No matter what position you hold in regards to being a Christian and war (I happen to hold to nonviolence), I believe we cannot justify glorifying the ‘winning’ of our independence from our friends across the pond. How can we celebrate that we killed thousands upon thousands of people because they were taxing us without giving us representation in parliament?

What do you think? Jump over to Sojourners for the full article.

What inspired my choice is that in the past I’ve worried about something that looked good and never wrote much. And now I’m going to start to write. But not about what I think I should be writing about. I’m going to write about me, my life, and what I happen to be interested.

And I’m excited for the change.

For those who may not know what the old design looked like, here are before and after screenshots.

“But there are some things in our social system to which I am proud to be maladjusted and to which I suggest you too ought to be maladjusted. I never intend to adjust myself to the viciousness of mob-rule. I never intend to adjust myself to the evils of segregation and the crippling effects of discrimination. I neve intend to adjust myself to the tragic inequalities of an economic system that takes necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes. I never intend to become adjusted to the madness of militarism and the self-defeating method of physical violence. I call upon you to be maladjusted…. The world is in desperate need of such maladjustment. Through such maladjustment we will be able to emerge from the bleak and desolate midnight of man’s inhumanity to man into the bright and glittering daybreak of freedom and justice.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr. from his address delivered at Highlander Folk Schools, Sept. 2, 1957 (as quoted in The Great Awakening by Jim Wallis

Where else can you get hours worth of entertainment from people bashing popular music, while having a live preview of the junk? I don’t know. I spent about 20 minutes reading the great reviews for the Black Eyed Peas’ single “Boom Boom Pow.”

Here is probably my favorite review to date:

Take some time on your lunch break and find a garbage pop song and have a fun laughs.

Journey to the Cross is a daily devotional website that walks through Lent through it’s individual devotions. The simple, serene environment of the website encourages a meditative and reflective demeanor. For those who are searching for a way to take part in the Lenten season, you’ll want to visit journeytothecross.org.

This is a funny site. Click on the words or hit refresh. You’ll be doing it for hours. And I’m A PC

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Bible (Lego Version)