Posts Tagged ‘Global Politics’

How Would Jesus love a Muslim?

I recently wrote about my Grandfather de-friending me on Facebook because of conversations we had on the proposed Park 51 community center (aka Ground Zero Mosque.) I am happy to say that we have resolved the issue, resumed our Facebook friendship, and moved our embarrassing public arguments onto...

September 10th, 2010 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

Defriended Over a Mosque

My grandfather just de-friended me on Facebook. He didn’t have a moment of confusion or senior dementia (he is annoyingly savvy with the computer for a 75-year-old), but he did it intentionally and with a touch of snark – writing “bye” on my wall right before electronically disowning me....

August 5th, 2010 | Essays, Featured | Read More

On Torture and Rejecting Straw Men

In middle school, my favorite book was Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse. The book is more or less a history of one of Clancy’s recurring characters, a special operative known as John Clark. One of the book’s storylines follows a pilot shot down over Vietnam, a devout Mormon named Robin...

May 14th, 2009 | Blog | Read More

Jesus Loves…The Mumbai Attackers

December 7th, 2008 | Jesus Loves | Read More

Kim Jong’s…Ill?

That was the subject heading of an email just sent to my by my friend Steve. A lovely little bit of copywriting considering the article he was linking to. Sadly, this one of those things that really cracks the two of us up.

September 9th, 2008 | Blog | Read More

Vladimir Putin is clever like a fox.

I have another post on the rising US/Russia tensions coming on Saturday, but CNN is reporting Vladimir Putin has accused the U.S. of orchestrating the the Georgian war in order to affect the Presidential election. Sweet, fancy Moses. The saddest thing is, based on the the last 7 years, it doesn’t...

August 28th, 2008 | Blog | Read More

Where’s Waldo?

Some time ago, a reader sent me a link to this image. Click on it to view full size. He mentioned the image is powerful, but he was having difficult articulating why and asked if there was anyone at Burnside who could comment on it. I’ll be very honest here: I think the image is weird. It’s...

January 18th, 2008 | Blog | Read More

The Bombing in Pakistan

You are probably aware of the horrifying bombing in Karachi, Pakistan. I work with a Pakistani woman at the grocery store, and she’s become a good friend. Whenever I see news regarding Pakistan, I ask her what she thinks. One time, she told me, she was approached by Mormon missionaries. “They...

October 20th, 2007 | Blog | Read More