Matthew Clanahan; 24-year-old graduate student; Learning Support Specialist and adjunct English instructor at Three Rivers College; Bachelor's of Science in Mass Media/Radio with a minor in math from Southeast Missouri State University; Apple enthusiast; total geek; coffee connoisseur; multiple-instrument musician; drummer for Berlin Airlift; caffeine addict; grammar Nazi; Christ follower; ordinary radical
Interests: peace, love, equality, people, social justice, human rights, music, vinyl records, lyrics, quotes, art, poetry, films, books, technology, coffee, tea, demilitarization, sustainability, community, community development, community gardening, historic preservation, Jesus, theology
This Tumblelog will be the primary place [in addition to Facebook and Twitter] where I share media and web content that I find interesting. I will also share my thoughts on faith, hope, peace and love.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I must admit, I find it suspect when fellow Christians fight harder to preserve the rights provided by the Constitution of the Unites States of American than they do to live the teachings of the sermon on the mount. May we never forget that God’s Kingdom, of which we are a part of, is NOT of this world, and our battle is NEVER against flesh and blood. Our law is self-sacrificial love, and our Commander and Chief is one who died willingly for and at the hands of His enemies. Long live the slaughtered lamb.
John Steinbeck understood the bootstrap myth is just that - a myth.
Objecting to 400 people controlling half the wealth in America doesn’t make you a socialist. It means you have a basic understanding of human fairness and equity, and don’t approve of millions of people starving when there’s plenty for everyone.
William Hamby (via zeitgeistmovement)
(Source: socialuprooting)
Brainwashed and blindfolded.
The myth of America as a Christian nation, with the church as its guardian, has been, and continues to be, damaging both to the church and to the advancement of God’s kingdom. Among other things, this nationalistic myth blinds us to the way in which our most basic and most cherished cultural assumptions are diametrically opposed to the kingdom way of life taught by Jesus and his disciples. Instead of living out the radically countercultural mandate of the kingdom of God, this myth has inclined us to Christianize many pagan aspects of our culture. Instead of providing the culture with a radically alternative way of life, we largely present it with a religious version of what it already is. The myth clouds our vision of God’s distinctly beautiful kingdom and thereby undermines our motivation to live as set-apart (holy) disciples of this kingdom.
Gregory A. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation
You hate America, don’t you?” she said.
“That would be as silly as loving it,” I said. “It’s impossible for me to get emotional about it, because real estate doesn’t interest me. It’s no doubt a great flaw in my personality, but I can’t think in terms of boundaries. Those imaginary lines are as unreal to me as elves and pixies. I can’t believe that they mark the end or the beginning of anything of real concern to the human soul. Virtues and vices, pleasures and pains cross boundaries at will.
Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night (via mcole)
