Tuesday, 22 January 2008
Australia here i come!!
ok one last shout out before i head out. just wanted to say thank you to everybody who gave me encouragement, advice, going away presents and memerable goodbyes. i appreciate it so much and feel so blessed. i excited not only for my trip but for the changes that you will encounter and to see everybody again. thats all...my next post will be from outside north america somewhere!
Saturday, 19 January 2008
3.5 days!!
So i leave for Australia on wednesday morning....sooo soon. im quite excited to go...but unfortunately im not quite ready. oh well it will work out.
if you are reading this, i probably sent you a link to this blog(or you are on facebook haha). bye to anyone that i dont get a chance to say bye to before i go, i hope that your next 7 months are awesome. not much else to say at this point, but this is where i will be hopefully updating what is going on in australia. enjoy!
if you are reading this, i probably sent you a link to this blog(or you are on facebook haha). bye to anyone that i dont get a chance to say bye to before i go, i hope that your next 7 months are awesome. not much else to say at this point, but this is where i will be hopefully updating what is going on in australia. enjoy!
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
oxymorons etc
contradictions from a book i read
good mornings (haha)
school food
plastic silverware
reality tv
working vacations
bad luck
old news
bankrupt millionaires
united methodists
diet oreos
these are some with ethical issues
military intelligence
peacekeeping missiles
just wars (no war is just)
smart bombs
friendly fire
peter maurin writes:
if we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy
what is crazier:
one person owning the same amount of money as the combined economies of 23 countries, or suggesting that if we shared there would be enough for everyone?
spending billions of dollars on a defence shield or shareing the billions so we dont need one?
maintaining arms contracts with 154 coutnries while asking the world to disarm its weapons of mass destruction or suggesting that we lead the world in disarmament by refusing to deal weapons with over the world and emptying the world's largest stockpile here at home?(the author is refering to the states, but its still something to think about).
less then 6% of the worlds population consumes nearly half the worlds resources
the hope should be that someday war and poverty will be crazy...but it takes alot of faith to get to that point. i hope someday the big world leaders realize that war doesnt really solve anything, it just gets more killed. as shane claiborne put in this book,
the only thing harder then war is peace, and the only thing that takes more work, tears and sweat then divison is reconciliation. but what more more beautiful things would we devote our lives to?
until the courage we have for peace surpasses the courage we have for war, violence will continue to triumph and imperial execution rather than divine resurrection will have the final word
that was a little snippet of the book "irresistable revolution" by shane claiborne in a little of my own words. the book had many important points and i would recomend reading it(adam reccomending a book? now thats crazy)
good mornings (haha)
school food
plastic silverware
reality tv
working vacations
bad luck
old news
bankrupt millionaires
united methodists
diet oreos
these are some with ethical issues
military intelligence
peacekeeping missiles
just wars (no war is just)
smart bombs
friendly fire
peter maurin writes:
if we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy
what is crazier:
one person owning the same amount of money as the combined economies of 23 countries, or suggesting that if we shared there would be enough for everyone?
spending billions of dollars on a defence shield or shareing the billions so we dont need one?
maintaining arms contracts with 154 coutnries while asking the world to disarm its weapons of mass destruction or suggesting that we lead the world in disarmament by refusing to deal weapons with over the world and emptying the world's largest stockpile here at home?(the author is refering to the states, but its still something to think about).
less then 6% of the worlds population consumes nearly half the worlds resources
the hope should be that someday war and poverty will be crazy...but it takes alot of faith to get to that point. i hope someday the big world leaders realize that war doesnt really solve anything, it just gets more killed. as shane claiborne put in this book,
the only thing harder then war is peace, and the only thing that takes more work, tears and sweat then divison is reconciliation. but what more more beautiful things would we devote our lives to?
until the courage we have for peace surpasses the courage we have for war, violence will continue to triumph and imperial execution rather than divine resurrection will have the final word
that was a little snippet of the book "irresistable revolution" by shane claiborne in a little of my own words. the book had many important points and i would recomend reading it(adam reccomending a book? now thats crazy)
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