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FROM FOX NEWS:
WASHINGTON — Ninety-five bishops from President Bush’s church said Thursday they repent their “complicity” in the “unjust and immoral” invasion and occupation of Iraq.
“In the face of the United States administration’s rush toward military action based on misleading information, too many of us were silent,” said a statement of conscience signed by more [...]

Isaiah 54:10, NIV
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
[...]

When leaders use fear to motivate people, dictatorship arises. The corrupting influence of political power overcomes all but the humblest leaders. Fear becomes a tool. It is wielded as a weapon of propaganda.
The iron fist of ancient emperors briefly held on to domination, and earned them a place in history’s list of “world leaders.” The [...]

Questions
for my Republican Christian friends:
Can you be a true follower of the Christ who commanded us to look out for the poor and weak of society and remain a survival-of-the-fittest capitalist, and a trickle-down economics Republican?
How does Republican economic philosophy fit in with the Christian doctrine of helping the poor, caring for the widow, and [...]

What Would Jesus Do…
If he were president? Or an American voter?
An Essay by Jim Miles
October 20, 2003
The national unity enjoyed by this country after terrorism struck September 11, 2001 has been squandered by our president. By wasting American lives and international goodwill on a political war in Iraq, Bush has left us worse off now [...]

Teaching high school kids is what I do. My job is to get across to them ideas about God and about history, and to make them proficient in computer skills. Not an easy task.
Attention deficit is a disorder they all have. Some more than others. Without real energy and creativity put [...]