March 2011
2 posts
falmouthchristianunion:
“We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it. .”
—
Madeleine L’Engle (via gentlywhisperhope)
christians/politics →
February 2011
18 posts
whatever
you think of the man(bono) put your judgemental bollocks(from both angles) to one side, great and perceptive piece. in my humble. at least.
http://www.thepoachedegg.net/the-poached-egg/2010/09/bono-interview-grace-over-karma.html
quote of the day
“we are not going to hate you back”
DavidCameronPretendingtobeCommon.tumblr.com →
jonheslop:
The best blog since kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com.
So funny.
“Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of...”
– Oscar Romero (via redviena)
Archbishop Romero was ultimately assassinated by a U.S. Trained death squad.
(via squashed)
played
my 4 month old son one of my new tunes. he danced.he smiled. i dont think i need to play it for anyone else.
“I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I...”
– Eric Liddell (via mrsteveheyes)
“51 percent of likely [Republican] primary voters nationwide think President...”
– POLITICO 2012: birther_poll - POLITICO.com
Among those who don’t think he was born in U.S., Sarah Palin has 83 percent favorability ratings
(via squashed)
“There are many life-changing stories of people whose attitudes and behaviour and...”
– Doug Nicholls
Unite
“You can judge a nation by the way it treats its most vulnerable citizens”
– - Gandhi
This came to mind after I just read that the national abortion rate is 1 in 5.
(via davereed)
So … guys, how do you feel about poverty issues? I’m with you on opposing abortion. Are you with me on opposing the Republicans’ persistent efforts to vilify the poor and use that as leverage to...
mattlong:
this week i’m mostly listening to new releases from James Blake, The Streets & The Boxer Rebellion
cold still is amazing
“And this government? It has learned the lesson that Thatcher never grasped. If...”
– George Monbiot for The Guardian on new Tax ‘adjustments’. Read full article here. Oh deary me. (via beyond-ace)
Squashed: On God and Politics →
squashed:
Tragos asks a two-fold question:
What books of the Old and New Testaments most vigorously inform your understanding of what it means to be a Christian? And what, from this understanding, continually evolving as it must, most vigorously informs your politics?
With the standard cautions regarding…
January 2011
11 posts
squashed:
It looks like the lion’s share of the looting in Egypt is being done by Mubarak’s dudes to discredit the protests. (I know this is old news to most of you—but I was skeptical enough about the claim to want to check a few independent sources before repeating it.)
Watching the Story as it Unfolds
squashed:
kohenari:
In a stunning turn of events in Alexandria, one pitched battle ended with protesters and police shaking hands and sharing water bottles on the same street corner where minutes before they were exchanging hails of stones and tear-gas canisters were arcing through the sky. Thousands stood on the six-lane coastal road then sank to their knees and prayed.
Hopefully stunning...
Squashed: Egypt Has Crossed The Rubicon →
negevrockcity:
The situation in Egypt is amazing. What people don’t understand is that for DECADES, any demonstrations in Egypt - no matter how small - was violently shut down by the riot police and Mubarak’s loyalists. Now, all of a sudden, the riot police have started to stand down. Not…
in case you fancy it
i actually use my twitter now
@rozakthegoon
care
for the sick, the old and the children.
shame on us.
Squashed: Re: Eradicating Poverty →
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correlationstonone:
How first. We have Why. Even the worst robber baron understands why. How?
Bonus points for incorporating current political realities.
Resources for public education. In order to make this work with current political realities, this will need to be coupled with…
Ex-Swiss Banker Gives Data to WikiLeaks →
squashed:
Ready for another wrinkle in the WikiLeaks drama?
This round of data could include some serious whistle-blowing that the U.S. government would readily approve of. Well, probably. It depends who was evading their taxes with a Swiss bank account. If it’s dirt on somebody high enough up, there could be some self-interested backlash. (I don’t anticipate that happening. I don’t think...
December 2010
4 posts
sometimes
it all scares me. like its all too much, you know?
but thats the point isn’t it. that there is more. that we long. yearn. race towards something somewhere somehow beyond ‘this’.
that this is a path, meandering and brutal and chaotic, but not aimless and chaos.
the great waves of darkness that crash down hint, wink and whisper that the cracks of light paint a larger horizon...
“I read about an Eskimo hunter who asked the local missionary priest, ‘If I did...”
– - Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, 1974
Question asked by Eskimo hunter to priest - Boing Boing
(via jonnyathan)
“What WikiLeaks is really exposing is the extent to which the western democratic...”
– John Naughton for The Guardian (via jonheslop)
November 2010
11 posts
Some Kind Of Sorrow
will be the title of my new song. i think. nice tune.so far.
what the heck has obama done so far? →
He just wanted to talk
Felt it was all falling apart
And I just kept on watching tv
And ignored him
She just wanted someone to listen
Felt she had become just a kitchen
A hoover, a fear remover
For everyone except herself
And I missed it
Somehow slipped it
Out of sight out of mind
What does it take to hear a little better
What would it mean to be a little better
Than this
Difference is...
the kid was a king
Remember when we were lords
Of that wooden hall with a battered stage
Of that stretch of road from Tynemouth to cullercoats
Where sand kissed gravel and wind kissed our throats
Remember when we were kings
Of that attic with a dubious view
Of a girl in the distance
Guitar given blisters
Of you on your bike
Of too many fights
That where never our fault I believe
Remember when
We were fearless
The...
so this is live. →
October 2010
8 posts
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony”
– M. Gandhi (via teaim)
Love this.
(via liveforothers)
