UCC Welcomes SpongeBob
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005 Posted in Humor, Peace and Justice | Comments OffThe United Church of Christ has extended an official welcome to SpongeBob Squarepants. See the UCC home page » for a great picture. Thanks to Bob Griffith for posting this on his blog, Hypersync ». James Dobson claims ...
Who’s Your Daddy?
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005 Posted in Peace and Justice | Comments OffSince Inauguration Day, I've had this thought: >The United States has a President. I don't--I have a king.
Waves of Sorrow
Monday, January 3rd, 2005 Posted in Peace and Justice | No Comments »I'm back from my trip and blogging again. I've actually wanted to blog about the tsunami disaster in Asia and Africa for a while now, but haven't quite been able to. I felt numb just thinking about it. Last night, ...
The Kingdom and the Empire redux
Friday, November 12th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »A few years ago, I posted a page on this site contrasting the Kingdom that Jesus preached with the Empire(s) that man builds. The Empire is about power, control, influence and thought. The Kingdom is about love. Even in most ...
Climate Change and International Security
Saturday, October 30th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice | No Comments »This leaked Pentagon report made the news in the UK, at least. God knows what our own press was talking about at the time, but I don't remember anyone broadcasting the fact that the Pentagon was warning that climate change ...
Jesus: Wrong for America
Friday, October 29th, 2004 Posted in Humor, Peace and Justice | No Comments »On Coleman Fannin's blog I found a link to this hilarious piece by Mad magazine. I think it's the funniest piece of election humor I seen since JibJab's "This Land." Says a lot, doesn't it?
Destroy the World, Save the Earth
Monday, October 11th, 2004 Posted in My Life, Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »I've got to apologize for going so long between posts. Sometimes what I want to share here in this space feels so personal, or so difficult to put into words, that I end up not doing it at all. Something ...
A Breath of Hastily Denied Honesty
Saturday, September 11th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »In an unexpected moment of candor less than two weeks ago, the President of the United States said regarding "the war on terror:" "I don't think we can win it. But I think you can create conditions so that those ...
A Christian Fatwa? “He Should Be Killed”—Robertson
Friday, August 20th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »Q: What religion has leaders who use all available media to call for a religious government, and urge those they find most unworthy to be killed?A: The Christian Religious Right. On the 700 Club on Thursday, August 19, Ayatollah Pat ...
We know what we want for ourselves . . .
Friday, August 20th, 2004 Posted in Peace and Justice, Spirituality | No Comments »I received this email from someone called "The Writer." (I guess he or she meant to leave a comment but emailed me by mistake.) Anyway, The Writer had a brilliant insight, that basic spiritual truths are self-evident on the ...