Belated Carnival
I spent most of yesterday driving down from upstate New York, so I forgot to post the Carnival. Better late than never, so here we go:
We start out looking at the nature of reality. Then we taste a bit of Georgia reality. We wonder what will happen when reality becomes unreal.
Next door, we peek in to see the rhetoric of war, and some rhetoric on faith and reason. It is easy to find the rhetoric of division, much harder to remain open to reconciliation. This is especially true when challenging power structures filled with injustice.
The Feminarian sends us ahead with a look at a heretical statement - at least for some. But we are reminded that it is our actions towards our enemies that screams of injustice. We are reminded that it is through the eyes of others that we often see ourselves most clearly.
On down the road, we are asked for an accounting of our desires for life. Bill O’Reilly is asked for some self-examination - no word from Mr. O’Reilly yet. But we do hear from Ben Stein - and he isn’t happy. American generals cut-and-run. Running towards peace, however, is nothing in which to find shame.
Further still, we find a restless faith. New Baptist leaders wrestle with this idea. Such changes take time to be felt. Isolation only makes efforts more necessary.
Our next stop speaks of forgotten summer reading and a reminder of the gift of self. Also, that sometimes what we want is not what we want. The order of things is hard to change - even when it cries out for change.
We move along to find a dead-end created by our hard-heartedness. Yet the good news remains that if the problem is our heart, then our heart is also the answer. Such is our ability to reach each other - even when we come from different backgrounds.
Then we are moving back out the gates, wondering where we will find ourselves the next time we gather.
I am impressed. That was amazing. Thanks, Thurman.
Comment by Michelle Murrain — June 26, 2006 @ 8:57 pm
Wonderful collection of views and news - thanks for the carnival.
Comment by VirusHead — June 27, 2006 @ 7:05 pm
Greetings,
We are a newly revamped but long-existent progressive muslim blog/community. How can we become ‘part’ of your group? Would you mind adding us to your blogroll, let’s say?
http://www.progressiveislam.org/
Comment by Ali Eteraz — July 6, 2006 @ 3:26 pm