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[Thanks to Rob C for this.] “A Time to Break Silence” [print version] [audio version] is an anti-war speech by Martin Luther King Jr. This speech is amazing. Apparently, after the civil

(Thanks to Rob Couto – no relation to Mia Couto – for bringing this to our attention.) Mia (Antonio Emilio L). Couto, one of Mozambique’s most prolific and best known authors,

Today is Easter. Here in honor of that memorial are some difficult but worthy lines from one of my favorite thinkers (from The Person and Place of Jesus Christ,

So, what do you want to say, short or long, about what?

Here’s a blogpost lifted by permission from another blog. the least of all I continue to question where poverty sits on the priority list in western culture. Rather than make the impoverished

“This seems to include a few things the left has right, a few things the left can only fume about, thanks to the right – and at least one

“We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” – George Orwell So let me say some very obvious

An article by Al Martin on his subscription-only news service “AlMartinRaw.com” indicates that the US is provoking nations to wrath with deficit spending. According to the article, last week Chinese Premier

Some are bothered that I make references to Germany in the 20’s and 30’s, the Nazi period. It bothers me, too; but I think it is necessary. Here is a

For the second time I’m teaching a “Life and Teachings of Jesus” course at the local community college. We spend a lot of time in the Gospels themselves, just

I am not in a position to vouch for the source of this letter, though I have no reason to doubt its authenticity. I am, however, in a position to

Back in 1968 they did – one of those years of student activism and turmoil in many places. And the ministry they began is still going – STRONG!

Sunday seems a good day to re-attend to this comment from bookaholic (last week’s Open Thread). People looking for an alternative to churches that ignore Jesus’ teachings, get Caesar and God

So, what do you want to say, short or long, about what?

————————————————- What a deep sorrow and embarrasment and fear I feel for my country – for its reputation, for its character, for its people, for its future development, for its judgment

I.    From a recent comment on this site I learned that “Liberals” beliefs range to “all … unsupported and unchristian beliefs. THEIR VIEWS CANNOT BE SUPPORTED IN ANY BIBLE I HAVE

An email came to us declaring inauguration day to be “Not One Damn Dime Day” in the face of religious and political leaders failing to speak out against the war

Here’s a valuable site: sacredspace.ie. It provides daily guides for brief meditation and prayer. I’m not Catholic in background, practice, or inclination; but I have gotten major benefit from studying

Blogging Roxanne wrote today about the “buyer’s remorse” setting in among some Republicans. “Last Sunday, during my regular stint at The American Street, I wrote about how I’ve been sensing a

Friends, Family & anti-Christ: Jesus Would NOT Run This Kind of Shop GOD, AND “GOD’S NATION”, SWITCHING ROLES This is ironic. I’ve been accumulating reasons to be sure the USA is evil,

So, what do you want to say, short or long, about what? Rant, rhapsodize, recount, query, quarrel (courteously, of course), plot, plod, ponder, explain, expound, wonder, wander, weep, write on,

Tonight I feel a lament. It’s like this: everyone I know who is a believer who is currently not active in a church seems to perceive what’s going on, with

Some imagine it’s still time for business as usual – that we can just go ahead and make a new strategy and somehow win next time around. That’s a

Here are 50 quotes added to the list since I posted the first 100 on Mar 1. Eat and enjoy! A high degree of inequality causes the comfortable to disavow

Many thanks to whoever just pointed out in a comment a bi-partisan effort to unite weblogs against the bankruptcy bill. (See, for example, tunesmith at dailykos.) This