God's Greatness Defeats All Efforts to Monopolize Truth
This important question brings to mind some words from literary critic Stanley Fish, decades old now, I think.
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November 14, 2006 6:30 PM
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The Sermon on the Mount
I recently heard a provocative interview between Chicago pastor Bill Hybels and British filmmaker Richard Curtis. You will probably know of Curtis' work, even if you don't know his hame: "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Notting Hill," "Love Actually," "The Girl in the Cafe," the Mr.
Bean films.
What you may not know is Curtis' pivotal role in raising awareness and money regarding poverty, HIV, refugees, and other crises in our world today.
For example, earlier this year he piloted the "American Idol Gives Back" project which raised $73 million to help desperately poor people around the world, and Curtis is one of the creative geniuses behind Comic Relief and the UK's leadership regarding the Millennium Development Goals. His "red nose day" is one of the most creative social interventions I've ever heard of.
November 7, 2007 5:18 AM
The Moral Cost of Torture
A few weeks ago, I posted on this subject of torture for the God's Politics blog on beliefnet.com.
I began with this reflection: "I remember about eight years ago when then presidential candidate George W. Bush repeatedly claimed that he would restore honor to the presidency, soiled as it had been by our previous president's infamous affair. I remember hoping he would succeed. But a new kind of shame has come to the office and to our nation as reports surface about our government's secret authorization of torture. We all share in this shame."
