Category: news
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lament: wartime | rejoice: springtime
Two significant dates, yesterday and today, remind me of the type of world we live in. Yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. During the past five years 3,392 US soldiers have died in Iraq. Estimates of Iraqi civilian causalities are much more difficult to come by. The accepted rates of “violent…
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race, church and politics in america
We who live in this corner of the western Chicagoland suburbs tend to be fairly affluent and fairly white. There are plenty of exceptions (as my wife, who works with the working poor, could point out), but by in large we exist within a privileged white culture. One of the implications of this reality is…
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will you watch the olympics?
The news coming out of Tibet these days has brought up this question once again in my mind: Do I watch the Beijing Olympics this summer? In addition to pollution and land grabs associated with the Three Gorges Dam project and continued human rights abuse, now the government has severely cracked down on the Tibetan…
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links: lent, claiborne, 30 days, homer simpson
Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine Hours, is blogging through Lent at Beliefnet. The posts are on the longer side, but her way with words is so lovely and her insight so poignant that its definitely worth taking some time to read along during these Lenten weeks. Wednesday’s post is about cats, sort of. I…
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a prayer for northern illinois university
In light of yesterday’s tragedy at Northern Illinois University, Psalm 43 seems an appropriate prayer. Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men. You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy? Send…
David W. Swanson 