God's Politics Blog » Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net A Blog by Jim Wallis and Friends Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 A Major Victory for the Peace Movement Down Under http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/17/a-major-victory-for-the-peace-movement-down-under/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/03/17/a-major-victory-for-the-peace-movement-down-under/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:00:44 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=16879 Through tears I write this post as breaking news of the Waihopai Plowshares activists have been found by a New Zealand jury “NOT GUILTY!”

Watch a video news report here.

Many will know the rich Christian tradition of the plowshares actions, and…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/26/audio-social-justice-on-australian-christian-radio/feed/ 10 Easy Hate, Hard Love, Cornel West, and Barack Obama http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/16/easy-hate-hard-love-cornel-west-and-barack-obama/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/16/easy-hate-hard-love-cornel-west-and-barack-obama/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:00:45 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=15922 Martin Luther King Jr. reminds us, “Hatred paralyses life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” Yet the reality of our daily work of turning over to God our raw responses to…

]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2010/02/16/easy-hate-hard-love-cornel-west-and-barack-obama/feed/ 36 Haiti and Anti-Evangelist Pat Robertson’s ‘Gospel’ of Disgrace http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/14/haiti-and-anti-evangelist-pat-robertsons-gospel-of-disgrace/ http://blog.sojo.net/2010/01/14/haiti-and-anti-evangelist-pat-robertsons-gospel-of-disgrace/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:45:03 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=14884 Sam Harris, Richard Dawkin, and Christopher Hitchens have nothing on the greatest evangelist of atheism today, Pat Robertson. The Red Cross has reported up to 3 million of God’s children have been killed, injured, or left homeless in Haiti after…

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]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/17/obama-in-oslo-what-if/feed/ 25 Climate Justice Clips: Archbishop Rowan Williams on ‘Fashioning a Christian Response’ to the Climate Crisis http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/16/climate-justice-clips-archbishop-rowan-williams-sermon-at-copenhagen/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/16/climate-justice-clips-archbishop-rowan-williams-sermon-at-copenhagen/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:06:07 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=14309 091216-rowan-williams]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/16/climate-justice-clips-archbishop-rowan-williams-sermon-at-copenhagen/feed/ 49 Climate Justice Clips: More of Tutu’s Message to Copenhagen, ‘Join the Winning Side’ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/14/climate-justice-clips-more-of-tutus-message-to-copenhagen-join-the-winning-side/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/14/climate-justice-clips-more-of-tutus-message-to-copenhagen-join-the-winning-side/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:02:12 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=14222 091214-cop15-tutu-video2]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/14/climate-justice-clips-more-of-tutus-message-to-copenhagen-join-the-winning-side/feed/ 54 Climate Justice Clips: The Real Conspiracy at Copenhagen http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/08/climate-justice-clips-the-real-conspiracy-at-copenhagen/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/08/climate-justice-clips-the-real-conspiracy-at-copenhagen/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:00:03 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=14030 091208-cap-and-trade This is analogous to the indulgences that the Catholic Church sold in the middle ages. The bishops collected lots of money and the sinners got redemption. Both parties liked that arrangement despite its absurdity. That is exactly what's happening...]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/08/climate-justice-clips-the-real-conspiracy-at-copenhagen/feed/ 44 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 1 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/07/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-1/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/07/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-1/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:41 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13966 091207-cop15 Ok, so if Amos was to show up today and deliver his poetic-prophetix in the body of a skinny, pale spectacled, over educated English environmental analyst, he might look something like the amazing Danny Chivers. ... ]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/07/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-1/feed/ 7 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 2 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/06/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-2/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/06/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-2/#comments Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:09:32 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13965 091206-cop15]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/06/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-2/feed/ 1 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 3 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/05/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-3/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/05/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-3/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:07:59 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13964 091205-cop15]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/05/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-3/feed/ 14 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 4 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/04/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-4/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/04/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-4/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:00:21 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13937 091204-gods-will]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/04/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-4/feed/ 28 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 5 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/03/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-5/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/03/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-5/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:02:22 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13908 091203-tutu-video]]> http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/03/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-5/feed/ 25 Climate Justice Clips: Countdown to Copenhagen, Day 6 http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/02/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-6/ http://blog.sojo.net/2009/12/02/climate-justice-clips-countdown-to-copenhagen-day-6/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:02:35 +0000 Jarrod McKenna http://blog.sojo.net/?p=13864
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