SUNDAY MORNING PRAYER-CHILDREN ON MOTHER'S DAY

We are children today of many mothers,
      some of us grateful and glad,
      some of us cynical and defeated,
      all of us living lives that are pure gift
           from you and for you.

As we give thanks for our mothers,
    so we think of children whom you treasure
                          and invite close in.
    For newborn babies arriving in these restless days,
    for children loved and lost awhile---
       Joshua, Charles, Michael, Sophie, and a world of others,
    for children born feeble and troubled
                  and loved in their need,
    for children infused with napalm and
                  and shrapnel and hate and fire,
    for children who know the sharp edge of Pharaoh and Herod,
                  and a thousand other uneasy men of force.

In the midst of this parade of innocence,
    we submit all the treasured children of the world to you,
    that they may prosper, and that we may become more fully
       your daughters and sons,
       children of your commandments,
       recipients of your gifts,
       bearers of your hope.

You have said, "Let the little children come."
Here we are---yours...
                                  that we may receive your nurture
                                                             and your discipline.

Walter Brueggemann, Prayers for a Privileged People

PEEVER LAW #85

DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK.

Jurors' Remorse | Common Dreams

Jurors' Remorse | Common Dreams



Day after day, more of the same. Gross stupidity. Justice, one of life's finer purchases.

TEN WAYS TO TELL IF YOU ARE A RIGHT-WING, CHRISTIAN, REPUBLICAN

1. You picture God as a white male, about age 58.
2. You take everything in the Bible literally, except the part about not killing.
3. If anyone suggests there might be other relevant religions besides Christianity, you turn homicidal.
4. You get Moses and Charlton Heston confused.
5. You think Rush Limbaugh is a prophet.
6. You figure the American flag might well have been the original shroud.
7. Anyone who don't think like you is the enemy.
8. Liberalism has this hopeful, compassionate, caring quality to it that you despise.
9. You're good at maintaining a position of ignorance and close-mindedness.
10. Look in a mirror. If it doesn't cast a reflection, don't say I didn't warn you.

Pope Francis Calls for 'Legitimate Redistribution' of Wealth | Common Dreams

Pope Francis Calls for 'Legitimate Redistribution' of Wealth | Common Dreams



Redistributing wealth is the only answer for defeating capitalism. Everything else is paying only lip service to the problem. 

Walmart Worker to Obama: 'Help Us' | Common Dreams

Walmart Worker to Obama: 'Help Us' | Common Dreams



Obama will not take on the worlds largest retailer.  Not near enough guts. 

Sweet (Black) Miss Sully, 93, Shot to Death By Idiot (White) Cop, 28 | Common Dreams

Sweet (Black) Miss Sully, 93, Shot to Death By Idiot (White) Cop, 28 | Common Dreams



More criminal stupidity from the cops. Give them a gun, and they got about all the brains they need.

Tech Giants Blast FCC Chairman's Attack on "Free and Open Internet" | Common Dreams

Tech Giants Blast FCC Chairman's Attack on "Free and Open Internet" | Common Dreams



More of the same. Please, public, keep quiet and let us ruin the world.