Weblogsky: Through the Stained Glass: Religion and the Media
Weblosky announces something that makes me wish I was in Texas. I just finished House of Bush , House of Saud, and am in a bit of a depressed , anxious state about the “leadership” of this country, and the blindness of the Church loeadership who give their blessings to the path they (the present leadership, the CARBS – Chaney, Ashcroft, Rumsfield, and Bush — and with Rove and Baker thrown in there, not two of the least significant people in the administration) have chosen. I also see that James Mooore, author of “Bush’s Brain” (about Karl Rove) is there at the event. I saw that book for the first time last night. I had begun to hear about Rove in detail when PBS did the documentary on Bush’s religioous conversion and garnering support from the Religious Right. That guy is scary.

I see that one of the comments for Weblosky’s post mentions Faithful America, which is something I am looking for in my quest for a community of faith here in the Nashville area. I have longed for over 25 years now to find a Church that copmes anywhere close to being a “Church of the Saviour”, and have been largely frustrated. In fact, the online world has been more of a communty in that regard, through groups like Sojourners and the like.

The description of the workshops:
As the political impact of religion grows, religious perspectives grounded in compassion are losing ground to extremist voices like the fundamentalist Christian right. Religion and the Media will equip you with practical, hands-on tools to expose this bias, interpret coverage and impact the media