By Anton Lutz For my final guest blog post, I’ll let this picture do the talking. I encourage you to think back over this series of blog posts I’ve provided and link the ideas and discussion back to the points in this image. And to realize that the end point can only be one thing […]
by Anton Lutz It began with a single conversation. I was at the police station, arguing with one officer after another about why they should go try to intervene and rescue a citizen of Papua New Guinea who was being tortured. They had lots of excuses and, like the white man I am, I was […]
Image by WOCInTech by Anton Lutz Today’s blog is in the form of a letter to a friend from me. I hope you enjoy it. Dear Gertrude, I’m sorry it’s been so long since you’ve heard from me. You’ve taken the brave step to do something about Sorcery Accusation Related Violence in your community. Well […]
by Anton Lutz This blog is one you may like to share with the young people in your life, to help them see how children discuss the topic of Sorcery Accusation Violence (SARV) amongst themselves, to reach conclusions that are as plain as day and that everyone can learn from! Let’s just keep it simple. […]
Image by Ulrike Mai from Pixabay by Anton Lutz Come for a walk with me. This woman was tortured last night by a large group of men. They burned her skin, raped her, cut her, poked her with heated wires and threatened her with death. She suffers. This child who is crying, with tears and […]
Image byMarco Bianchetti from Unsplash by Anton Lutz The Christian church is the worldwide body of Christ, which has existed for nearly two thousand years and will, Christians believe, still be here doing the Lord’s will until His return! The Christian church has encountered many different groups of people all over the world. Most of […]
by Anton Lutz We need to understand Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV) as a Cycle of Violence caused by dangerous beliefs. Let’s start here. People tell stories about why bad things happen. When we believe these stories, they become the way we see the world, our worldview, the way that things make sense to us. […]
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay by Anton Lutz It is another sunny afternoon. The casuarina trees move quietly in the breeze. Mary is alone, thinking about what has just happened. For nearly two years, she had been working with the police prosecutors to bring the men who killed her mother to justice. Today was […]
Image by Goran Horvat from Pixabay by Anton Lutz It is September 16, 2017. Independence Day. Rose is riding on the bus from Wabag to her home near Pausa in Wapenamanda District. Suddenly the driver turns the wheel hard and stops. Says he will now return to Wabag. She says, “I need to go to […]
Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay by Anton Lutz In our previously posted blog piece, Sorcery Tactics, we learned about the English word Sorcery. We saw how it was used to refer to people who are believed to learn to control and use some kind of power through their knowledge, words and actions. Even though […]