Mar 24 2010

Remarkable evidence that Ezekiel Bulver is dying

… In 1941, Ezekiel Bulver recounted the story of how, at the age of five, his destiny was determined when he heard his mother say to his father – who had been maintaining that two sides of a triangle were…  [more]

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Mar 21 2010

Tourism as terrorism

 I came across this interesting (if dismaying can be interesting) article today:  http://www.shipoffools.com/features/2009/a_visit_from_the_settlers.html  It contains a link to the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI):  http://www.eappi.org/en/about/overview.html  Apparently Baptists in Sweden and the UK are a more enlightened bunch…  [more]

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Jan 31 2010

When a congregation is just an audience

 Maybe what passes for congregational singing these days is part of the Christian suffering I am expected to endure during my sojourn on this doomed dirt clod in space…  When did the tired cliché of a Broadway interlude become the…  [more]

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Jan 24 2010

God in Haiti

 This discussion on God and Haiti’s suffering is very good:  http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith//2010/01/does_god_allow_haiti_to_suffer/all.html  Frankly, I have been struggling with the idea in our book that all suffering is part of God’s handiwork, to either mete out divine vengeance or build us up…  [more]

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Jan 16 2010

Haiti: the Lebanese and the bat-crap crazies

 Curious about the origins of Pat Robertson’s outrageous comments about Haiti’s latest agony, my research turned up this interesting nugget in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti):  “In 1912 Syrians residing in Haiti participated in a plot in which the presidential palace…  [more]

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Jan 11 2010

Prez perks in Palestine

 Bush, in a typical display of sensitivity, remarked about his 30-minute trip between Jerusalem and Ramallah yesterday:  “You’ll be happy to know, my whole motorcade of a mere 45 cars was able to make it through without being stopped.  I’m…  [more]

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Jan 07 2010

Searching for Zion

 Here’s a fascinating glimpse into Israel’s “Jewish democracy” from the perspective of an American woman: http://www.transitionmagazine.com/articles/zion.htm One of the things that struck me as I read this was how Palestinians are, for the most part, a remote abstraction, as thoroughly…  [more]

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