The Ordinary Radicals

Friday night, Brooke and I had the distinct pleasure of hearing Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw speak on their Jesus for President book tour. While I don't agree with all their ideas (for example, Shane's pretty non-committal on voting), I think their priorities are straight. Their love for the poor and assertion that the state should take a backseat to faith are right on.

You can read a longer, more detailed post about the evening at FPL:
"Jesus for President" presents radical call

More posting

New blog post up on the FPL site. More on the Dobson-Obama jousting and how the media needs to figure out that James Dobson doesn't speak for the masses. Check it out, eh?:

900...is that all?

New FPL stuff

I wrote this: June is Torture Awareness Month for our homepage. Check out it when you get the chance. Also, if you haven't already, join Faith in Public Life's Facebook group. I just posted videos from several cool events FPL has been involved with.

We are all victims of torture

You can see my new blog post of the same name at FPL now:
http://blog.faithinpubliclife.org/2008/06/we_are_all_victims_of_torture.html

Check out this site as well (or you can just click the link in my post):
http://www.campaigntobantorture.org/

Heroes and wives

Just for clarification's sake, this post will be about one of each (I have multiple "heroes" but only one wife...everybody clear? Good.).

Today just about made my summer. Katie, FPL's Communications Director, took Stephanie (the other intern) and I to an awesome event at the Center for American Progress. They were launching their new book, Debating the Divine, a compilation of essays by leading thinkers in the field of religion and politics. As part of the launch, they held a debate/forum moderated by a previously alluded to hero of mine...the great E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and author of several books that have been extremely formative in terms of my political thought (Why Americans Hate Politics and Souled Out). I may be a journalism nerd but seeing Dionne up close and personal was a serious dream come true.

In other, less nerdy happenings: Brooke and I had a great weekend together. Saturday, we visited the National Cathedral which I would classify a must-see for all D.C. travelers. The craftsmanship that went into that building over 80+ years was remarkable to bear witness to. We topped the afternoon off with probably the best pizza we've ever had at 2 Amy's (I hope to be a repeat visitor before we leave). We drove around several neighborhoods before heading back to VA; before we made it home, I popped a kid's soccer ball with my tire (long story, ask me in person if you care and I only hurt the ball, not the kid).

Sunday, we had a pretty lousy day in terms of the places we visited, the service we received and seeing plans come to fruition. I won't trouble you with details other than to say that my wife is pretty great. By all accounts and from all angles, Sunday should have been a terrible day but it ended up being one of the summer's highlights to date. Brooke and I laughed off adversity and had meaningful conversation about multiple subjects. It's a blessing to be able to truly enjoy an abundance of life with your best friend.

I still intend to post about our visit to the Holocaust Museum two weekends ago but I'm still kicking around those thoughts. So, I'll save it for a future time...

I am a blogging machine

Two new posts up today:

"Greening" the faith: an ordinary revolution and

"Pew study is good news for the common good"

I promise I'll blog more soon because we have two weekends of fun to catch you up on. But I have to get up around 4 AM to take Brooke to the airport tomorrow (she's going on a quick trip to Chicago w/some of her family) so right now, I have to go to bed.

till then...

Back to back

I have now authored blog posts on the FPL site in consecutive days. Check it out by clicking on the link below:

What's the good word?