Tag Politics

Motherhood & Politics

I have to start from the very beginning by saying I am not a woman and I have no children but the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as VP has brought this question to the fore. Why do we treat…

Gov. Sarah Palin

Well news is out that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant that she intends to wed the father of the child. Good for her! We all make mistakes and we can learn from them. But imagine your mistakes being…

Decision 2008

I promised in an earlier post that I would post links to the two Presidential Campaigns on the side bar, well there they are. I only linked to the Republican and the Democrat and not all of the other parties.

Republican Convention

I would not want to be the organizers of this years convention. What to do? With Gustav bearing down on the US do they keep going as planned or scale things back. Man what a tough decision.

A Political/Spiritual Experiment

Author and blogger Carl McColman has started an experiment during this election season. Do check out what he is trying to do on his blog called Anamchara. I plan to try and follow his suggestions. Give it a read and…

Gentlemen

Last night I watched Barack Obama give his acceptance speech in Colorado. Next week I will watch John McCain do the same thing. From an oratory prospective I think he did a good job. He did lay out some of…

Obama

You may not like his politics but I could not help but get a tear in my eye when Sen. Obama was nominated by the democrat party yesterday. The camera panned around the room to all of the people of…

What Is Your Vote Based On?

By Brian McLaren All of us who choose to vote must base our vote on something. For some people, it’s party. They’re Democrats or Republicans and from election to election, they support whomever the party serves up. For others, it’s…

Clergy and Politics

Recently I priest that I went to seminary with sent out an email blasting Senator Obama and saying we, as Christians, Should vote for Senator John McCain. I disagree with this email. Not on who to vote for but that…

Church and State

Much has been written and spoken about during this campaign season about the role of religion in politics. There is a great line from the West Wing where Martin Sheen is speaking with Alan Alda about Church and State. Martin…

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