Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
‘ve been thinking about a dying art in political, theological, and educational circles. It’s the ability to say "touche," the essential skill of conceding a point. In fencing, "touche" literally means "touch," used when the...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
The Message Isaiah got regarding Judah and Jerusalem: There’s a day coming when the mountain of GOD’s House Will be The Mountain– solid, towering over all mountains. All nations will river toward it, people from all over set out for it. They’ll...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
In August this year I began considering participation in a Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation to Iraq in November. With much prayer by friends and family, I began my discernment process, weighing the obvious risks. In Colombia I had traveled through territory...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Wednesday November 9th 4.15am 2005. Up on the hillside overlooking the Abbey, it is well before the dawn. Here I sit under the stars for a blissful two hours. In the church the monks have already began to sing to God. Gazing in to the sky the dark begins to turn into...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
The part of creation that observes itself, takes notes, and seeks verification is also capable of standing in awe before the evidence. As observation methods improve, the data piles up. Microprocessors permit a single glance at forty years of meteorological data....
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Capitalism is an economic system that favors the concentration of wealth and ownership in the hands of a few, and where hired labor usually mass-produces goods for consumption in a competitive environment (the World Book definition). A capitalist is a person who has...
