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why i won’t see the chronicles of narnia

Posted on December 21, 2005 | Filed Under arts and culture

I will not be seeing the new movie, The Chronicles of Narnia. I love the books too much …

Film is a wonderfully creative medium, capable of conveying meaning and conjuring beauty in ways unmatched by any other art form. I do love a good movie! But film by its nature limits imagination, while literature by its nature (if it is good writing!) stimulates imagination. The powerful images that have inhabited my mind and soul from childhood, Aslan and Lucy and Caspian and Shasta and Puddleglum and Reepicheep — I will not permit these beloved and edifying images to be reshaped …

arctic national wildlife refuge saved!

Posted on December 21, 2005 | Filed Under the natural world

Bloomberg.com: Update

Hurrah! Good sense and fairness (and, I hope, a genuine appreciation for the value of wilderness) have prevailed. For twenty-five years, we have said, “No,” to drilling in the refuge. I hope the day will finally come when “No” means “No” and the refuge will be left alone.

a witness to the good news which brings great joy to all the people

Posted on December 16, 2005 | Filed Under justice

From the Sojourners community, a timely reminder of the meaning of Christmas …

Why I Got Arrested This Advent Season

a sick and perverted spectacle

Posted on December 13, 2005 | Filed Under death penalty, justice

A sick and perverted spectacle …

Those are the words Stanley Tookie Williams used to characterize his impending execution. Williams was executed early this morning, after appeals for a stay of execution were denied by the California Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court, and after a plea for clemency was rejected by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

It was a sick and perverted spectacle …

… not because an innocent man was put to death. It is entirely possible that Williams did not commit the murders for which he was convicted; he always maintained his innocence. …

common ground

Posted on December 8, 2005 | Filed Under tolerance

An article worth sharing …

Looking for an argument (In December 13, 2005 issue of The Christian Century)

Will the debate over homosexuality split the church of Jesus Christ? It already has. But the split itself is a sign of our unfaithfulness and our failure to be the church Jesus calls us to be. Until we do follow Jesus, until we care more about loving each other than about winning the debate, our Christian witness will be severely compromised … because it will be hardly Christian!

What do we have to lose in listening to each other, really listening to each other? …

a road in the wilderness

Posted on December 3, 2005 | Filed Under spirituality, the natural world

Prepare in the wilderness a road for the Lord!
Clear the way in the desert for our God!

The Lord comes from the wilderness. God comes to us out of the desert … not from the midst of our cities and towns. God is not domesticated, but wild! The Lord is not confined to or defined by our religious edifices and symbols.

We would do well to get ourselves into the desert, to follow a road into the wilderness, to meet the Lord there. It is not that God is not present in our cities, in our houses, in our schools, in our …

a shameful milestone

Posted on December 2, 2005 | Filed Under death penalty, justice

The execution by lethal injection of Kenneth Lee Boyd in North Carolina marked the 1000th execution in the United States since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. A report by Amnesty International reveals that in 2004, the United States executed more human beings than any other nation with the exception of China, Iran, and Vietnam. For more on today’s execution and the reaction to it, click on the following link:

World News Article | Reuters.co.uk

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