Today, President Obama came to my town to give an invite-only speech at the University of Texas. Lacking an invite, I wondered what people with invites had to say about the Afghanistan War. Here’s what I found: All the people who had tickets to the event who consented to be interviewed and who gave an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
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 [...]
This Sunday: A Bunch of Pastors Get Ready to Tell You Not to Vote for Barack Obama
Posted: September 25, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Jesus, McCain, nonviolence, Obama, politics
The aptly named Alliance Defense Fund (presumably concerned with defending the alliance of Republicans and conservative churches) convinced several pastors to risk serious financial consequences for their congregations by “speaking about politics” from the pulpit, meaning they will act as surrogates for the McCain campaign and use scripture to do it. Here’s a sample: “I’m [...]
Link Roundup
Posted: August 28, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Halden, Herat, KBR, politics, prayer, Thom Stark
Halden posted a great quote today. Michael wrote about a topic on my mind: how to reconcile a detachment from the kingdoms of the world with citizenship in the Kingdom of God. Thom disputes the notion that prayer is a form of insanity. The U.S. still will not admit wrongdoing in Herat, even after everyone else [...]
