+ On The Abundancetrek Blog I offer a brilliant statement by Barrett Lee on the importance of building a just society. He offers it in response to a quote by Jimmy Carter and a Facebook conversation which I highlight.
+ The God's Politics blog offers "Ten More Cliches Christians Should Avoid" by Christian Piatt. Here's one:
Love the sinner, hate the sin.
This is a backhanded way to tell someone you love them, at best. It also ignores the command by Jesus not to focus on the splinter in our neighbors’ eyes while a plank remains in our own. Bottom line: we all screw up, and naming others’ sin as noteworthy while remaining silent about your own is arrogant.
+ Truthdig offers "We Are All Aboard the Pequod" by Chris Hedges. Excerpt: "The self-destructive fury of the quest, much like that of the one we are on, assures the Pequod’s destruction. And those on the ship, on some level, know they are doomed—just as many of us know that a consumer culture based on corporate profit, limitless exploitation and the continued extraction of fossil fuels is doomed." | Read it all |
Showing posts with label Sojourners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sojourners. Show all posts
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Friday, December 9, 2011
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+ Remember Compassionate Conservatism? Not so long ago there was actually some political unity supporting efforts to help the poor. In "The Disappearance of the Compassionate Conservatives", Jim Wallis of Sojourners pleads for the GOP to find its heart again.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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+ updated at 3:31pm ESDT on Thursday, October 27, 2011
+ I sent an e-mail to a Far Right organization called The Traditional Values Coalition which is leading an effort to cut the NIH budget by tens of millions. Here it is:
Dear Friends at the Traditional Values Coalition:
Really sad to see that you have such misdirected priorities when it comes to a moral federal budget. We need to cut the bloated Pentagon budget. We need to tax the rich who are benefitting so much from living here. We need to make sure our poor and sick have a strong safety net. Read the prophets. Read Jesus. Believe me, they would not be Republicans protecting the rich while the Middle Class and Poor are increasinglly cut off from our economic system.
I am sure NIH is not perfect but the research they do is vital. Targeting the NIH is simply misguided when it comes to making our budget moral. It is not very moral but that's not the reason. Again, read the prophets. Read Jesus. Read James. Find out what Christians and other compassionate people should be concerned about. Economic Justice is ALWAYS the priority of people of faith. I will pray that you see the Light and turn your attention to that traditional value.
love, john + http://www.abundancetrek.com/ + “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
+ Sojo.net is featuring this quote:
I advocate military engagement when I think it’s necessary, but really you can get more bang for your buck from civilian programs than you can from military engagement most of the time. You’ve got to have more options than just dropping bombs on people.
– South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, on why he’s working to protect foreign aid from budget cuts. (Source: McClatchy News)
Think how much good will we would create on the planet if we would spend tens of billions on all kinds of basic human needs rather than on military campaigns.
+ I sent an e-mail to a Far Right organization called The Traditional Values Coalition which is leading an effort to cut the NIH budget by tens of millions. Here it is:
Dear Friends at the Traditional Values Coalition:
Really sad to see that you have such misdirected priorities when it comes to a moral federal budget. We need to cut the bloated Pentagon budget. We need to tax the rich who are benefitting so much from living here. We need to make sure our poor and sick have a strong safety net. Read the prophets. Read Jesus. Believe me, they would not be Republicans protecting the rich while the Middle Class and Poor are increasinglly cut off from our economic system.
I am sure NIH is not perfect but the research they do is vital. Targeting the NIH is simply misguided when it comes to making our budget moral. It is not very moral but that's not the reason. Again, read the prophets. Read Jesus. Read James. Find out what Christians and other compassionate people should be concerned about. Economic Justice is ALWAYS the priority of people of faith. I will pray that you see the Light and turn your attention to that traditional value.
love, john + http://www.abundancetrek.com/ + “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.” -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
+ Sojo.net is featuring this quote:
I advocate military engagement when I think it’s necessary, but really you can get more bang for your buck from civilian programs than you can from military engagement most of the time. You’ve got to have more options than just dropping bombs on people.
– South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, on why he’s working to protect foreign aid from budget cuts. (Source: McClatchy News)
Think how much good will we would create on the planet if we would spend tens of billions on all kinds of basic human needs rather than on military campaigns.
Friday, October 14, 2011
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+ Jim Wallis, a longtime prophetic voice and activist for peace and justice offers some great thoughts on the causes of the success so far of Occupy Wall Street.
http://blog.sojo.net/2011/10/13/an-open-letter-to-the-occupiers-from-a-veteran-troublemaker/
http://blog.sojo.net/2011/10/13/an-open-letter-to-the-occupiers-from-a-veteran-troublemaker/
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
COFFEE BREAK 277
+ Thanks to Spirituality and Practice, I discovered that Sojourners offers "How Should We Respond to the Death of Osama bin Laden?" by Jim Wallis. Excerpt: "We didn’t get bin Laden as a casualty of bombing raids or drone attacks on the city that harbored him; instead, this was the result of careful intelligence and a laser-like focus on the man most responsible for 9/11. Some of us believe that should have been the U.S. strategy from the beginning." Read it all.
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