The resurrection perspective

Yesterday morning, President Obama hosted an Easter prayer breakfast at the White House with more than 100 Christian leaders.  The president spoke openly and honestly about his personal faith, and how  “"I wanted to host this breakfast for a simple reason – because as busy as we are, as many tasks pile up, during this season, we are reminded that there’s something about the resurrection ... of our savior, Jesus Christ, that puts everything else in perspective,"

Yet neither the Washington Post or New York Times (unless I missed a one-liner somewhere in the small print) even mentioned it.  Perhaps some might say that’s because a Christian prayer breakfast isn’t really news.  But it seems to me that with the mythology about the president being Muslim still swirling around, the most recent Pew poll showed that only about a third of Americans believe he is a Christian, the media has a responsibility to report the president’s own words that correct the lies.  This time, they didn’t.

Willie, Mickey and the Duke

In the 1950s glory days of New York City baseball, three giants, now all Hall-of-Famers, patrolled center field.  Mickey Mantle for the Yankees, Willie Mays for the Giants, and Duke Snider for the Dodgers.  For a boy growing up in that era, if you paid any attention at all to baseball, you knew Willie, Mickey and the Duke.

Duke died on Sunday at age 84.  Only Willie is left.

Creating terrorists

Ever wonder how the U.S, can create more people who hate us?  This is a good start -

Gathering Firewood, 9 Afghan Boys Killed by NATO Helicopters

Guns or food?

A survey of Salvation Army offices shows they can’t keep up with growing hunger. Demands for food are increasing while donations are level or decreasing.  Not surprisingly, the heaviest demand for food came in areas with high unemployment and home foreclosures.  Meanwhile, we are now spending $3 billion a week on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

Save the mountains

The EPA revoked the permit for one of the largest mountaintop coal mining operations in West Virginia yesterday, citing the environmental damage.  It's what Christians for the Mountains has been advocating.  

More pastor than politician

Religion New Service writes that Obama's Tucson speech was a sermon "drawing on Scripture, theology, and the rising rhythms of black preaching."

A time of soul searching

An impressive list of Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders call on Congress to engage ideological adversaries as fellow Americans, not as enemies.