From The Washington Post, emphasis mine: The crowd was so large that some supporters standing far back from the stage began chanting “Louder, louder!” midway through Palin’s speech after she had paid homage to military veterans in the crowd. Palin, who assumed they were protesters, said in response to the chants, “I hope those protesters [...]
Archive for October, 2008
A Quick Correction, Governor Palin
Posted: October 14, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Jesus, Mao, nonviolence, Palin
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The Body of Christ in Iraq, India Under Threat
Posted: October 13, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: India, Iraq, Jesus, nonviolence
I hesitate to make this post, but I feel it’s worth spreading the news. Recent reports from Iraq and from India indicate that Christians in certain areas of these two countries are being targeted for violence and death at least in part because of their religion. I feel it’s important for all of us around [...]
James Carroll penned a great op-ed about a little-noticed document slipped into the president’s in-box as the financial meltdown distracted everyone: Last week’s financial metaphor was also last week’s all but ignored real problem, as America was encouraged to take a large step in the direction of the ultimate meltdown of nuclear war. Over the [...]
Campaigns Love War, and War Hates the Poor
Posted: October 12, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Jesus, Martin Luther King, nonviolence
From The Globe and Mail, emphasis mine: In the U.S. “debates,” it was the bleakest moment for me so far when Barack Obama said he lamented the war in Iraq because it “weakened our capacity to project power around the world.” Not because it was wrong to invade and occupy a distant country, or even [...]
Unchallenged “War” Frame Wrecking U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan
Posted: October 11, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Jesus, nonviolence, war
Noah Shactman’s latest post at his Danger Room blog is titled “How Screwed are We in Afghanistan? Discuss…” and it’s easy to see why he’s upset. The New York Times reports: A draft report by American intelligence agencies concludes that Afghanistan is in a “downward spiral” and casts serious doubt on the ability of the [...]
The Kingdom of God in Iraq
Posted: October 8, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Direct Aid Iraq, Iraq, Jesus, nonviolence
Greg Boyd writes in The Myth of a Christian Nation: …the kingdom that Jesus came to establish is “not from this world” [John 18:36], for it operates differently than the governments of the world do. While all the versions of the kingdom of the world acquire and exercise power over others, the kingdom of God, [...]
Lots of Dead People Could Change the Dynamic! ZOMG! Can it just be over already? Seriously, what a thought: John McCain needs a game-changer to win the U.S. presidential election. He’s not going to provide it himself, and Barack Obama won’t give it to him. The Arizona Republican’s best chance for a turnaround is a national security crisis [...]
Miracles, Plagues and a Nonviolent God
Posted: October 5, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Exodus, Jesus, nonviolence
Fair warning: this post is an exercise in experimental theology. It’s the beginning of an attempted answer to a very good challenging question posed to me while I was holding forth on the nonviolent nature of God as revealed by and in Jesus, the God who “makes the rain fall on the evil and the [...]
Radical Subordination, Disloyalty
Posted: October 3, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Alan Lewis, Jesus, nonviolence
Halden posted a great bit of writing on “mutual inequality” and the true radicalism involved in Christ’s scuttling of power relationships. He quoted Alan Lewis’ Between Cross and Resurrection: “What damage could be done to the mighty structures of the empire by one who gave Caesar his due, who scorned the bigotry which hated an [...]
Happy International Day of Non-Violence!
Posted: October 2, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Gandhi, Jesus, nonviolence
From the UN press release: UN declares 2 October, Gandhi’s birthday, as International Day of Non-Violence 15 June 2007 – The United Nations General Assembly today decided to observe the International Day of Non-Violence each year on 2 October – the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence and inspired movements [...]
