September 11, 2011, at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, PA, and organized by The Simple Way. I wore chains just like these for over six years, a burden too great to bear for many like me, who stood ready to do violence in the name of the

Durham Mennonite Church: Independence Day 2011

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Durham Mennonite Church: Independence Day 2011

*The following sermon was delivered at Durham Mennonite Church on Sunday, July 3rd, 2011, at the invitation of Pastor Spencer. The readings for the day, on an adjusted lectionary, were Isaiah 31:1-32:8, Ecclesiastes 8:2-9, 1 Timothy 2:1-10, and Matthew 17:24-27. America

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"Dying in War"

... is not the only way to be remembered well. Interview conducted at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, IN during the Peace Among the Peoples Conference on July 30, 2010, hosted by the World Council of Churches. My vocational call is to humanize service members, and to recognize that the

TCCW Testimony

Personal testimony given March 19, 2010 at the Riverside Church in New York City. If I could serve our country without being expected to kill people, I never would have considered conscientious objection. I enjoyed the challenge and the satisfaction of knowing I volunteered for some of the most demanding

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan

Testimony given in two parts for the Rules of Engagement panel of Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan on March 15, 2008. As part of the event, I was also interviewed by Truthout and my testimony appeared in a book by the same name by Aaron Glantz. Part 1 (I have

Truthout: "The Iraq War Through a Soldier's Eyes"

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Truthout: "The Iraq War Through a Soldier's Eyes"

RENNER: This is Matt Renner, reporting from Winter Soldier in Silver Spring, Maryland. Today I sat down with Logan Mehl-Laituri [transcribed as "Logan Latorre"] to talk with him about his faith, and how it affected his experience in Iraq and as a veteran. LOGAN: I told myself

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New York Ave. Presbyterian Church

After speaking at the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq, I was invited to speak at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington D.C. I had a speech prepared for tonight. I had five minutes to get it in, and I spent about a week and a half getting

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Christian Peace Witness for Iraq

A reading from the reflections of Joshua Casteel, a US soldier.* When I traveled outside the prison walls on convoys, terror surged through my heart. I was not afraid of being killed; “If you live by the sword, by the sword shall you die.” If I died with a loaded

Another World is Possible (AWIP) interview

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Another World is Possible (AWIP) interview

Recorded at The Simple Way the evening of January 23, 2007 for AWIP Volume One: War (Redux). Jesus said, if. If you're persecuted, remember I was persecuted. If. If you suffer and you have to. If you're put through pain, remember, I did it. I prepared

World Can't Wait rally speech

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World Can't Wait rally speech

On October 5, 2006, I was invited by the Honolulu Chapter of IVAW to speak at the World Can't Wait rally in Oahu's Thomas Square. Introduction Our next speaker is Lucky Laituri — a six-year active-duty Army vet. I served with him; he's