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This from a friend, pastor Jonita (Jay) Johnson: Read more…

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Apparently has taken both #1 and #2 spots in the UK top ten. One version by Leonard Cohen and the other by Buckley. I first heard it (Cohen’s version) on CBC radio 1 (think =Canadian NPR) and was immediately mesmerized; transfixed. It was a ghostly haunting song – beautiful. And for some reason it so embodies Christmas. Do ya think? What’s on your Christmas playlist? Read more…

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The recent trampling of a Long Island, NY Wal Mart worker on the morning of Black Friday has elicited a lot of commentary about our economic mess, consumerism, and why we ought to Buy Nothing (Day). While I’m deeply saddened, probably the only fresh perspective I can offer would be as a former Long Islander looking in and my misgivings about the whole “Buy Nothing Day” idea. Read more…

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Snagged the nifty  title of this post from here. Anyways, as we look forward to another opening week next Monday, meditate on this, courtesy Banksy, and pray for Monday morning.

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Today I participated in the systemic oppression of the balloon people.

It was thru a little exercise w/my cohort @ Leadership Whatcom – and it was quite an experience to be the most-privileged, richest, elitist class of society in the room – albeit through roleplay. It awakened me to my own privilege, in terms of class, economically, socially. And while I’ve taken the victims’ stance many times a past, and complained of the oppressiveness under the privileged, it was surreal to have the tables turned – and I realized that I was complicit as well. America is complicit today when it comes to privilege in a global sense. Not to say we ought to be ashamed, but to face the reality that when our market crashes, so does the rest of the world. How can anyone say anymore that we don’t hold economic power over others? At any rate,

what are your thoughts on privilege, beit economic, gender, sexual orientation, race?

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