Creatively Advancing into Novelty
Fear-as-fuel causes a kind of social global warming, filling our social atmosphere with invisible toxins that subtly, silently, relentlessly change everything and make our society less humane and less habitable. Those who live by the sword, Jesus said, will die by it, and I imagine the same could be said for fear, because the sword…
Joyfully celebrating the killing of a killer who joyfully celebrated killing carries an irony that I hope will not be lost on us. Are we learning anything, or simply spinning harder in the cycle of violence? The quote above comes from Brian McLaren’s initial reaction to the news of Osama Bin Laden’s death. I don’t…
The latest news about this guy from Colorado who claims he was obeying an order from God to hunt Osama Bin Laden and avenge the 9/11 attatcks makes me truly sad. What’s worse is that the man claims to be a devout Christian and was in possesion of “Christian literature” (among other things like swords…