Weekly essays, book reviews, film reviews, and poem reviews read by Daniel B. Clendenin http://www.journeywithjesus.net/podcasting/ Mon 1 Sep 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Seven Years Later: Remembering 9/11* for Sunday, 7 September 2008; book review: *I Don't Believe in Atheists* by Chris Hedges (2008); film review: *Darfur Now* (2007); poem review: *Epitaph on a Tyrant* by W. H. Auden. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 1 Sep 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Moses and Jeremiah: Divine Presence in the Human Struggle* for Sunday, 31 August 2008; book review: *Ava's Man* by Rick Bragg (2001); film review: *Khadak* (2006); poem review: *A Task* by Czeslaw Milosz. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 25 Aug 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Positively Maladjusted: Martin Luther King and "Transformed Nonconformity"* for Sunday, 24 August 2008; book review: *All Over But the Shoutin'* by Rick Bragg (1997); film review: *Shanghai Ghetto* (2002); poem review: *I Thank You God* by e.e. cummings. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 Aug 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"All the Ends of the Earth"* for Sunday, 17 August 2008; book review: *Encountering the Mystery; Understanding Orthodox Christianity Today* by Bartholomew I, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch (2008); film review: *What Would Jesus Buy?* (2007); poem review: *A Nation* by Czeslaw Milosz. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Elijah: "The Troubler of Israel"* for Sunday, 10 August 2008; book review: *The Kings and Their Gods; The Pathology of Power* by Daniel Berrigan (2008); film review: *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008); poem review: *Sonnet XIV* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 4 Aug 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Dark Struggles, Divine Blessings: Jacob at the River Jabbok* for Sunday, 3 August 2008; book review: *The Post-American World* by Fareed Zakaria (2008); film review: *The Violin* (2007); poem review: *Nativity* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 Jul 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Accepting God's Acceptance: The Certainty of God's Love* for Sunday, 27 July 2008; book review: *The Prince of Frogtown* by Rick Bragg (2008); film review: *I'm Not There* (2007); poem review: *A Hymn to God the Father* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 Jul 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *In Heaven and On Earth: Each Person, Every Nation, All Creation, The Entire Cosmos* for Sunday, 20 July 2008; book review: *The Last Lecture* by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (2008); film review: *War Dance* (Uganda, 2008); poem review: *Holy Sonnet I* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 Jul 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Family Values, Biblical Style* for Sunday, 13 July 2008; book review: *In the Eye of the Storm; Swept to the Center By God* by Gene Robinson (2008); film review: *The Diving Bell and the Butterfly* (French, 2007); poem review: *For Whom the Bell Tolls* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 Jul 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A King on a Colt? Zechariah's Peace Poetry* for Sunday, 6 July 2008; book review: *Creating a World Without Poverty; Social Business and the Future of Capitalism* by Muhammad Yunus (2007); film review: *King Corn* (2007); poem review: *Death Be Not Proud* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Father Sacrifices His Son, A God Tests His Disciple* for Sunday, 29 June 2008; book review: *Banker to the Poor; Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty* by Muhammad Yunus (1999, 2003); film review: *Nanking* (2007); poem review: *Annunciation* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Jun 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *How Do We Love Burma? A Natural Disaster Exposes a Government's War Against Its Own People* for Sunday, 22 June 2008; book review: *The Most Dangerous Animal; Human Nature and the Origins of War* by David Livingstone Smith (2007); film review: *Mother of Mine* (2005, Finland); poem review: *Indifference*, ed. by Chaim Stern. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 16 Jun 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"God Has Brought Me Laughter:" Sarah, "The Mother of Nations"* for Sunday, 15 June 2008; book review: *The Road* by Cormac McCarthy (2006); film review: *Barrio Cuba* (2005); poem review: *A Timbered Choir* by Wendell Berry. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 9 Jun 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Journey Without, The Journey Within: Ignorance, Inclusion, and Impotence* for Sunday, 8 June 2008; book review: *The Elephant and the Dragon; The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us* by Robyn Meredith (2007); film review: *For the Bible Tells Me So* (2007); poem review: *Sabbath Poem VII* by Wendell Berry. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 2 Jun 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *He Breaks the Bow and Shatters the Spear: Peace Poetry for Memorial Day 2008* for Sunday, 1 June 2008; book review: *Are There Closets in Heaven? A Catholic Father and a Lesbian Daughter Share Their Story* by Carol Curoe and Robert Curoe (2007); film review: *Stop Loss* (2008); poem review: *Sabbath* by Wendell Berry. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 May 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Listening to the Birds, Looking at the Flowers* for Sunday, 25 May 2008; book review: *Common Wealth; Economics for a Crowded Planet* by Jeffrey Sachs (2008); film review: *No Country for Old Men* (2007); poem review: *Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front* by Wendell Berry. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 May 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Poetry of Creation* for Sunday, 18 May 2008; book review: *The Bottom Billion; Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It* by Paul Collier (2007); film review: *U23D* (2008); poem review: *O Eternal Lord* by Hildegard of Bingen. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 May 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *From the Inspiration of the Spirit to the Institution of the Church: Pentecost 2008* for Sunday, 11 May 2008; book review: *The Scandal of Evangelical Politics* by Ronald J. Sider (2008); film review: *There Will Be Blood* (2007); poem review: *O Comforting Fire of Spirit* by Hildegard of Bingen. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 May 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Everyone Has a Name": Holocaust Remembrance Day* for Sunday, 4 May 2008; book review: *This Republic of Suffering; Death and the American Civil War* by Drew Gilpin Faust (2008); film review: *The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Paul Haggis* (2006); poem review: *Holy Spirit* by Hildegard of Bingen. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 Apr 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *From Synagogues and Sanctuaries to Bars and Boardrooms: The Apostle Paul at the Areopagus* for Sunday, 27 April 2008; book review: *The Three Trillion Dollar War; The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict* by Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes (2008); film review: *Yesterday* (2004, Zulu); poem review: *O Shepherd of Souls* by Hildegard of Bingen. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 Apr 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Is Christianity A "Sublime Bigotry?" 