I've never been a person who wanted to go to Israel. I've known lots of people who wanted to go, and a good number of people - pastors and professors and such - who have been, but nothing I'd heard in the past has been at all compelling.
Right. So 2010 is a few days old now. Welcome to it. Lots of folks have been reflecting upon 2009, reflecting upon the 2000s, and imagining things for 2010 and the 2010s.
Yesterday, I had the privilege of listening to Dr. Cornel West speak in Atlanta, at Emory University's State of Race event.
As you may have already seen, Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. You can see his response, which I deeply appreciate and respect, though I disagree with parts of it. First of all, I'll say this: I don't think any United States president is really worthy of an award for peace.
Thus far, this blog has been relatively quiet on the issue of healthcare, though I have linked to a number of conversations concerning it over the last few months.
As I've said here before, when I look at church history I see strong, real links between the nonviolent, prophetic, anti-Imperial life that Jesus advocated for his followers, and the charismatic, Spirit-filled life that he advocated for those same followers.
I believe this will be an image that we will look back on and remember the way many remember Tiananmen, twenty years later.
In case you are not aware, there has been a vast amount of immediate coverage of Iran's election on Twitter the last couple of days.
In the last couple of weeks, it has been officially revealed beyond doubt, first from the Red Cross, and then from the Bush Torture Memos, that we tortured.
There is a bit of discussion about the fact that the White House has asked Rick Wagoner to step down as General Motors CEO.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
Tony continues posting his paper on Pentecostalism and Emergent; this time with what Pentecostals can learn from Emergent. There's great truth in the things he mentions here as well, from my own experiences with both movements.
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