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
When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear bomb, Kurt sent me a copy of a very short letter he wrote to The New York Times: “I know of only one nation that has dropped nuclear bombs on innocent people.
Howard Zinn on Kurt Vonnegut (via thepajamawarrior)
(Source: weareoneearth)
I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.
Martin Luther King Jr. (via haereticum)
There is no room in the cross for redemptive violence. We cannot fight fire with fire or violence with violence. The Jesus revolution is different. When the soldiers came to take Jesus, Peter picked up his sword and cut off the ear of one of the servants. If ever there was a case for justified violence or just war, Peter had it. But Jesus’s response is fascinating. He picks up the ear of the wounded persecutor and heals him. Then he scolds Peter, saying ‘If you pick up the sword, then you will die by the sword.’ The early Christians said that at that moment when Jesus disarmed Peter, he disarmed every Christian. Our arms are not big enough to hold a cross and a sword.
Shane Claiborne (via strengthlikelions)
War, as long as you view it through the distorted lens of the corporate media, is not only entertaining, but allows us to confuse state power with personal power. It permits us to wallow in unchecked self-exaltation. We are a nation that loves to love itself.
Chris Hedges (via gregstevens)
Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled ‘enemy?’
Sylvia Plath (via spookyvegan)
(Source: lies-at-trenzalore)
When [men] go to war, what they want is to impose on their enemies the victor’s will and call it peace.
St. Augustine (via hipsterlibertarian)
Egypt did for itself in 3 weeks what the US could not do for Iraq and Afghanistan in nearly 10 years. Peace, not war, overcomes terror.
Zahra Billoo (via greeekgoddess)
(Source: ellakamal)
Libya (by devgupta86)
What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
In an age so adjusted to war, I call upon you to be maladjusted. In an age so amazingly adjusted to imperialism and colonialism I call upon you to be maladjusted.
Dr. Martin Luther King (via libertariancontrarian)
I have no problem paying more for gas knowing that people are paying with their lives.