10 Reflections on the Gospel and World Religions* for Sunday, 20 April 2008; book review: *In Defense of Food; An Eater's Manifesto* by Michael Pollan (2008); film review: *Vertigo* (1958); poem review: *Now With Creation's Morning Song* by Prudentius. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 Apr 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Giving Wealth, Getting Faith* for Sunday, 13 April 2008; book review: *What The Gospels Meant* by Garry Wills (2008); film review: *The Tunnel* (2001, German); poem review: *Now With Creation's Morning Song* by Prudentius. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 Apr 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Science or the Psalms? A God Who Sees, Hears, and Acts* for Sunday, 6 April 2008; book review: *Tokens of Trust; An Introduction to Christian Belief* by Rowan Williams (2007); film review: *Into Great Silence* (2005); poem review: *Servant of God* by Prudentius. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 31 Mar 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Praying for Peace: The Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War* for Sunday, 30 March 2008; book review: *Hildegard of Bingen; A Spiritual Reader* by Carmen Acevedo Butcher, translator and editor (2007); film review: *This Film Is Not Yet Rated* (2006); poem review: *Of the Father's Love Begotten* by Prudentius. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Mar 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Their Words Seemed Like Nonsense": Easter Sunday 2008* for Sunday, 23 March 2008; book review: *The Spirit of Early Christian Thought; Seeking the Face of God* by Robert Louis Wilken (2003); film review: *Ratatouille* (2007); poem review: *Easter Communion* by Gerard Manley Hopkins. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Mar 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Parallel Universe of the Passion of Jesus* for Sunday, 16 March 2008; book review: *The Christians as the Romans Saw Them* by Robert Louis Wilken (1984, 2003); film review: *The Other Side of the Mirror; Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965* (review by David Werther) (2007); poem review: *The Storm* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Mar 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jesus Wept: Fifth Sunday in Lent 2008* for Sunday, 9 March 2008; book review: *Science, Evolution, and Creationism* by the National Academy of Sciences and Institute of Medicine (2008); film review: *Maria Full of Grace* (2004); poem review: *The Sinner* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Mar 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Betwixt This World and That of Grace: Fourth Sunday in Lent 2008* for Sunday, 2 March 2008; book review: *The New Christians; Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier* by Tony Jones (2008); film review: *Amores Perros* (2000, Mexican); poem review: *The Quip* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 25 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Woman at the Well: Third Sunday in Lent 2008* for Sunday, 24 February 2008; book review: *UnChristian; What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity* by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons (2007); film review: *Helvetica* (2007); poem review: *Love (III)* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Abraham in Three Movements: Second Sunday in Lent 2008* for Sunday, 17 February 2008; book review: *Ezra and Nehemiah; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible* by Matthew Levering (2007); film review: *Talk to Her* (2002, Spanish); poem review: *The Holdfast* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 11 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Super Tuesday Meets Ash Wednesday: First Sunday in Lent 2008* for Sunday, 10 February 2008; book review: *1&2 Kings; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible* by Peter Leithart (2006); film review: *The Simpsons Movie* (2007); poem review: *The Agonie* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 4 Feb 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Transfiguration of Jesus: "The Real Truth" or A "Pernicious Superstition?"* for Sunday, 3 February 2008; book review: *Matthew; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible* by Stanley Hauerwas (2007); film review: *Hairspray* (2007); poem review: *Affliction IV* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 Jan 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Race and Repentance: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day* for Sunday, 27 January 2008; book review: *God Grew Tired of Us; A Memoir* by John Bul Dau with Michael S. Sweeney (2007); film review: *Journey from the Fall (Vuot Song)* (2007, Vietnam); poem review: Arthur Bennett, ed., *The Valley of Vision*. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 Jan 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Outrage of Outsiders: Why So Many People Dislike Christians* for Sunday, 20 January 2008; book review: *Clapton: The Autobiography* by Eric Clapton (2007); film review: *Searching for Wrong-Eyed Jesus* (2003); poem review: Edwina Gateley, *Let Your God Love You* http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Wading Into the Waters: The Baptism of Jesus* essay for Sunday, 13 January 2008; book review: *Last Night I Dreamed of Peace; The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram* by Dang Thuy Tram (2007); film review: *The War; A Ken Burns Film, Disc 1* (2007); poem review: *The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis*. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 Jan 2008 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Pagan Magi and Power Politics: The "Disclosure" of Epiphany * essay for Sunday, 6 January 2008; book review: *The Civil War as a Theological Crisis* by Mark A. Noll (2006); film review: *Mongolian Ping Pong* (2004, Mongolian); poem review: *A Future Not Our Own* in honor of Oscar Romero. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 31 Dec 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering Rachel: The Slaughter of the Innocents* guest essay by Pam Fickenscher for Sunday, 30 December 2007; book review: *Christianity's Dangerous Idea; The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First* by Alister McGrath (2007); film review: *Blade Runner, The Director's Cut* (1992); poem review: *Nativity* by Christopher Harvey. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Dec 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Who Wants to Wait?* guest essay by Lindsey Crittenden for Sunday, 23 December 2007; guest book review by Katie Finlay: *Infidel* by Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2007); film review: *David Blaine: Fearless* (2002); poem review: *BC:AD* by U.A. Fanthorpe. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 17 Dec 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *My Soul Proclaims: Submission and Subversion in Mary's Magnificat* guest essay by Sara Miles for Sunday, 16 December 2007; book review (guest review by Milton Brasher-Cunningham): *Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life* by Barbara Kingsolver (2007); film review: *3:10 to Yuma* (2007); poem review: *Annunciation* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Dec 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *To Live in Longing* guest essay by Nora Gallagher for Sunday, 9 December 2007; book review: *Without Sanctuary; Lynching Photography in America* by James Allen, Hilton Als, Congressman John Lewis, and Leon F. Litwack (2000); film review: *Into the Wild* (2007); poem review: *The House of Christmas* by G.K. Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Dec 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Bringing Heaven to Earth Here and Now* guest essay by Joan Roughgarden for Sunday, 2 December 2007; book review: *Jesus; A Meditation on His Stories and His Relationships with Women* by Andrew Greeley (2007); film review: *In the Shadow of the Moon* (2007); poem review: *On the Mystery of the Incarnation* by Denise Levertov. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 Nov 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Absence of God's Presence: Mother Teresa, Martin Luther, and Psalm 46* for Sunday, 25 November 2007; book review: *Mother Teresa; Come Be My Light; The Private Writings of the "Saint of Calcutta"* edited by Brian Kolodiejchuk (2007); film review: *The Jane Austen Book Club* (2007); poem review: *Advent Credo* by Daniel Berrigan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Nov 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Hope of History: From a Garden to a City* for Sunday, 18 November 2007; book review: *The Price of Privilege; How Parental Pressure and Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of Disconnected and Unhappy Kids* by Madeline Levine (2006); film review: *IMAX Blue Planet* (1990); poem review: *Nativity* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Nov 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *In the Dust and the Dirt: Greater Glory in Lesser Circumstances* for Sunday, 11 November 2007; book review: *The First Christmas; What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth* by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan (2007); film review: *In the Valley of Elah* (2007); poem review: *Christ Has No Body* by Teresa of Avila. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Nov 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *A Decisive Moment Worth Singing About: Remembering The Protestant Reformation* guest essay by Sam Rowen for Sunday, 4 November 2007; book review: *The Darker Nations; A People's History of the Third World* by Vijay Prashad (2007); film review: *INLAND EMPIRE* (2006); poem review: *First They Came* by Martin Niemoller. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 29 Oct 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Seven Little Words: The Only Prayer You'll Ever Need* for Sunday, 28 October 2007; book review: *Escape from Laos* by Dieter Dengler (1979); film review: *Forgiving Dr. Mengele* (2007); poem review: *A Child's Thought of God* by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 22 Oct 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jacob: Blessed by God and Limping Ever After* for Sunday, 21 October 2007; book review: *The Devil Came on Horseback; Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur* by Brian Steidle (2007); film review: *Rescue Dawn* (2007); poem review: *On Virtue* by Phillis Wheatley. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 15 Oct 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Strange People, Strange Places: The Geography of Salvation* for Sunday, 14 October 2007; book review: *Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart - Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now* by Gordon Livingston, M.D. (2006); film review: *Flags of our Fathers* (2006); poem review: *An Hymn to the Morning* by Phillis Wheatley. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 8 Oct 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Grammar of Faith: Watching and Waiting* for Sunday, 7 October 2007; book review: *Out of Iraq; A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now* by George McGovern and William R. Polk (2006); film review: *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006); poem review: *An Hymn to the Evening* by Phillis Wheatley. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 1 Oct 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *He Knows My Name* guest essay by Lindsey Crittenden for Sunday, 30 September 2007; book review: *The Invisible Cure; Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS* by Helen Epstein (2007); film review: *Deep Water* (2006); poem review: *Otherwise* by Jane Kenyon. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *How Long, O Lord? Why the Delay in Divine Intervention?* for Sunday, 23 September 2007; book review: *There Is No Me Without You: One Woman~s Odyssey to Rescue Africa~s Children* by Melissa Fay Greene (2006); film review: *Kurosawa* (2001); poem review: *Morning Hymn* by George MacDonald. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 17 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Remembering 9/11: Political Blowback or Divine Judgment?* for Sunday, 16 September 2007; book review: *The Water Will Hold You; A Skeptic Learns to Pray* by Lindsey Crittenden (2007); film review: *No End in Sight* (2007); poem review: *The Grace of Grace* by George MacDonald. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *When the Fairest Cut is the Deepest: The Risk of Renunciation* for Sunday, 9 September 2007; book review: *The Deserter's Tale; The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq* by Joshua Key as told to Lawrence Hill (2007); film review: *Combat Diary; The Marines of Lima Company* (2006); poem review: *An Evening Prayer* by George MacDonald. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Sep 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Jesus Does Dinner: Food for Thought for Guests and Hosts* for Sunday, 2 September 2007; book review: *Harriet Tubman, A Biography* by Beverly Lowry (2007); film review: *BattleGround; 21 Days on the Empire's Edge* (2003); poem review: *The Carpenter* by George MacDonald. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 27 Aug 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Sabbath-Keeping, Fasting, and "My Own Flesh and Blood"* for Sunday, 26 August 2007; book review: *Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace; How We Got To Be So Hated* by Gore Vidal (2002); film review: *Maxed Out* (2006); poem review: *As Kingfishers Catch Fire* by Gerard Manley Hopkins. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 20 Aug 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *False Hopes, Bad Dreams, and Reckless Lies: Jeremiah Yesterday and Today* for Sunday, 19 August 2007; book review: *Failed States; The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy* by Noam Chomsky (2006); film review: *Word Wars* (2004); poem review: *A Prayer in Darkness* by G.K. Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 13 Aug 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *God Bless You, Tammy Faye (1942–1997)! "She Was Living By Faith When She Died"* for Sunday, 12 August 2007; book review: *Nemesis; The Last Days of the American Republic* by Chalmers Johnson (2006); film review: *Why We Fight* (2005); poem review: *The Convert* by G.K. Chesterton; music review: *Theology* by Sinead O'Connor. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 6 Aug 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *"Christ is All and is In All": Beyond Identity Violence and Social Hierarchies* for Sunday, 5 August 2007; book review: *The Sorrows of Empire; Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic* by Chalmers Johnson (2004); film review: *Let the Church Say Amen* (2004); poem review: *The Beatific Vision* by GK Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 30 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Scandal of the Particular: Preached at Trinity Church* guest essay by Nora Gallagher for Sunday, 29 July 2007; book review: *Blowback; The Costs and Consequences of American Empire* by Chalmers Johnson (2000, 2004); film review: *Idiocracy* (2006); poem review: *For Whom the Bell Tolls* by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Growing Strong By Destroying Others: To the "Notable Men of the Foremost Nation"* for Sunday, 22 July 2007; book review: *Bury the Chains; Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves* by Adam Hochschild (2005); film review: *Wordplay* (2006); poem review: *Aaron* by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 16 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Prophet Amos to the Priest Amaziah: Stop Pimping Religion for Political Empire* for Sunday, 15 July 2007; book review: *Simple Church; Returning to God's Process for Making Disciples* by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger (2006); film review: *Once* (2006, Ireland); poem review: *Creation Praise* by Calvin Miller. