A New Day

Rachel and Steve could not have given a more thoughtful birthday/Christmas gift: making the old man feel like he still has something to say! The Growing in Christ experiment was by definition limited in its scope, but Incite will know no boundaries but my own. My worldview will always be theological, but it's going to be fun to explore how that can include so much beyond the religious/spiritual realm. Thanks, guys!

I watched a retrospective of John Lennon's agitation of the Nixon Administration on the History Channel last night and found myself hoping that I might somehow become a similar thorn in the side of the Bush Administration. This is not intended to nurture the delusion that I am in any way on par with Lennon, but is rather the compliment of wanting to imitate someone who openly confronted the corrupt establishment.

This is the weekend when we remember and honor another who also stood up to hatred and injustice in such a way that the world was forever changed for the better. Martin Luther King Jr.'s worldview was also theological, and perhaps no one has better exemplified how that transcends the traditional understanding of church and religion. George W. Bush may claim to be a Christian, but King walked the way of the Christ. What a profound difference!

http://www.truemajority.org/mlk.html

Thanks again, Rachel and Steve, for your encouragement and support!