I just posted on BraveNewFilms regarding the costs of an escalation in Afghanistan. Check it out. UPDATE: Part two of my “No Afghanistan Escalation” series is up on BraveNewFilms. Have a look. UPDATE II: We’re on the front page of AlterNet and BraveNewFilms! Weeeeeee! Also, I finally put up a bio about myself on the [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Blatant Self-Promotion
Posted: November 10, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Bush, Derrick Crowe, Iraq, Obama
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Pulling Down Strongholds: A Meditation for November 9
Posted: November 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Berlin Wall, Jesus, nonviolence
On this day in 1989, weakened by seven years of prayer and nonviolent protest, the Berlin Wall fell. Since 1982, people had been gathering at the Nikolaikirche in the centre of Leipzig every Monday to pray for concerns of both a personal and political nature. Over time this practice spread to other churches, and the tone [...]
Let no one forget, no matter how we feel about certain policies or candidates, that last night, in a way, another movement for “change” saw their long brave march into the billy clubs bear glorious fruit: For those like Miss Harris who withstood jailings and beatings and threats to their livelihoods, all because they wanted [...]
Superhero-in-Chief: Getting Perspective on What We Give to and Ask of the President
Posted: November 2, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Jesus, McCain, nonviolence, Obama
This year, some Christians (myself included) expressed a discomfort with voting for either of the mainline candidates for the presidency of the United States, and not for the typical reasons – abortion, gay marriage, prayer in schools, etc. Some of us felt – and continue to feel – not just that the candidates differed with [...]
Jesus is Lord and Caesar Isn’t
Posted: November 1, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Christianity, Jesus, McCain, nonviolence, Obama, politics
Here it comes. Election Day is Tuesday. The race for the White House reached its final advertising crescendo on Thursday with a massive ad-buy by Senator Obama’s campaign on major primetime networks — half an hour of prime time television. The whole world holds its breath. For what? What do we wait for? The end [...]
