Brookings pastor Kline: The death of a comrade in Gandhian nonviolence inspires thoughts of sadness and joy — The South Dakota Standard

Brookings pastor Kline: The death of a comrade in Gandhian nonviolence inspires thoughts of sadness and joy — The South Dakota Standard

Ten minutes ago I learned of the death of a friend. He had been struggling with cancer for four years, and winning. It wasn’t keeping him from hiking and sailing and singing. He did all those things until the last days. He was a resister! He not only battled the cancer, but he fought with the systems of violence so embedded in our culture and the larger human community. His life of non-violent protest led him to jail, and to helping create the N…