I didn’t write what follows. I’m not sure I would agree with all of it. But I have great respect for the prophet who did, who asked me to post it for general view and discussion. Barack Obama: You are that man. Anonymous It has been nearly two years since you assumed your position of … Continue reading Bible Study: an Anonymous Prophet Says, “You Are That Man”
These mostly speak for themselves. But not always. Sign #1 — Parking Lot Theology My take: And what if the answer to prayer were to be, “Put up your [gun]; for they that that live by the [gun] shall perish by the [gun].” (apologies to Matthew 26:52) What do you think?
During my visit with the middle schoolers yesterday, John Griffin appeared to be a model of the success of school desegregation: black kids sitting beside white kids, with some other ethnicities in evidence as well, with as much harmony in evidence as one might expect from such a group of budding adolescents.
Friends Journal’s Ninth Month (September) issue just arrived here in the boondocks, and in it is a long letter from the clerk of their board, announcing that their Publisher/Executive Editor, Susan Corson-Finnerty, plans to take early retirement late next year. With that, the Great Quaker Turnover continues to roll through the Establishment Quaker organizations.
A question for my fellow advocates of nonviolence: was it okay for protesters to throw eggs and shoes at Tony Blair when he was signing his new Iraq war apologia in Dublin?