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 9 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Like Lambs Among Wolves: Gospel Reflections on the Temptations of Violence*, guest essay by Sara Miles (http://www.saramiles.net/), author of *Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion* for Sunday, 8 July 2007; book review: *Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of America* by Cullen Murphy (2007); film review: *The War Tapes* (2006); poem review: *Celtic Morning Prayer* by Calvin Miller. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 2 Jul 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Only, Entire, and Greatest Thing: The Most Important Verse Not in the Bible* for Sunday, 1 July 2007; book review: *The Path of Celtic Prayer; An Ancient Way to Everyday Joy* by Calvin Miller (2007); film review: *Fast Food Nation* (2006); poem review: from the *Carmina Gadelica*, collected and translated by Alexander Carmichael. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 25 Jun 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Celebrating Three Years: 2004-2007* for Sunday, 24 June 2007; book review: *Are Women Human?* by Dorothy Sayers (1971, 2005); film review: *Who The #$&% is Jackson Pollock?* (2006); poem review: *The Journey Prayer* by St. Brendan the Voyager. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 Jun 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Are Women Human? Jesus, Women, and Identity Politics* for Sunday, 17 June 2007; book review: *God Is Not Great; How Religion Poisons Everything* by Christopher Hitchens (2007); film review: *La Tragedia de Macario* (2006, Mexico); poem review: *In Praise of Solid People* by C.S. Lewis. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 11 Jun 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Paul's "Previous Way of Life": From Violent Aggression to Indiscriminate Love* for Sunday, 10 June 2007; book review: *Take this Bread; A Radical Conversion* by Sara Miles (2007); film review: *Bobby* (2006); poem review: *The End of Fear* by G.K. Chesterton; music review: *The Harry Smith Project Live*. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 4 Jun 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Upside-down and Backward: Finding Faith to Read Reality* for Sunday, 3 June 2007; book review: *At the Center of the Storm; My Years at the CIA* by George Tenet (2007); film review: *Volver* (2006, Spain); poem review: *The Shepherd Boy Sings in the Valley of Humiliation* by John Bunyan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 May 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Beyond Babel: Pentecost Sunday* for Sunday, 27 May 2007; book review: *Deep Economy; The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future* by Bill McKibben (2007); film review: *Stranger Than Fiction* (2006); poem review: *Veni, Creator Spiritus* by John Dryden. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 May 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *The Last Sentence of the Bible: Grace to All* for Sunday, 20 May 2007; book review: *No Shortcuts to the Top; Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks* by Ed Viesturs, with David Roberts (2006); film review: *Alexandra's Project* (2003, Australia); poem review: *A Better Resurrection* by Sylvia Plath. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 May 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Bottled Lightning: Don't Extinguish the Fire, Don't Shatter the Vessel* for Sunday, 13 May 2007; book review: *Evolution and Christian Faith; Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist* by Joan Roughgarden (2006); film review: *The Lives of Others* (2006, German); poem review: *Church Going* by Philip Larkin. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 May 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Any Person, Every Nation: "Even the Gentiles"* for Sunday, 6 May 2007; book review: *Kingdom Coming; The Rise of Christian Nationalism* by Michelle Goldberg (2006); film review: *Borat* (2006); poem review: *Atalanta in Calydon* by Algernon Charles Swinburne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 30 Apr 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Every Tribe, Every Tear: "The Healing of the Nations"* for Sunday, 29 April 2007; book review: *Seven Sins for a Life Worth Living* by Roger Housden (2005); film review: *The U.S. vs. John Lennon* (2006); poem review: *The Child Dying* by Edwin Muir. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Apr 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Peter and Paul: Before and After* for Sunday, 22 April 2007; book review: *American Religious Poems, An Anthology* by Harold Bloom and Jesse Zuba, eds. (2006); film review: *Babel* (2006, Mexican); poem review: *Task to Be Who I Am* by Tomas Transtromer. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 16 Apr 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *We Must Obey God Rather Than Men: With Gratitude to Morgan Tsvangirai* for Sunday, 15 April 2007; book review: *The Varieties of Scientific Experience; A Personal View of the Search for God* by Carl Sagan, edited by Ann Druyan (2006); film review: *Man of the Year* (2003, Brazil); poem review: *The Revival* by Henry Vaughan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 9 Apr 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: *Believing the Believers: 'Public Evidence for a Mystery"* for Easter Sunday 8 April 2007; book review: *Tempting Faith; An Inside Story of Political Seduction* by David Kuo (2006); film review: *Campfire* (2004, Israel); poem review: *Resurrection* by Mary Ann Bernard. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 2 Apr 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "He's Subverting Our Nation! Palm Sunday" for Palm Sunday, 1 April 2007; book review: *The Last Week; A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus's Final Week in Jerusalem* by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan (2006); film review: "Junebug" (2005); poem review: "The Donkey" by G.K. Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Mar 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Poetry for Peace in a Time of War: On the Fourth Anniversary of the Iraq War" for the fifth Sunday in Lent, Sunday 25 March 2007; book review: *The Creation; An Appeal to Save Life on Earth* by E.O. Wilson (2006); film review: "Antares" (2004, Austria); poem review: "The Crucifixion" by Anna Akmahtova. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Mar 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Coming All the Way Home: Affirming the 'Incidental Face' of Creation" (guest essay by Daniel Deffenbaugh) for the fourth Sunday in Lent, Sunday 18 March 2007; book review: *Practicing Resurrection; A Memoir of Work, Doubt, Discernment, and Moments of Grace* by Nora Gallagher (2003); film review: "Refuge of Last Resort" (2006); poem review: "The Prayer of St. Patrick". http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Mar 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Clarifying Moments of Warning and Invitation" for the third Sunday in Lent, Sunday 11 March 2007; book review: *Things Seen and Unseen; A Year Lived in Faith* by Nora Gallagher (1998); film review: "Be With Me" (2006, Singapore); poem review: "Mercy" by John F. Deane; music review: "Johnny Cash at San Quentin; Personal File; and American V: A Hundred Highways" by Johnny Cash. