conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

a brief wednesday linkage

Hey there, everyone. Here is a brief Wednesday Linkage for you. Enjoy!

The Young Fogey has this set about the war in Iraq.

The real Vietnam parallel continues: more promises of Iraqisation (haven’t you lot declared Iraq independent a couple of times? ...down the memory hole like ‘bin Laden dead or alive’ and ‘mission accomplished’), Iran = Cambodia and more cynical chicanery as more Americans, Britons and most of all Iraqis are hurt or killed for no good reason.

Jane Ellen posted her sermon. Here's a taste:

So, continue to read your Bibles, my brothers and sisters. Listen to the proclamation of scripture on Sunday morning, and attend studies as you are able, and read on your own. But never be afraid to question, to dig deeper, and to refuse to take the words at face value.

Rev. Ref posted his sermon. Take a gander at this:

We don't' want tag-along followers who get excited at the numbers on the bandwagon and run to join. We don't want people running after us like those following Forrest Gump for no apparent reason. We don't want people switching team allegiances because of our winning record.

Mompriest remembers 9/11...

We gathered. We prayed. We celebrated the Eucharist. We wept. We gleamed a bit of hope from being together. My homily that night reflected on the randomness of evil (ie it was not God's punishment) and the hopefulness of God's faithfulness - God always comes into the midst of chaos and seeks to restore life, order, new life, hope....

Scott posted his sermon. It's a good'n!

And that’s the problem: we spend our time trying to get saved from the things we hate, when we really need to get saved from the things we love. The things we idolize. The things we cherish. Dare I say it, the things we worship.

Y'all have a great day!

Posted by tripp at September 12, 2007 11:54 AM