THE ROOT OF IT ALL

Written By Al Staggs

By Al Staggs Originally published in In Mammon We Trust

And we all participate,

by necessity,

in this pursuit of money

to earn our keep,

pay the bills,

to pay taxes

which are gathered

disproportionately from those

who can least afford to pay.

And those tax dollars

are increasingly spent

on instruments of death

rather than on life-saving

measures to aid the needy.

And we live in this

‘free’ nation

refusing to recognize

both the disparity and the destruction

that are the result

of the government-

sanctioned violence

being perpetrated upon us

without weapons.

Al Staggs

Alfred “Al” Staggs combines his artistic talents as a performing artist, author, and poet with his years as an ordained minister and chaplain to speak to justice issues in his several dramatic one-man plays of heroes of the faith such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Clarence Jordan, William Sloane Coffin, and more. He has authored five books including What Would Bonhoeffer Say?, A Pilgrim in Rome, and Fragments of Life. He uses his story of growing up in a dysfunctional home, his degrees in psychology, and theology, and training in humor therapy to touch audiences with his Laughter for Life program, impersonating many beloved and infamous characters.

https://www.peacewithjustice.com/
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