Nice article over at the Jesus Manifesto blog. This piece peaked my interest:
the words of Jacques Ellul: “Each time the people of God becomes effective according to the world´s criteria, this only implies that society has absorbed our action and is using it for its own ends and for its own profit. …The efficacy we [...]
Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
15 Apr
society has absorbed our action
14 Apr
4 short articles that nail it
Yesterday, i was reading through my blogs. I found these 4 articles. Each hit me in a deep way. Read on. Be inspired….
1. A Little Bit of Right by Jesse Hanna. Sometimes ministry can be frustrating. It’s great when something goes right.
2. Resurrection Monday by Brad Cooper. On Easter, i was pumped about Jesus. Brad [...]
28 Jan
bullying
Today I’ve been thinking about bullying.
I know when i use the word “bully,” certain images come to mind: images of a mean 4th grader telling another 4th grader that she’s fat, or a group of jr. high girls blatantly “shunning” another girl, or maybe the image of a cocky college football player comes to mind.
But [...]
8 Jan
The Dark Bailout
This video made me laugh. But also made me a little sad. But then i saw the creativity and innovation that the creator of the video put into it, and he/she didn’t make a dime for it….
21 Nov
Barrack Obama’s Faith – In his own words. No spin.
Blog.Worship hooked me up with a link to this interview with Barrack Obama. It is an interview done about his spiritual life and beliefs. He talks a bit about sin and hell and other things. The whole interview is there so you don’t have to worry about spin or bias or whatever (which is refreshing).
http://blog.beliefnet.com/stevenwaldman/2008/11/obamas-interview-with-cathleen.html
3 Nov
post-election peace pledge
head to Ed Gilbreath’s blog and read about his “post-election peace pledge“
my pledge:
i pledge to support and pray for the president and government leaders – regardless of whether i voted for them
i pledge to be critical of the president and government leaders – regardless of whether i voted for them
i pledge to continue to stay [...]
25 Oct
take the blinders off
a couple of days ago i had a post that started some real decent discussion about the presidential candidates. good stuff.
but i think what i was really trying to get at, is that we need some real honest discussion. america doesn’t need people to be blindly democrat or blindly republican. we need some honest discourse [...]
20 Oct
are you republican or democrat?
i grew up in rural indiana. if you wanted to stereotype the religious-right “conservatives” i was one of them. i voted for george w. bush in 04 for one reason. abortion. I didn’t look into any other issues cuz i thought abortion was the most important.
now i’m going to vote for barrack obama.
so am I [...]
