Everyday Justice is Here!
If you haven't heard it already on Facebook or Twitter, my book is in! The official release date is October 30, but it came in from the printer early. So I finally get to have the very surreal feeling of holding my own book. I think the book is shipping already from IVP, and you can add it to your cart at Amazon (currently shipping in 1-3 weeks). If you want to find out more, IVP has the Foreword (by Tom and Christine Sine), the Introduction and the book's Warning Label available for download at their site.
I'm excited to finally be able to share what I've been thinking about for the last two years with everyone. My hope is that Everyday Justice will help people see how they can join in on seeking justice and serving the Kingdom of God. Oftentimes it is easy to get overwhelmed by the magnitude of justice issues or to feel that you just can't commit to seeking justice in the ways radical ways that we hear the most about. And I admit – the issues are huge and most of us can't be a Shane Claiborne or Mother Teresa, but we can still love our neighbor as ourself even with our simple everyday actions. That's what this book is about – discovering how our daily choices can make a big difference around the world. It's an introduction to biblical justice for those who are curious and a deeper exploration of a few practical ways that justice can be lived out in our modern world. We all need guides and encouragement along the way, and I hope Everyday Justice can serve readers in those ways.
And, I'm excited to also announce a new website launching in connection with the book – everydayjustice.net. This isn't a book promo site; it's a site where people can find out more about the injustices in this world, discover how they can fight for justice, hear stories of the people out there doing justice, and be in community with others seeking justice. It's intended to be a resource that anyone can contribute to. So if you are passionate about seeking justice or simply want to find out more, I invite you to visit everydayjustice.net. Feel free to join the conversation, submit your story or tip on just living, and help build a community of justice seekers there.
I look forward to seeing where these conversations lead and I hope you enjoy the book and are inspired by it to seek justice in the everyday.
julieclawson(at)gmail(dot)com 
Julie,
Congrats and well-done. I hope it gets a good reception and is widely read.
Congratulations! I am really looking forward to reading your book.
A hearty congratulations Julie. Very exciting news. Trust it enjoys encouraging reception.
YAY! Looking forward to reading it. \(^_^)/
yaaaaaaay!!!
Congrats Julie- your book is definitely on my radar screen.
I've been hearing so much about it that I thought it was already released!
Apparantly in "Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices" you are either ignorant of the facts or flat out lying about the Toas, New Mexico incident. NOBODY was burned in a church, they surrendered. See this link for how wrong you are (its all about you): http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/23/misremembering-history
a. I did not write about that in the book, please get your information straight. It was a blog post about my summer vacation.
b. You aren't even reading the spectator article right, and are confusing two versions of the Glorietta incident (those that report it was a massacre that led to the dissolution of the Mexican army and those that say the army dissolved there) with the Taos incident (spelled TAOS not TOAS). Even the Spectator article admits they were killed in the pueblo church, just thinks its justified.
c. I don't understand why you feel the need to come here, post false crap, and wag a finger saying how wrong I am for telling the oppressed peoples version of history's stories instead of the powerful's. There are always multiple stories for any event in history, and sometimes truth can lie in those that experienced the pain instead of those that inflicted the pain and have done their best to forget their sins. I would suggest doing your own research before gloating.
I am sorry, you are right, I misread the article. It stated you are the author of said book and had visited. I stand corrected on that, however, the rest stands true.
What is true is that there are multiple versions of what happened. That Spectator article privileges the "official" American version of events. If you go to the Taos Pueblo however (as Julie and I did), the Indians there tell a very different story.
However, what I though was telling about that Spectator article is that Tooley didn't dispute that the church was destroyed by the Americans while Natives were inside, he simply renamed them "insurgents" rather than "women and children", to make what the Americans were doing seem less awful. Talk about your politically biased reinterpretations of history!
But let me ask this: by what right were the Americans there in the first place? Because immigrants from America had moved in and squatted on the land? Because they fought a war of conquest for it? Because they happened to pay some money for it after the war? By what ethical principles do we justify simply taking another people's land by force?