Our Lord was stripped that we might be clothed.
With the gall and vinegar he sweetened
the poison of the serpent which had bitten men.

Ephrem Syrus

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We have to talk about reparations and restitution for the devastating consequences of debt.

Haitian economist Camille Chalmers, stating that Haiti needs to be seen as a creditor nation, not a debtor nation, owed by the West for two centuries of exploitation

Principles:

1. global justice over nationalism

2. respect for people of other faiths and backgrounds

3. support for the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

4. religious liberty

5. recognition of structural sin

6. preferential option for the poor

7. rejection of capital punishment

8. compatibility of theology and science more

Current and Recent Essays and other Features

19 January 2010, Guns for Jesus

15 August 2009, Water in the Desert

28 April 2009, Supreme Court Term Limits: A Proposal

28 April 2009, Sixty in the Senate

24 April 2009, Torture Is a Crime that Must Be Prosecuted

16 April 2009, PT Interview with George Will

4 January 2009, Murder, Plain and Simple

5 November 2008, What Does Barack Obama's Victory Mean?

20 March 2008, Militias or Private Arsenals--What Does the Second Amendment Mean?

19 March 2008, God Damn America? Reflections on Jeremiah Wright's Critique of America, and the Response of Politicians and the Media

Previous Essays

Poetry

Butterfly Epiphany

Poetics of Peace (Lon A. Rycraft)

Violence

Church Member

Live through me, love through me

A Neanderthal grossly misinterprets the meaning of Mars' proximity to Earth over 50,000 years ago

War Economy

I've seen the Grand Canyon

God's Haiku on Iraq

The Saturday Night Theologian

Exegesis of Word and World, based on readings from the Revised Common Lectionary

Readings for 7 March 2010 (Lent 3)

Isaiah 55:1-9; Psalm 63:1-8; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Luke 13:1-9

Former and probable future presidential candidate Mitt Romney is out with a new book, No Apology: The Case for American Greatness. In the book, Romney criticizes President Obama for being too willing to apologize for some of the past actions of the United States, and he lays out his vision of where the country needs to go in terms of economic and foreign policy. Although I haven't read the book, its title and description suggest that Romney adheres to a doctrine increasingly popular in some circles, especially on the political right, called American exceptionalism. . . .

In Thornton Wilder's book The Bridge of San Luis Rey, a bridge high in the Andes mountains collapsed while five people were on it, and they plummeted to their deaths. The lone witness to the event, Brother Juniper, a Franciscan monk, immediately sought to put a theological spin on the event. Why had these five died and not others? . . .

As you prepare for worship this weekend, click here to read exegeses of this week's readings by Tod O. L. Mundo. Click here to see comments on the readings of previous weeks. Each week's commentaries will include comments from previous weeks, plus at least one completely new exegesis.