February 2012
9 posts
just a thought or two penned up in virtual...
Our lives, thoughts, and actions- broken records. Revelations fueled by the near over-consumption of symbolistic alcohol and theoretical substance of choice, only to be forgotten come the dawn, from headaches made known by sunrise. What will it take for us to realize our TRUEST potential. To love not only in theory, but in action and in truth? Our ways only hint at a percentage of truth, little...
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Watchroosterfield:
written & recorded in about 30 minutes in griffith park, los angeles. enjoy. :)
BLAST FROM THE PAST!
Money often distracts us from whats important. Togetherness and selflessness and acting from the heart without considering what one gets in return. Let us instead create a currency of self-sacrificial love. Begin today.
January 2012
6 posts
When is the last time you’ve shared a meal with someone who has no home? Visited and encouraged a prisoner? Supported a single mother? Given things away, not JUST in times of excess, but also in times of need? Ever wonder why you may feel that your life is simply a set of “lifeless” motions you burden through each day? The Kingdom of Heaven that God describes involved every...
Panetta Blasts Video of Marines Urinating on Dead →
I am beginning to learn, as I experience more and more of these horrors, that we can’t expect any government or nation to act as agents on behalf of a God who’s kingdom is not of this world and who’s law is unconditional love. We must learn to love like Jesus loved, and that love is to be extended to both the oppressed and the oppressor alike.
The Assyrians, also known as the people of Nineveh (remembered as “the bloody city”) were not beyond redemption in God’s eyes, and they could arguable have done more damage to humanity than Hilter or Saddam Hussein combined (Nahum [chapter 3] described “death everywhere; countless corpses in every direction”); And yet God redeemed them when they repented. We MUST seek...
December 2011
6 posts
”All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had. The apostles testified powerfully to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and God’s great blessing was upon them all. There were no needy people among them, because those who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles to...
”You are the light of the world - like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.” (Matthew 5:14). There is no doubt that we are all light, in one way or another, but have you ever considered what type of light you are? Are you a light that attracts or distracts. Are you a beacon of hope in complete darkness or a maglite flashlight blinding the eyes of the accused? Is your luminance...
Jesus taught us to pray for, love and bless our enemies. He taught us to be the servants of ALL. He taught that us that ‘pagans and corrupt tax collectors’ love those that love them; nothing distinctly “Christian” about that. He taught us that His image is hidden in the broken and the poor, and when we serve them, we serve Him. We should all be asking ourselves, “How...
Loose Change To Produce Change - Lets Buy A House!
I have an idea for a campaign. I have always been fascinated with taking waste and turning it into life (dumpstering discarded food to feed the hungry, using vegetable oil for fuel, taking trash and turning it into art, etc). I feel like this idea can be replicated (and has been) because we will never run out of spare change.
Statistically, the majority of the dying world lives off of under...
November 2011
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I pray for the day that the Body of Christ become the people who are run to in times of need. It seems like everyday we are mourning the death of yet another child who signed his or her life over to the United State’s Armed Forces. Why aren’t WE recruiting for the KINGDOM, offering the same benefits that these recruiters offer high school kids? Why do they feel the need to run to the...
A for-profit corporation named CorrectHealth performed the murder of Troy Davis. They profited over $18,000 by silencing his heartbeat and ending his life. Just because its legal doesn’t mean its right. Its time for people of Light to take a stand against the agents of death in this world. In the words of Shane Claiborne, “May the interruptions of death continue. And may our lives...
October 2011
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September 2011
6 posts
War on Terror Fact: At least 919,967 people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq the U.S. and coalition attacks, based on lowest credible estimates. That’s at least two 9/11’s every month since September 11th, 2001. Lord, please have mercy on all who claim to know you, love you and love like you and yet find ways to support this terror. I beg of you, Prince of Peace, please teach...
For all americans who have decided to “Never Forget” the tragedy of 9/11, let us also remember the staggeringly beautiful truth found in the words of Bishop Desmond Tutu; “There is no future without forgiveness.”
”God is in recovery from all the violence that has been attributed to him and done in his name.” - Walter Brueggemann. It’s time that the churches entered the same recovery process.
”This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for one another.” - 1 John 3:16. Jesus’ act of love was all encompassing. To redeem the world by taking lives only views the world through the lense of who and what WE love. Love is laying our lives down for all; Those we love, those who may hate us, and our best friends...
August 2011
9 posts
“Sometimes in your life, hope that you might see one starved man, the look on...”
– Daniel Berrigan
America, quit going to war. In retaliating against terrorists, we become terrorists ourselves. Trade in your weapons of death for a crown of life.
Army suicides at a record high last month →
OBTAINING PEACE THROUGH COMBAT IS A LIE! Oh God, teach us how to love! Please be praying for the families who have lost loved ones to the myth of redemptive violence, on both sides of the battle. All are precious to Father God.
Brothers and sisters, want to be free of suffering, heartache, and misery? Accept the forgiveness of God, forgive others, and forget about your own self interest for a while. Instead, love other humans at least as much as you love yourself. Its the first step in seeing heaven invade earth.
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When other countries governments abuse rights, they march, protest, and riot. We just mumble, complain, then change the channel. When will, as a people, decide to stand up and create change?
July 2011
13 posts
The unborn child, enemy, convict, immigrant, & soldier. Terrorist, whores, & cheats. All forms of human life with unsurpassable worth; deserving of life despite their background, trespasses, or failures. They all find equal footing at the foot of the cross. Every beating heart is precious and redeemable to the Father, and we are called to imitate that love.
As we speak, babies are being knit together in their mothers wombs; Others are being torn apart by internal parasites. We are all the same. We have to begin to realize that there is no ‘third world’. No, there is only one world, and all gifted to it have full rights to life. Take a second to look inside, and consider whether or not you are an answer to the worlds prayers. The change...
“A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself; Until he has...”
– Alan Watts (excerpt from “Become What You Are”)
Stream of consciousness
A very small man came up to me in his wheelchair and began talking to me about his handicap, steak dinners, and how his mom would boss around the secret service. Later, a female security guard with lazy eye told me how she wanted to go to junior college for photography because she didn’t want to have this job all her life. We talked about how sad it is that kids have to drink the water thats...
The use of intimidation, dispersant gasses, rubber bullets, wooden batons, billy clubs, and militant force can NEVER strip you of your dignity. We can and must stand up for the very people being trampled by our governments and corporations, through love, non-violent resistance, and a hope of restoration for both the oppressed and the oppressors. Never lose heart. We WILL change this world.