following Jesus, the Palestinian Jew....
Yes, there really is a vegetarian shark. I really enjoyed the book about Little Tyke, the vegetarian lion who lived a healthy life for many years without eating meat. This all reminds me of Isaiah’s vision where “The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox….” It’s not the end, but it’s a glimpse.
Obama has been worse on immigrants than the Bush administration – we have to move toward more welcoming policies. But we can’t just wait on policy changes, at least people who like to think of themselves as Christians can be radically welcoming to the point that the grace and hospitality spills out everywhere and makes a huge festive mess.
JP Morgan’s $2 billion loss (which may end up being $3 billion) points again to the importance of curbing speculative actions so that they don’t cripple the global economy. Taxing them and using the revenue for health care and education is tremendously wise and just. Even though it’s called the Robin Hood tax, it could be called the Biblical Justice Tax, the Hebrew Prophet’s Tax, or the Jesus Tax. All of those would reflect deep truths about money and how it should be used.
When detentions become a profitable industry with powerful lobbying it’s inevitable that they will increase – follow the money. This is also why prisons should not be privatized.
Jose Godinez-Samperio passed the bar exam in Florida but he is undocumented. A court will have to rule on whether he will be admitted to the bar. I hope he wins his case.
Immigrants are a wonderful part of the USA. Congress and President Obama need to pass the DREAM Act as soon as possible.
If you’re near Switzerland in June you could drop by this conference, looks like it could be interrogated a little – perhaps ~Virtues~ are more significant than values? What would it look like if it was “The Value of Virtues in Responsible Business” or “The Virtue of Virtues in Responsible Business” or “The Value of Values in Virtuous Business”? What would virtuous business look like anyway….
Seeds for Successful Transformation 2012: the Value of Values in Responsible Business
1,600 Palestinians are fasting because of unjust detentions. This article from the Daily Mail “1600 on Hunger Strike and the World Doesn’t Even Bat an Eye” is a good summary of the current situation.
What will it take for the world to care enough to end the occupation?
I’ve just finished reading Jung: A Brief Insight by Anthony Stevens and found it quite enjoyable since I don’t know much about psychology. Parts of the book that I found helpful are:
“Analytic success in making the shadow conscious and coming to terms with its contents results, after the initial struggle, in a sense of greater vitality, of feeling more vigorous, more creative, and more whole. The own one’s shadow is to become responsible for it, so that one’s morality is less blind and less compulsive, and ethical choices become possible. Shadow consciousness is important not only for personal development, therefore, but as a basis for greater social harmony and international understanding.” (80)
“..divest oneself of ‘the false wrappings of the persona’, abandon one’s ego-defenses, and, rather than projecting one’s shadow on to others, strive to know it and acknowledge it as a part of one’s inner life….” (100)
“The great secret is to embody something essential in our lives.” (48)
