Neither Wolf Nor Underdog: Ch. 5 of Life at the End of Us Vs. Them

The Ferment

Some would question the wisdom, or the right, of someone like me--White, Mennonite, Christian--writing about the historic practices of torture among Indigenous cultures on Turtle Island. Hopefully, the work I have been doing on this podcast and in my book so far has helped me pull enough of the log out of my own eye that I can at least look at the speck in my brother's eye, from a place of connection that says, we've all got some dirt that clouds our vision. "For all have fallen short of the glory of God," as Saint Paul says. Repentance is for every human culture, as is the wideness of God's mercy.