Peace!

Whatever the news said about today's peace march in DC, they no doubt missed it. Pictures tomorrow, and some thoughts on a just-ended session with Michael Lerner. For today, at the end of a very long day, suffice it to say "my feets is tired, but my soul is rested." Peace, out.

Amnesia

Over the past week or so I've received several reports and dozens of photos from a young adult mission trip to New Orleans. The work of recovery continues slowly, but the photos reminded me of how much remains to be done. In fact, some of them were almost identical to ones I took in Mississippi 16 months ago when the storm was fresh in mind. The only real difference was that folks down there working in January don't look quite as hot as we did!
So, when I watched President Bush's State of the Union address the other night I listened for word of the recovery. If nothing else, surely the president would use the success of the New Orleans Saints to offer a homily about perseverance, or give a nod to the incredible outpouring of volunteer support. But no, not a single word.
The devastation on the Gulf Coast remains as a reminder to the nation of presidential amnesia. Forgetting all kinds of history -- even when it's not even past -- we surge forward and stumble blindly back into the same mistakes.

Wide World of Religion

This is a bit more devotion than I care to see, but I ran across it looking for pictures of Jesus. Just thought you might like to know. Just scanning the web to bring you the endless variety of human religious expression.