My highlighter marks in Jesus for President
Yesterday I got and read 54 pages, while i was armed with a yellow highlighter.
The artwork is incredible. I really think this is the most beautiful book I've read.
The pages are decorated. colored. illustrated.
Here is what I've highlighted so far.
Introduction - A Book to Provoke the Christian Political Imagination
- The church has fallen in love with the state
- The church often finds "guiding the course of history" a more alluring goal than following the crucified Christ.
- We're hardly able to distinguish between what's American and what's Christian
- Rather than placing our hope in a transnational church that embodies God's kingdom, we assume America is God's hope for the world, even when it doesn't look like Christ.
Section one - Before There Were Kings and Presidents
- (In regards to tower building Babel) During the project, God noted that "nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them" (Gen. 11:6). You can almost hear the echos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki here.
- God seems to have a knack for hearing the cry of oppressed people.
- Vengeance is not for you. God scolded the people over and over for taking things into their own hands.
- Despite the fact that the Bible insists "God does not dwell in temples built by hands," we, in our hunger for power, credibility, and glamour, insist that God should.
- Mother Teresa would sneak out of fancy banquets where she was speaking to eat with beggars.
- What would the world look like if all the child soldiers were playing with supersoakers instead of US-made AK-47s?
Jesus for President
The Other Price Paid In Iraq
Yesterday, I stopped by the Circle K to get a 32oz Polar Ice for my marathon of meetings that some call Monday. At the register, I saw the cover story on the Journal Gazette. I noticed the cover photo...
...and i got a sick feeling in my stomach.
The caption under the photo says the soldier puts the cross in the window of his Humvee before going on patrol.
This wasn't the real punch in the gut for me.
I could look past that.
The title above the photo said "The Other Price Paid in Iraq", I was excited.
Thinking Finally, someone is going to publish not just American & Coalition deaths, but Iraqi soldiers, insurgents, and civilian casualties.
So I quickly flipped past the fold and doh! Its not about casualties, but $$.
Disappointing.
Here's the AP article: Studies: Iraq War Will Cost $12 Billion a Month in 2008
I am looking forward to reading the book I just received in the mail today.
Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne
And yes.
I got a hair cut.
and the land of the free
the other day i watched Home of the Brave.
i really enjoyed it.
its about the effects that the Iraq war has on the soldiers coming home.
the human cost of occupation
this is why i work with students
A 14 year old boy in Iraq has been getting together with some of his friends, where they have been creating "Messages in a Bottle". The messages are statements asking and promoting peace in Iraq. Him and his friends then take these bottles and put them in the euphrates river, so that other Iraqis will get them and read them. He says he wants to create peace, because the adults don't seem like they can.
this is why i work with students.
Incredible vision.
great heart.
wants to see peace.
motivated.
thinks he can change the world.
Message in a Bottle: Iraq - Video for you RSS feeders
Reuters Article - Iraqi schoolboy delivers peace message in a bottle
Police Message in a Bottle
