*** IN THE PHOTO: The Rev. Stan Cardwell and his wife, Michelle, followed God’s call to Uganda where they met with youth who were victims of the country’s civil war. The Cardwells hope to become the legal guardian of one former child soldier. UMNS photos courtesy of the Rev. Stan and Michelle Cardwell. —– From [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A love story out of Uganda
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, poverty & hunger, Theology, war & peace on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why we call God “the good Lord” (Hint: God is Love)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, Faith & Church, Theology on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I hear it all the time at the hospital from people laid low by severe illness: “The Lord must be punishing me for something I did” with whatever disease or malady the hospital patient has. I point out to them that the Bible has something to say about that: The Lord is merciful and gracious, [...]
Changing the world into what it should be
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, politics or governing, Theology on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Evangelist Tony Compolo said something that somehow seems fitting on a day when we’re mourning the loss of Ted Kennedy: It’s about time we realized that Christianity is a call not to conservatism, but to change. Jesus came into the world not to conserve the system as it was, but to change the world into [...]
“Each pond is a prayer heard”: Poems from Mary Oliver
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, literature & poetry on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world [...]
And now for something completely different (Weird, Whimsical Theatre Div.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Media, Uncategorized on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that is some hot sun!!!! The Tourists (2007) from Animalcolm on Vimeo.
“Reach for the rope of God”: The wisdom & poetry of the mystic Rumi
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, literature & poetry, Theology on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. Drink all your passion, and be a disgrace. Close both eyes to see with the other eye. From Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks — Moving Water When you do things from your [...]
Was John McCain’s torture humane? (Pretzel Logic Dept.)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Theology, war & peace on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are two blog postings from the conservative Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish” blog. Andrew is a terrific writer who has been waging a campaign opposing torture for a long time, and making the case against torture very well.. . . . . . What They Still Hide By Andrew Sullivan at Andrewsullivan.com Among those parts [...]
What prayer does is this right here
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, Theology on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I shamelessly stole this quote to post here from Sojourners: Prayer holds together the shattered fragments of the creation. It makes history possible. – Jacques Ellul
Poverty in Appalachia: A midday sermonette and an article about eliminating poverty in Appalachia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Faith & Church, poverty & hunger, Theology on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please read this article about those old crazy, idealistic Methodists thinking they can eliminate poverty in Appalachia. People, including Christians–especially Christians, perhaps– read these kinds of stories and receive them with all that old stale cynicism: Do you really think you can eliminate poverty? Don’t you know that these people are lazy and don’t want [...]
From a bus to a boat to Harvard and Haiti: It’s Paul Farmer Appreciation Month at JFJ
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged politics or governing, poverty & hunger on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What follows is Amy Goodman’s interview, last year, with Dr. Paul Farmer, the Appreciated One this month at jitterbuggingforjesus.com, in which the Appreciated One speaks, among other things, about his unconventional upbringing in a bus and then in a boat–a boat that Farmer’s father tricked the family into living on: AMY GOODMAN: Dr. Farmer, I [...]
