Archive for March, 2006
Friday, March 31st, 2006
Jesus knows no national boundaries or national preferences. The body of Christ is an international one, and the allegiance of Christians to the church must always supersede their national identities. The words of Jesus stand as a virtual roadblock to any nation’s pretension to rationalize and sanctify the preference for war. Jesus’ instruction to be [...]
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
The world has many times more poor people…desperate for a future, than rich people…anxious to conserve the past.
~Alma Guillermoprieto, National Geographic, April 2006, p. 103.
I gave a lady a ride the other day. Might night have been the wisest thing to do considering the “working girls†that frequent the busy thoroughfare near our house. Honestly, [...]
Monday, March 27th, 2006
The guillotines of orthodoxy keep a clean blade that is always honed for heresy.
~Calvin Miller, The Singer
Recently encountered another of what I call “sifters.” They are the evangelical purists that keep a sharp eye out for the fine points, the the exegetical minutae; human adjectives for whom modification, correction and adjustment are their duty [...]
Friday, March 24th, 2006
…the prayers offered in a state of dryness are those which please Him best…our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending to do our Enemy’s will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has [...]
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Teenage girl fights off assailant:
“The teenager managed to find a pencil and stab him near the groin.
The stranger let go, and as he bent over in pain, she kneed him in the nose.”
It does my heart good to know that there is a bozo with evil intentions wandering around with a broken nose and a [...]
Friday, March 17th, 2006
Just once, I’d like to read a headline that said a Christian group was boycotting to feed the hungry. Or marching to house the homeless. Or pushing Congress to provide the poor with healthcare worthy of the name.
Instead, they fixate on keeping the gay in their place. Which makes me question their priorities.
And their compassion. [...]
Sunday, March 12th, 2006
This is a song that begs to be sung with the kids. For more great songs by John McCutcheon go to www.folkmusic.com
McCutcheon-Rubber Blubber Whale [2:53m]:
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Friday, March 3rd, 2006
“I am game for his crooked jaw, and for the jaws of Death too, Captain Ahab, if it fairly comes in the way of the business we follow; but I came here to hunt whales, not my commander’s vengeance. How many barrels will thy vengeance yield thee even if thou gettest it, Captain Ahab?”
~Starbuck in [...]
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
Mister Christian
(Do What Jesus Would)
Lyrics wanting a tune
By Dan Mayhew
I think I’ll be a Christian
And start doin’ Christian stuff.
Just ask, “What would Jesus do?â€
That doesn’t seem so tough.
Start buyin’ Christian groceries
And a pair of Christian shoes,
A new CD and a T-shirt.
What have I got to lose?
Start drinkin’ Christian Lattes.
(No such thing as Christian beer)
If you [...]
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