back home … update
It's been a full, intense, and rewarding fall season. I just came home from 8 amazing days on the road - at Anderson University in Indiana, Ginghamsburg UMC in Ohio, CCDA in Miami, and Wicker Park Grace, 4th Presbyterian, and McCormick Seminary in Chicago. This great week follows visits to Alabama, Colorado, California, Ontario, Texas, New York, and Tennessee over the last six weeks.
I can't remember experiencing better hospitality and a warmer reception than I've experienced this fall ... I've been deeply impressed by the good spirit and wonderful people at each venue.
It was great to sleep in my own bed last night, and to see the glorious fall colors out my front door today. Today I'm catching my breath and feeling a lot of gratitude and hope. Thanks be to God!
And I'm looking forward to our last presentation of the Everything Must Change tour in Indianapolis this Saturday, along with a visit to St. Luke's UMC Sunday and to the Spirit and Place Festival as well. For information, check out deepshift.org.
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Matthew 25, Evangelicals, CBN and CNN …
Here's a great piece from CNN, featuring David Brody of CBN ... He mentions the Faith Forums that I've had the opportunity to be part of, along with Matthew 25.org, in which I've been enthusiastically involved ... It's about 4.5 minutes long, worth a view:
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A Conservative Blogger’s Reasons …
Conservative blogger Andrew Sullivan offers his ten reasons for voting for Barack Obama here.
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Religion of fear versus faith, hope, and love
James Dobson's organization has sent out a really scary letter about all the terrible things that will happen by 2012 if Barack Obama becomes president. You can download it and respond to it here.
A Jewish group has sent out a similar letter, evoking the holocaust no less, which you can read about here.
Fear is a powerful currency, both in religion and politics. But according to a reputable source, God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
Speaking of power, love, and self-control rather than fear, Jim Wallis again gets a home run with this piece on Joe the Pastor ... Great quote:
Joe the plumber is mostly asking what could happen to him, but pastors have the obligation to ask their congregants to go deeper than that. In Faithful Citizenship, a helpful pamphlet published for the 2004 election, the United States Catholic Bishops wrote, “Politics in this election year and beyond should be about an old idea with new power — the common good. The central questions should not be, ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ It should be, ‘How can “we” — all of us, especially the weak and vulnerable — be better off in the years ahead? How can we protect and promote human life and dignity? How can we pursue greater justice and peace?”
Another great post on the side of sanity ... Bob Carlton's here.
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Everything Must Change in German …
European friends - I just learned that my friend Tobias Faix has completed the translation of EMC into German. The title in German is ... Höchste Zeit, umzudenken: Jesus, globale Krisen und die Revolution der Hoffnung
It can be ordered here ...
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