Saturday, August 2, 2008

Let Your Bumper Speak

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

The war on terror is over. I fear no evil.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You sent us into the world, your universe, gave us life in a perfect setting for life. You set us free to be.
For some of us, life holds great pain and suffering, and we struggle to find any happiness at all. Violence and poverty mark our daily existence. Still, you set us free to be in a place of marvels.
For some of us, life ends swiftly, “untimely” we say. Accident or disease or illness take us before we have done all that we could. Nevertheless, you set us free to be – connected to people who care about us.
For some of us, life seems without joy or happiness. We feel trapped in our places or jobs or relationships that oppress our spirits. Yet, you have set us free to be – and to sense beauty, to laugh at a joke or at human folly, to feel a spark of goodness within ourselves.
And there you are, setting us free – again.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“A round for everybody, on me.”

[He was inclusive, for sure. He reportedly turned water to wine at a wedding. He came for all, for sure. He never said this, though.]

D. Blog: Got a Bumper? Speak Out!

- Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of. – Bill Moyers

- Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything. – Joseph Stalin

- I give evolution two opposable thumbs up!

- I believe in life before death

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