Continuing on the previous theme, debunking the idea that “Peace” organizers are Democratic partisans, and that we were “silent” during the Balkan wars and when NATO bombed the Serbs, these articles from Sojourners debunk that notion. The peace movements were anything but silent. Maybe Democrats who backed the president’s involvements and strategies, but this was not the voice of the Continue Reading

Duriung a debate with some Bush supporters who were accusing my “peace-advocacy” as Democratic partisanship, the accusation was made that I did not dissent so much when “NATO killed so many people”. I was not real connected to those events, except that I heard of the etnic cleansings and the mass graves, and the sending of US/NATO forces to step Continue Reading

This year has been an eye opener regarding the role of the Church in the world, and my own leanings toward a “universalist God” who often finds his only outlet for themes of peace and prophetic voice in the “unChurched”, even in those who tend to look at the Church with suspicion, feeling it not only irrelevant, but a force Continue Reading

My experience 25 years ago with the Southern Baptist Church (that was what I remember as the beginnings of the “uprsiign” of the biblicists; the movement in the Southern Baptist Convention to basically ovberthrow what many conservatives considered to be a “liberal” leadership. This group was headed by Paul Pressler, a southern judge who , together with a few choice Continue Reading

The Dean Campaign’s “Take Back America” theme strikes a chord that also suggests tactics/communication strategies for the article below from which I include a quote. The efforts of the Bush campaign to “enlist Churches” to support their campaign and get their people signed up to vote makes it neccessary for NON-RIGHT-Wing Churches to call for balance, and to repudiate this Continue Reading

I am ever appreciative and thankful for people like Jim Wallis and Sojourners. Especially now, when it seems that Church people have lost their minds in partisan blindness. I know that my dissent is based on theology, not politics. I became interested in politics becuase of my faith, andf because of the Jesus that I follow, as well as many Continue Reading

This may be a repeat, but I just read it again, and again, it expresses well the way I feel: Take Back the Faith, Sojourners Magazine/September 2004 Many of us feel that our faith has been stolen, and it’s time to take it back. An enormous public misrepresentation of Christianity has taken place. Many people around the world now think Continue Reading

This article in the NYTimes doesn’t surprise me at all, just scares me. Talk about your undecided groups; I am afraid of the energy that can be generated by fundamentalist and ultra-conservative Churches.

Church of Fools Why many people in the world hate America Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University in St. David’s, Pennsylvania, and is a media commentator on religious, social and political matters. His latest book, Speaking My Mind, is now available in the US and UK. Tony preached at a special service in Church of Fools Continue Reading

A good thought to start the day. I actually had a little discussion like this with a pastor of a Church, where they related to me how they are in agreement with me but also, there’s the teaching role of the Church, which starts with acceptance and openness. Really good article by Brian McLaren, whom I am so glad to Continue Reading

Scared to Talk Politics in Church?, Sojourners Magazine/September 2004 Scared to Talk Politics in Church? You don’t need to be partisan to be prophetic. by Brian McLaren My favorite quote: Over the years, I have tried three main options (I’m not proud about this): 1. Ignore the election completely. 2. Remind people to vote as their Christian civic duty, and Continue Reading

TAP: Vol 13, Iss. 5. A Theologian for These Times?. Charles Marsh. Hauerwas seems confused about what to say to the church in these difficult times. “I have made certain commitments,” he has said, “and feeling the distance that my commitments have made with people I know and love makes me very sad. But look, if you have strong convictions, Continue Reading

SojoNet: Faith, Politics, and Culture I want to be very clear. I don’t think the Taliban or bin Laden are nice people. I know this would be very difficult, but what are your alternatives? When you ask those kind of questions, it makes it sound like I need to have a foreign policy as a pacifist. What that is asking Continue Reading

Just found this blog by Craig Unger, the Author of House of Bush, House of Saud