Godly Leadership | CrossLeft

Pilgrim at CrossLeft.org has written a post bemoaning the lack of a progressive leader who can galvanize the left into a cohesive voice against the abuses of the current administration. S/he looks somewhat longingly back to the 70s, asking what happened to the activists of days gone by.

(what is a "petard" anyway?)

Or "the shoe is on the other foot". Or "What goes around comes around." Whatever your favorite version of the sentiment may be. I've become the most recent example of it.

President Signs the Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act

... Counterfeiting hurts national security, as terrorist networks use counterfeit sales to sometimes finance their operations.

One Year Bible Blog: March 16th readings

This is a musical day!

Numbers 24:17 is the basis for a wonderful piece of music by Felix Mendelsohn, "Behold a Star from Jacob Rising."  I tried (unsucessfully, so far) to find an MP3 of it to upload.

Luke 2:29-32 is the basis of the Nunc Dimitis, done by too many composers to name.

One Year Bible Blog: March 15th readings

I have to admit that the Numbers reading for today strikes me as, well, odd. In yesterday's reading, God grants permission for Balaam to go talk to Balak. Today He's planning ambushes. That just doesn't make sense. And then there's the whole "talking donkey" thing. I half expect to see Shrek pop up tomorrow. ;)

Some of you may have noticed some rather severe performance problems with BlogWatcher over the past few days. Sorry about that.

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One Year Bible Blog: March 14th readings

One Year Bible Blog: March 13th readings

Based on some of the comments I'm seeing in other OYB bloggers' posts, I'm not alone in falling behind. Not that it justifies it, of course. But it's good to know that I'm not the only one with failings. ;) I actually have been keeping up with the readings, but not with comments. I guess I'm taking this from an opportunity to learn and grow, and turning it into a chore.

Anyway, on to today's reading. The one verse that really jumped out to me today was Psalm 56:8:

You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your record? (NRSV)

The image of God collecting all my sorrow and pain, rememering each one, better than I do myself, is comforting to me.

firedoglake: Action Steps for the Feingold "Censure Bush" Proposal

Apparently, this weekend, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), announced that he was going to introduce a proposal to censure the President over the warrantless wiretapping. The article linked above is a call to contact your senators, to let them know you support this resolution.