Valiant for Truth (Guest Speaker: Melanie Mock)
Jer 9:3
Melanie Springer Mock is a professor of English at George Fox University, Newberg, Ore., an evangelical Friends institution, where she primarily teaches first-year writing, memoir, and journalism courses. She is also the author or coauthor of seven books, including one forthcoming in 2027, tentatively titled Whatever is True: Reflections on a Small Town, a School Board, and Hope for our Country’s Future (Fernwood Press, 2027). Her essays and reviews have appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Nation, Christian Feminism Today, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Runner’s World, and Inside Higher Education, among other places, and she is a regular reviewer for Anabaptist World. She is also a member of Christians For Social Action’s Pundits Circle. She lives with her husband in Dundee, Ore., and they have four grown children and three grandchildren.
Jeremiah 9:3 (KJ21):
“'And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies, but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not Me,' saith the Lord."
“Go through the world, and be valiant for the truth upon the earth; tread and trample down all that is contrary. You have the power, do not abuse it.” (George Fox, 1663)
Queries:
How can you be a publisher for the truth in a post-truth world?
In what spaces might you be valiant, speaking truth to powers who would rather you be silent?