Quote of the Month

"There is not a religious mandate or God-ordained system of health care or insurance. No amount of biblical exegesis or study will lead you to a policy conclusion on health care savings accounts, personal versus employer provided insurance, single payer public systems, or private insurance plans. Luke might have been a physician, but he still never commented on whether or not computerizing medical records should be a national priority." -Jim Wallis of the lefty Sojourners organization

This pleasantly surprising expression of restraint and humble acknowledgment of the fundamentally open-to-question nature of Christian political engagements overlaps to a large extent with my personal contribution to the UMC's 2008 Book of Resolutions (aka the Book of Resolutions Nobody Reads).

NEED MONEY FOR WEED AND T-MOBIL

Actual text on the cardboard sign of a panhandler I recently passed in Harvard Square.

I guess there's something to be said for honesty...

Quote of the Week

"The difference between a [theologically] liberal Baptist and a 'Christian Unitarian Universalist' is really not that big."

-a Unitarian Universalist (UU) seminarian, in a recent chat

Quote of the Month

"If you see somebody wave to you, please wave back. If you see somebody flash you, please do NOT flash them back!"

-Instructions given on my double-decker bus tour of New York City last week