Tag Archives: faith and politics

I remember the riots of the early ‘60s Civil Rights movement — the late ‘60s antiwar movement — and yet today’s politics of fear, racism, hate, and disrespect are beyond anything I remember in the past.

I am a Christian who, like many others, is baffled by the dissonance between pronouncements made by self-proclaimed Christian candidates and the pronounced themes of the Gospels.

Lori has had to worked not just hard, but smarter, to be where she is. She has successfully began and worked on many projects and brought them to fruition, such as the community gardens project. This is one reason many people who have voted for and endorsed Lori, choose to do so – they've seen her quiet, decisive work in action.

The transformation shows the capacity for creativity, innovation and imagination in Spokane as a city and by individuals in the city. It shows how leaders collaborate together to make something new out of the old via a process of transformation, starting with a dream and then making that dream a reality.

[todaysdate] By Eric Blauer “It’s a trap!” -Admiral Ackbar, Return of the Jedi Jesus coined that iconic meme when the pharisees tried to trap him in a ‘faith and politics’ question. Matthew 22:15-22: “Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he …

I read with interest an article that Congressional approval rating was at 12 percent in August 2012, three months before election, and 90 percent of the lawmakers were re-elected and sent back to Washington, D.C.. I am trying to understand what this really speaks to.