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Mar 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "I Must Keep Going: Lent's Unfinished Business" for the second Sunday in Lent, Sunday 4 March 2007; book review: *Holy Hunger; A Woman's Journey from Food Addiction to Spiritual Fulfillment* by Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (1998, 2000); film review: "Who's Camus Anyway?" (2005, Japanese); poem review: "The Good Man in Hell" by Edwin Muir. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 Feb 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "From Ashes to Fire: First Sunday in Lent 2007" (guest essay by Nora Gallagher) for Sunday 25 February 2007; book review: *Christ's Passion, Our Passions; Reflections on the Seven Last Words from the Cross* by Margaret Bullitt-Jonas (2002); film review: "The Beauty Academy of Kabul" (2004, Afghan); poem review: "The Incarnate One" by Edwin Muir. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Feb 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Dial and the Switch: Recognizing the Moments of God's Special Visitation" (guest essay by Pam Fickenscher) for Sunday 18 February 2007; book review: *The Diary of a Country Priest* by Georges Bernanos (1936); film review: "Sir! No Sir!" (2005); poem review: "Abraham" by Edwin Muir. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Feb 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "From Either-Or to Both-And" (guest essay by Deborah Core) for Sunday 11 February 2007; book review: *N.T. Wright, Simply Christian; Why Christianity Makes Sense* by N.T. Wright (2006); film review: "The Triplets of Belleville" (2003); poem review: "The Holdfast" by George Herbert; music review by David Werther: "Vista" by David Wilcox. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Feb 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "I Am What I Am: Listening to Isaiah, Paul, and Peter" for Sunday 4 February 2007; book review: *What Paul Meant* by Garry Wills (2006); film review: "Angela" (2002, Italian); poem review: "The Storm" by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 29 Jan 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Call of Jeremiah: Human Struggle with the Divine Summons " for Sunday 28 January 2007; book review: *Jesus; Uncovering the Life, Teachings, and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary* by Marcus Borg (2006); film review: "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006); poem review: "The Sinner" by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 22 Jan 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Eat the Fat, Drink the Wine" for Sunday 21 January 2007; book review: *Joyful Exiles; Life in Christ on the Dangerous Edge of Things* by James M. Houston (2006); film review: "Look Both Ways" (2005, Australian); poem review: "The Avowal" by Denise Levertov. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 15 Jan 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Miracle at Cana: A Whole Lot of Strong Wine" for Sunday 14 January 2007; book review: *The New Faces of Christianity; Believing the Bible in the Global South* by Philip Jenkins (2006); film review: "24 Hours on Craigslist" (2005); poem review: "Colossians 3:3" by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 08 Jan 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Baptism of Jesus: A Vision and a Voice" for Sunday 7 January 2007; book review: *Letter to a Godchild (Concerning Faith)* by Reynolds Price (2006); film review: "The Party's Over" (2001); poem review: "A New Year's Poem" by Alfred Tennyson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 01 Jan 2007 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Hidden Years of Jesus: A Spirituality of Invisibility and Obscurity" for Sunday 31 December 2006; book review: *Holy Silence; The Gift of Quaker Spirituality* by J. Brent Bill (2005); film review: "Down to the Bone" (2004); poem review: "Nativity" by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 25 Dec 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Mary's Magnificat: All Generations Will Call Her Blessed" for Sunday 24 December 2006; book review: *Mother; A Cradle to Hold Me* by Maya Angelou (2006); film review: "Who Killed the Electric Car?" (2006); poem review: "The House of Christmas" by GK Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 Dec 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Never Again: Zephaniah 3:15 and the Hope of Divine Judgment" for Sunday 17 December 2006; book review: *American War Poetry* edited by Lorrie Goldensohn (2006); film review: "Darfur Diaries" (2006); poem review: "Advent Credo" by Daniel Berrigan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 11 Dec 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "John the Baptist: Divine Wisdom from the Lunatic Fringe" for Sunday 10 December 2006; book review: *The God Delusion* by Richard Dawkins (2006); film review: "Transamerica" (2005); poem review: "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rossetti. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 04 Dec 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Coming of the Son of Man: Disbelief, Voyeuristic Violence, or Future Redemption?" for Sunday 3 December 2006; book review: *Become What You Are; Spiritual Formation According to the Sermon on the Mount* by William W. Klein (2006); film review: "Kinky Boots" (British, 2005); poem review: "The Nativity" by Christopher Harvey. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 27 Nov 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Clash of Two Kingdoms: Pilate the Prefect and Christ the King" for Sunday 26 November 2006; book review: *Christopher Tyerman, God's War; A New History of the Crusades* by (2006); film review: "Art School Confidential" (2006); poem review: "On the Mystery of the Incarnation" by Denise Levertov. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 20 Nov 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Be On Your Guard, Don't Be Duped, Deceived, or Distracted: 10 Warning Signs" for Sunday 19 November 2006; book review: *Letter to a Christian Nation* by Sam Harris (2006); film review: "Prairie Home Companion" (2006); poem review: "Let Your God Love You" by Edwina Gateley. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 13 Nov 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Political Illusions and Biblical Realities: Ten Reminders for Election Day" for Sunday 12 November 2006; book review: *The End of Faith; Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason* by Sam Harris (2005); film review: "Jesus Camp" (2006); poem review: "Credo" by Daniel Berrigan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 6 Nov 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Amo Ergo Sum: I Love, therefore I Am" for Sunday 5 November 2006; book review: *Exploring Protestant Traditions; An Invitation to Theological Hospitality* by W. David Buschart (2006); film review: "Middle of the World" (Brazil) (2003); poem review: "A Prayer for the Past" by George MacDonald. