Feb 11 2009

Immorality vs. immortality

 Just got this today: The Pastor asked if anyone in the congregation would like to express praise for answered prayers. A lady stood and walked to the podium. She said, “I have a Praise. Two months ago, my husband,Tom, had…  [more]

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Jan 27 2009

Yelling at my computer

 There’s a piece in the “On Faith” section of today’s Washington Post, where John Hagee proclaims his hopes and concerns for Obama.  Of course, he includes this bit of bovine excrement: “When it comes to our ally Israel, one of…  [more]

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Jan 24 2009

A question

 Something I have not seen or heard discussed during the rape of Gaza or its prologue… Haven’t there been all kinds of funds and research expended on anti-missile technologies?  Weren’t American systems installed in Israel?  Why, after years of harassment…  [more]

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Jan 21 2009

Cotton Patch gospels

 Thanks so much for introducing me to Clarence Jordan.  My pastor has loaned me a copy of Jordan’s “translation” of Matthew and John and, because of the intro by Tom Key, I am listening to Harry Chapin’s soundtrack now…  My…  [more]

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Jan 20 2009

Lest we forget

 Near the end of Obama’s inaugural address was this stirring rhetoric: “To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or…  [more]

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Jan 08 2009

A prayer for Israel

 Friends,  Yesterday, Al Staggs sent me the poem-prayer below; he has today given permission to share it so please feel free to pass it along.  Al is a former pastor and presently a performer and a poet.  He is probably…  [more]

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Jan 02 2009

1 of 2: Katyusha, Katyusha

 Interesting poem by Sean O’Brien, written in response to the latest phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/katyusha-gaza-israel-poem-sean-obrien  …about the poem:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/poet-sean-obrien-writes-gaza-poem And, in an op-ed piece titled “Inheriting Bush’s blinkers” by Ali Abunimah (co-founder of “The Electronic Intifada”…  [more]

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