Health Care - What Would Jesus Think

As the House and the Senate send their health care bills to reconciliation in January the Public Option may be in danger of being dropped from the final bill. The current Public Option is weaker than the original proposal but is at least better than nothing; perhaps a starting point.

I discovered the following video clip on You Tube. Perhaps you would like to watch it and then contact your Representative and Senators and encourage them to support the Public Option portion in what ever way they are able.

To view the video go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZfU8GcdSKI/

Peacemakers …children of God

"…the qualities of a growing Christian peace movement in Australia that reflects the disarming grace we find in Jesus. A movement that realises that peacemakers are called "children of God" because they reflect God's burning desire for healing justice. Our God is a peacemaker and the costly love seen on Calvary proclaims: "There is no way to peace — peace is the way."

To see the first part of this quote and the blog it comes from go to: http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/29/an-activism-that-loves-its-enemies/ taken from God's Politics blogs on Sojuners web site.

Mary’s Magnificat

From " God's politics a blog by Jim Wallis & friends"

Preaching the Whole Magnificat

by Nadia Bolz-Weber 12-22-2009

Again this Wednesday we joined the broader church in singing vespers, the evening prayer which always includes Mary's song, the Magnificat.  We joined Christ's church and Christ's mother in singing about the wondrous things God has done in blessing us and in casting the mighty from their thrones and in feeding the hungry and sending the rich away empty.

Some of you know that the church I went to in High School, and where my parents still attend, is a very theologically and socially conservative congregation in Centennial.  It's, suburban, white, very upper middle class, and privileged.  Very privileged.  Well a few years ago,  over 10 years after becoming a Lutheran and singing the Magnificat in Vespers countless times and really loving how radical it was, I visited my parent's church and was amazed to see in the worship folder that the closing song was the Magnificat.

Continued at http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/22/preaching-the-whole-magnificat/?continue