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 30 Oct 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Ruined without Reason: Epilogue to a Health-Wealth Fiasco" for Sunday 29 October 2006; book review: *Forty Acres and a Goat: A Memoir* by Will D. Campbell (2002); film review: "On the Outs" (2004); poem review: "After St. Augustine" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Oct 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Greatness and Glory: the Jesus Way" for Sunday 22 October 2006; book review: *Brother to a Dragonfly* by Will D. Campbell (2006); film review: "Tsotsi" (South African) (2005); poem review: "A Prayer" by Soren Kierkegaard. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 16 Oct 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Our Dappled World: Grace to Help in Our Time of Need or The Ultimate of All Miseries?" for Sunday 15 October 2006; book review: *God's Universe* by Owen Gingerich (2006); film review: "Water" (Indian) (2005); poem review: from "The School of the Heart" by Christopher Harvey. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 9 Oct 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "We Get to Be Human" for Sunday 8 October 2006; book review: *Shouts and Whispers; Twenty-One Writers Speak About Their Writing and Their Faith* ed. by Jennifer L. Holberg (2006); film review: "For the Children" (2002); poem review: "A Prayer" by Ambrose of Milan. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 2 Oct 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Tell Them To Stop! World Communion Sunday" for Sunday 1 October 2006; book review: *Dissident Discipleship; A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor* by David Augsburger (2006); film review: "Peace One Day" (2004); poem review: "Come My Way" by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 25 Sep 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Little Children and God's Kingdom: The Holy Grail of Human Greatness" for Sunday 24 September 2006; book review: *Thy Kingdom Come; An Evangelical's Lament. How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America* by Randall Balmer (2006); film review: "An Uncommon Kindness" (2003); poem review: "God Moves in Mysterious Ways" by William Cowper. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 18 Sep 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Starry Heavens Above: Robust Faith and Rigorous Science" for Sunday 17 September 2006; book review: *The Language of God; A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief in God* by Francis S. Collins (2006); film review: "The Boys of Baraka" (2005); poem review: "Abide With Me" by Henry Lyte. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 11 Sep 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Flattering the Rich, Exploiting the Poor: Labor Day 2006" for Sunday 10 September 2006; book review: *Darkness Is My Only Companion; A Christian Response to Mental Illness* by Kathryn Greene-McCreight (2006); film review: "Touch the Sound" (2004); poem review: "Churchgoing" by Marilyn Nelson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 4 Sep 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "No Outcasts Cast Out: From The Politics of Purity to The Call for Compassion" for Sunday 3 September 2006; book review: *The Myth of a Christian Nation; How the Quest for Political Power is Destroying the Church* by Gregory A. Boyd (2006); film review: "Dandelion" (2004); poem review: "I Taught Myself to Live Simply" by Anna Akhmatova. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 Aug 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Hearts on Pilgrimage" for Sunday 27 August 2006; book review: *The Weather Makers; How Man is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth* by Tim Flannery (2005); film review: "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" (2005); poem review: "Invictus" by Charles Munger, Jr. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 Aug 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "King Solomon, Politics and Power" for Sunday 20 August 2006; book review: *The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good* by William Easterly (2006) (guest review by Julie Schaffner); film review: "An Inconvenient Truth" (2006); poem review: "The Collar" by George Herbert. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 Aug 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Between the Animals and the Gods: Virtue and Vice according to the Apostle Paul" for Sunday 13 August 2006; book review: *Velvet Elvis; Repainting the Christian Faith* by Rob Bell (2005); film review: "Sketches of Frank Gehry" (2005); poem review: "The Daffodils" by William Wordsworth; music review (by David Werther): "The True False Identity" by T Bone Burnett. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 Aug 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Thank You, Liberia: Ecumenical Gratitude for Works of Service" for Sunday 6 August 2006; book review: *Identity and Violence; The Illusion of Destiny* by Amartya Sen (2006); film review: "Fun with Dick and Jane" (2005); poem review: "My Heart Leaps Up" by William Wordsworth. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 31 Jul 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Father's Whole Family: No Exceptions Allowed" for Sunday 30 July 2006; book review: *The Bookseller of Kabul* by Asne Seierstad, trans. by Ingrid Christopherson (2002, 2004); film review: "The War Within" (2005); poem review: "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent" by John Milton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Jul 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Whose Agenda Is It Anyway?", guest essay by Sam Rowen for Sunday 23 July 2006; book review: *Leaving Church; A Memoir of Faith* by Barbara Brown Taylor (2006); film review: "Capote" (2005); poem review: "Alone" by Maya Angelou. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 17 Jul 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Dragged Along?", guest essay by David Buschart for Sunday 16 July 2006; book review: *Dark Ages America; The Final Phase of Empire* by Morris Berman (2006); film review: "Good Night and Good Luck" (2005); poem review: "Oven Bird" by Robert Frost. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Jul 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Gospel of Our Weakness", guest essay by Dan Lewis for Sunday 9 July 2006; book review: *Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq* by Stephen Kinzer (2006); film review: "Wheel of Time" (2003); poem review: "My Papa's Waltz" by Theodore Roethke; music review: "Mission of My Soul: The Best of Peter Himmelman" by Peter Himmelman. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Jul 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Peace is Patriotic: Reflections for the Fourth of July", for Sunday 2 July 2006; book review: *Red and Blue God, Black and Blue Church; Eyewitness Accounts of How American Churches Are Hijacking Jesus, Bagging the Beatitudes, and Worshipping the Almighty Dollar* by Becky Garrison (2006); film review: "Roy Orbison and Friends: Black & White Night" (1988); poem review: "The Emigrant Irish" by Eavan Boland. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 Jun 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Texts of Terror and the Enemies of God: What Should We Do When Religion Becomes Evil?", for Sunday 25 June 2006; book review: *The Battle for Peace; A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose* by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz (2005); film review: "Dumbland" (2005); poem review: "#333 The Grass So Little Has To Do" by Emily Dickinson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Jun 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Keeping Promises: Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ)", guest essay by Don Thorsen for Sunday 18 June 2006; book review: *Night Draws Near; Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War* by Anthony Shadid (2005); film review: "The Squid and the Whale" (2005); poem review: "Politics" by William Butler Yeats. