Tiny Hands Intl

I recently spoke at Union College about putting God’s love on display in our beautiful but hurting world. At the beginning of the talk, I asked two questions. One was: What kind of painful experience would make you no longer believe that a good and loving God exists or is listening to your prayers? What [...]

School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC)

For those going to Georgia to attend the vigil and rally to close SOA/WHINSEC, it’s time to be planning. The nonviolent event is from November 18 to 20. SOA Watch reports: Since 1946, the SOA has trained over 64,000 Latin American soldiers in counterinsurgency techniques, sniper training, commando and psychological warfare, military intelligence and interrogation [...]

Interrogation Techniques

An SDA pastor recently sent me this message: I heard a story once about a pastor who served as an interrogator in WWII or Vietnam and worked from a totally different paradigm where he truly treated the prisoners kindly even if they weren’t willing to talk. In the long run he ended up being way [...]

Blog Round-up

Monte Sahlin (Adv Activism writer): The Truth About Government-run Health Care — Care for those ages 60-70. End of an Era — Remembering the Kennedy family. Ryan Bell (Adv Activism writer): American Civil Religion and the Theology of Hope — Will we be a blessing to the world? My Fenhop (somewhat dated posts): What Would [...]

Torture

Adventists are speaking out on torture on at least three major sites: New Adventist Religious Liberty Leader Stands Against Torture (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, May 1, 2009) The Spirit of Liberty has Left the Republic (Barry Bussey, The Liberty Blog, April 27, 2009) Religion and Torture: A Disturbing Picture (Adventist Peace Messenger, May 4, 2009) I [...]

100 Days Campaign

By Jeff Boyd My motivation to get out of bed was the size of a mustard seed the morning after Christian Peace Witness for Iraq . As an introvert at my first demonstration, I was physically and emotionally spent. But since it was a rare opportunity to be involved with these issues that I care [...]