Obama’s Victory

So this past Tuesday, our nation overwhelmingly voted to appoint a Black man to this land’s highest political office. Barack Obama won all over the map, cruising to a victory that even the major networks were able to announce comparatively early in the evening. Still, though the finale wasn’t altogether surprising, I can’t exactly say [...]

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Neomonastic voices

So lately I’ve been reading Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove’s The New Monasticism: What it has to say to Today’s Church during work breaks and in my time around the apartment. Wilson-Hartgrove is the co-founder of a neomonastic inner-city community known as Rutba House in North Carolina. The book was definitely on my reading list for awhile but [...]

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Some thoughts on my faith and electoral politics

So I’ve been doing quite a bit of processing in the last 48 hours or so – not to mention the last year or so of my life – regarding how my faith and politics interact. I have been at times an outspoken supporter of Barack Obama this year (and at other times more of [...]

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Evangelical Politics

Evangelical Politics: Three Generations [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]
So a friend of mine mentioned that Krista Tippett (who runs a very interesting NPR series on faith) had spoken to Shane Claiborne and some others at a Pastors conference earlier this year. Last night my roommate and I were speaking and the topic of [...]

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Less meat, more sustainable diets

What the 21st Century Will Taste Like – Esquire
So it really chilled me when he said, “America better prepare for some uncomfortable changes. Things might get really ugly.” · You’ve seen the articles, right there on the front page next to equally uplifting stories about oil, the economy, and the war: The cost of food–of [...]

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Some things

I really like what this girl with Global Urban Trek had to say.
urbana.org Global Urban Trek 2008 – Right to Complain
I reflected on my list of grievances and felt selfish. I’m tired, but those kids are probably tired of having to rely on a monthly check to survive. Klong Toey people are tired of living [...]

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Quick Update

So I just got back from China a few days ago. Amazing trip with an amazing team – as corollary benefits, China happens to be beautiful and the food is, of course, the best. Anyhow, if you want to hear more thoughts or details, please ask me in person =). I realize I haven’t blogged [...]

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Justice

Wow I have a lot on my mind to blog about, things seemingly interconnected yet hard to relate. Or maybe it’s all like a fuzzy image not yet coming into sharpness.
A quick news link: Police from Myanmar Junta seize Peace Prize backers. Kinda lost in all the news about the Cyclone.
I’ve been hearing and trying [...]

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Remembering Maria

This is a mournful post but not one without hope.
Maria Sue Chapman, the youngest daughter of Christian musician Steven Curtis Chapman passed away in a tragic accident Wednesday night.
Remembering Maria.
I’ve been a huge fan of SCC for as long as I can remember, and in the past few years I’ve been really blessed by his [...]

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What Do You See?

Something I came across while looking at my friend Enoch’s blog… He writes about something he heard on NPR, sage words from the tenant president of some of Newark’s housing projects.
she said “you gotta realize something, the world you see outside of you is a reflection what you have inside of you. If you only [...]

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