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Jun 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "So Far, So Near", guest essay by W. David Buschart for Sunday 11 June 2006; book review: *Teacher Man; A Memoir* by Frank McCourt (2005); film review: "The White Diamond" (2004); poem review: "Dreams" by Langston Hughes. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Jun 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Hardest to Bear, Easiest to Forget: Pentecost 2006", for Sunday 4 June 2006; book review: *The Year of Magical Thinking* by Joan Didion (2005); film review: "Paradise Now" (Palestinian) (2005); poem review: "A Prayer for Pentecost (2006)"; music review: "The Folk Den Project, 1995-2005" by Roger McGuinn. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 29 May 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Judas and Matthias: On Mystery and Destiny", for Sunday 28 May 2006; book review: *America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power, and the Neoconservative Legacy* by Francis Fukuyama (2006); film review: "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" (2005); poem review: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 22 May 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Blast of the Ram's Horn: Subversive Acts of Christian Joy", for Sunday 21 May 2006; book review: *Assassins' Gate; America in Iraq* by George Packer (2005); film review: "Saint Ralph" (2004); poem review: "The Mower" by Philip Larkin. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 15 May 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Power of the Dogs: When Trouble is Near", for Sunday 14 May 2006; book review: *American Gospel; God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation* by Jon Meacham (2006); film review: "Paper Clips" (2005); poem review: "All Ye Joyful" by J.R.R. Tolkien. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 8 May 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "No Other Name: Only One Out of 10,000?", for Sunday 7 May 2006; book review: *Mary Magdalene; A Biography* by Bruce Chilton (2005); film review: "Emmanuel's Gift" (2005); poem review: "The Sign of the Cross" by John Henry Newman; music review: "Vertigo 05 Live From Chicago" (DVD) by U2. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 1 May 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Divided Loyalties of Resident Aliens: Strange Lands Your Home, Your Home a Strange Land", for Sunday 30 April 2006; book review: *The Gospel of Judas*, Rodolphe Kasser, Marvin Meyer, and Gregor Wurst, editors, with additional commentary by Bart D. Ehrman (2006); film review: "Wallace and Gromit; the Curse of the Were-Rabbit" (2005); poem review: "On the Mystery of the Incarnation" by Denise Levertov. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Apr 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Much Grace Was With Them All: Our Distinctive Sign", for Sunday 23 April 2006; book review: *Attacking Poverty in the Developing World; Christian Practitioners and Academics in Collaboration*, Judith M. Dean, Julie Schaffner, and Stephen L.S. Smith, editors (2005); film review: "North Country" (2005); poem review: "Ikon: The Harrowing of Hell" by Denise Levertov. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 17 Apr 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "This Is What We Preach", for Easter Sunday 16 April 2006; book review: *What Jesus Meant* by Garry Wills (2006); film review: "Walk the Line" (2005); poem review: "The Resurrection" by Mary Ann Bernard. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Apr 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "A Lenten Letter To President George W. Bush; Lent 6B: Liturgy of the Passion", for Palm Sunday 9 April 2006; book review: *The Next Attack; The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right* by Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (2005); film review: "Nine Lives" (2005); poem review: "The Donkey" by G.K. Chesterton. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Apr 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Contrition, Confession, and Candor: Lent 5B", for Sunday 2 April 2006; book review: *A Spiritual Field Guide; Meditations for the Outdoors* by Bernard Brady and Mark Neuzil (2005); film review: "Bubble" (2006); poem review: "Lenten Prayers, Week 1" by Thomas Hopko; music review: "What You Don't Know Won't Hurt You" by Don Chaffer. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 27 Mar 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Life and Light, Death and Darkness: Lent 4B", for Sunday 26 March 2006; book review: *Johann Sebastian Bach; His Life in Pictures and Documents, with CD* by Hans Conrad Fischer (1985, 2000); film review: "Milwaukee, Minnesota" (2004); poem review: "Lenten Prayers, Week 4" by St. Ephraim of Syria. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 20 Mar 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Subtle as a Sledge Hammer: Jesus 'Cleanses' the Temple: Lent 3B", for Sunday 19 March 2006; book review: *Acts; Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible* by Jaroslav Pelikan (2003); film review: "Saints and Soldiers" (2003); poem review: "Mercy" by John F. Deane. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 13 Mar 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "When Jesus Spoke Plainly: Lent 2B", for Sunday 12 March 2006; book review: *A Million Little Pieces* by James Frey (2003); film review: "Mad Hot Ballroom" (2005); poem review: "Gift" by Czeslaw Milosz. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 6 Mar 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "When God Was Green: The Original Eco-Covenant; Lent 1B", for Sunday 5 March 2006; book review: *Cross-Shattered Christ; Meditations on the Seven Last Words* by Stanley Hauerwas (2004); film review: "Tarnation" (2003); poem review: "The Emperor Constantine" by Czeslaw Milosz. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 27 Feb 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Listen to Him: the Transfiguration of Jesus", for Sunday 26 February 2006; book review: *The Faith of the Outsider; Exclusion and Inclusion in the Biblical Story* by Frank Anthony Spina (2005); film review: "Schultze Gets the Blues" (2003); poem review: from "The Present Crisis" by James Russell Lowell. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 20 Feb 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Letting Go of Your Story: Learning from Traudl Junge", for Sunday 19 February 2006; book review: *The Conferences* by John Cassian, tr. by Boniface Ramsey (1997); film review: "Broken Flowers" (2005); poem review: "Untitled" by John Betjeman. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 13 Feb 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Naaman and Gehazi: the Outsider In, the Insider Out", for Sunday 12 February 2006; book review: *The Institutes* by John Cassian, tr. by Boniface Ramsey (2000); film review: "Grizzly Man" (2005); poem review: "Tell It Slant" by Emily Dickinson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 6 Feb 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "For the Weak and the Weary: A Spirituality of Imperfection", for Sunday 5 February 2006; book review: *The Sayings of the Desert Fathers; The Alphabetical Collection* translated by Benedicta Ward (1975, 1984 rev. ed.); film review: "Turtles Can Fly" (Kurdish) (2004); poem review: "The Tables Turned" by William Wordsworth; music review: "Prairie Wind" by Neil Young. