A Pledge to the Next Generation

In light of the oil spill and the resultant devastation, we at Sojourners felt led to examine ourselves, our lifestyles and our habits. I helped to write the following pledge, originally posted on God’s Politics: We are witnessing a massive despoiling of God’s creation that will impact ecosystems for generations. Our response must think that …

An early BP Christmas present? No, thanks.

Check out my latest post on God’s Politics: “An Early BP Christmas Present? Please, God, No …” Snip: “Spill” sounds so innocuous, doesn’t it? “Whoops, I spilled some milk.” It doesn’t seem like the appropriate word to append to “oil.” “Whoops, I spilled several MILLION gallons of oil.”

Links of the Day, October 1

Happy October! Only three months of 2009 left! As a fall treat, here’s a picture from the White House photostream of Barack playing with his Asian-American niece, Savita: Eugene Cho blogs about it. News In more sobering news, the death toll in Indonesia passes 700. Iran talks nuclear. Senators Boxer and Kerry introduce the Clean …