Posted in Peace and Justice on Jan 28th, 2008 No Comments »
It is not unusual in discussions among sincere Christians for someone to state, “As long as there are human beings there will be war.” Statements like this get the attention of Christian peacemakers.
Conservative Christian evangelicals tend to support the war. They—Islamic terrorists—are numerous and are out to destroy us. We must destroy them over there […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Picture this in your mind. You are standing with a group of 15 people at the south Gable of the village church in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland. It is August 21, 1879. It is night and it is raining. All of a sudden you notice dead silence. You and the others turn and see. You […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Given the support for the Iraq war among many Christians and following a suggestion by Kevin Phillips in his book, American Theocracy, I have written the following satire. It is sung, hummed or read to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers with all due apologies to the composer of the original hymn.
Onward, Oil Producers, marching […]
Posted in Peace and Justice on Jan 5th, 2008 No Comments »
In John’s Gospel, Jesus invites his followers to “come and see.” It is an open ended invitation to a fantastic journey—the journey of getting to know Jesus. We celebrate Epiphany. The Wise Men from the East accepted God’s invitation to traverse afar amid great danger to come and see the child in the manger. Having […]