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 30 Jan 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Repudiating Robertson: How Can We Know When God Speaks?", for Sunday 29 January 2006; book review: *In the Heart of the Desert; The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers* by John Chryssavgis (2003); film review: "Downfall" (German) (2004); poem review: "Untitled" by Helen Keller. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 23 Jan 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "When Chronos Meets Kairos: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2006", for Sunday 22 January 2006; book review: *The Fate of Africa; From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair: A History of 50 Years of Independence* by Martin Meredith (2005); film review: "Nobody Knows" (Japanese) (2004); poem review: "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 16 Jan 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Samuel and the Silence of God: So You Wish to Hear a Word?", for Sunday 15 January 2006; book review: *Ethnologue: Languages of the World* by Raymond G. Gordon, Jr., ed. (2005); film review: "Wall" (2004); poem review: "Epiphany" by Reginal Heber. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 9 Jan 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Tookie Williams and "Redemptive Transition": Tailor Made for The Wretched, Available for Everybody", for Sunday 8 January 2006; book review: *Where God Happens; Discovering Christ in One Another* by Rowan Williams (2005); film review: "Spanglish" (2004); poem review: "Epiphany Poem" by George Mackay Brown. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 2 Jan 2006 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World: My New Year's Resolutions with Help from the Desert Monastics", for Sunday 1 January 2006; book review: *Jacques Ellul on Politics, Technology and Christianity* by Jacques Ellul and Patrick Troude-Chastenet (2005); film review: "Born Into Brothels" (2004); poem review: "A New Year's Poem" by Alfred Tennyson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 Dec 2005 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "When the Time Came: Christmas 2005", for Sunday 25 December 2005; book review: *Spirituality of the Psalms* by Walter Brueggemann (2002); film review: "Spellbound" (2002); poem review: "Christmas Bells" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Dec 2005 01:30:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Mary", for 18 December 2005, fourth Sunday in Advent; book review: *Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt* by Anne Rice (2005); film review: "March of the Penguins" (2005); poem review: "BC:AD" by U.A. Fanthorpe. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Dec 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Taking Sides: Reversals", for 11 December 2005, third Sunday in Advent; book review: *What Has Christianity Ever Done For Us?* by Jonathan Hill (2005); film review: "Born Into Brothels" (2004); poem review: "Annunciation" by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Dec 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Close to His Heart: Tenderness", for 4 December 2005, second Sunday in Advent; book review: *Beethoven; The Universal Composer* by Edmund Morris (2005); film review: "Me and You and Everyone We Know" (2005); poem review: "Nativity" by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 28 Nov 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Drinking Tears By The Bowlful: Waiting", for 27 November 2005, first Sunday in Advent; book review: *The Soul of Christianity; Restoring the Great Tradition* by Huston Smith (2005); film review: "Crash" (2004); poem review: "Advent Antiphons" by Sr. M. Charlita IHM. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 21 Nov 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Global Joy for 'All Ye Lands'", for 20 November 2005; book review: *The Jesus Creed; Loving God, Loving Others* by Scot McKnight (2005); film review: "Lords of Dogtown" (2005); poem review: "Ode on Solitude" by Alexander Pope. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 14 Nov 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Coming in Glory", for 13 November 2005; book review: *Soren Kierkegaard; A Biography* by Joakim Garff (translated by Bruce H. Kirmmse) (2005); film review: "The Endurance" (2000); poem review: "We Wear the Mask" by Paul Laurence Dunbar. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 7 Nov 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Everyday Lives of Ordinary People; All Saints Day 2005", for 6 November 2005; book review: *The New American Militarism; How Americans Are Seduced By War* by Andrew Bacevich (2005); film review: "Distant" (2002); poem review: "The Observer" by Rainer Maria Rilke. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 31 Oct 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Correcting the Correction: Reformation Day 2005 (October 31)", for 30 October 2005; book review: *The Accidental Masterpiece; On the Art of Life and Vice Versa* by Michael Kimmelman (2005); film review: "Everest" (1998); poem review: "In Memoriam A.H.H." by Alfred Lord Tennyson. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 24 Oct 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Coming Closer to Myself: Reflections on Turning 50", for 23 October 2005; book review: *Pictures of God; Rilke's Religious Poetry* by Rainer Maria Rilke (2005); film review: "What The Bleep Do We Know!?" (2004); poem review: "If..." by Rudyard Kipling. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 17 Oct 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Show Me The Money: Unconditional Allegiance to the Unconditioned God", for 16 October 2005; book review: *Whose Bible Is It? A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages* by Jaroslav Pelikan (2005); film review: "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" (2003); poem review: "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 10 Oct 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Idolatry: From A Golden Calf To 'Military Metaphysics'", for 9 October 2005; book review: *Dreaming; An Introduction to the Science of Sleep* by J. Allan Hobson (2002); film review: "The Story of the Weeping Camel" (2003); poem review: "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 3 Oct 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Ten Words", for 2 October 2005; book review: *A Walk in the Woods; Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail* by Bill Bryson; film review: "Unchained Memories; Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)"; poem review: "Death Be Not Proud (Holy Sonnet X)" by John Donne. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 26 Sep 2005 01:29:00 -700 Weekly JourneyWithJesus.net postings, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "The Monster Who Was Sorry", for 25 September 2005; book review: *A Short History of Nearly Everything* (2003) by Bill Bryson; film review: "Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, Working With Time" (2001); poem review: "To Find God" by Robert Herrick. http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 19 Sep 2005 01:29:00 -700 JourneywithJesus.net posting for Sunday, September 18, 2005, read by Daniel B. Clendenin. Essay: "Employee #00001"; book review: Harry Frankfurt, *On Bullshit*; film review: "ABC Africa"; poem review: George Herbert, "Man". http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 12 Sep 2005 01:29:00 -700 Essay: "The Arithmetic of Forgiveness"; book review: Larry Diamond, *Squandered Victory; The American Occupation and The Bungled Effort To Bring Democracy To Iraq*; film review: "The Dreams of Sparrows"; poem: Bikki Gautam, "Tears of Blood". http://www.journeywithjesus.net Mon 5 Sep 2005 01:29:00 -700