from the mouth of heathens:

iTunes
From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day...
when nobody died. And I'm singing

Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I'm alive
Singing Amen I'm alive

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died

I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly ~ Jesus

i sent this to my buddy israel a day or two ago - because it made me think of him. this is what he's about - he's all heart. and i think he's my nemesis. i always wanted one - and i think he's it. i probably have more to learn from him than anyone else in my community.

as i've continued marinating on this song - it's occured to me that somebody has some splainin' to do. someone needs to explain this song - how it can be... and how it sells. how does the christian community explain ... the kingdom of heaven - the very gospel - proceeding from the lips of ... the secular heathen? love, life - glorious life, compassion and hope celebrated.

and what of the events documented in this video? are these from christians? i don't remember anyone announcing Live Aid or Bob Geldof in my church. I don't remember anyone mentioning Betty Williams, or Peter Benenson and Amnesty International(!), or praying for or celebrating Nelson Mandella and what seems like largest movement of forgiveness in human history.

what are the biggest bestest things the christian community, or in particular its "leaders", have *ever* done in comparison?

seriously, what am i missing here???

narrow path indeed.

honoring a photographer

this is incredible

in honor of Kenji Nagai, still taking pictures after being shot,
in Myanmar yesterday.

who has the huge balls, and who has the tiny balls?
who brings light and who has something to hide?
who has honor, and who does not?

$100 Laptop

File this under "shit that makes an incredible amount of sense". i am so insanely pumped to see this product becoming a reality.

i see the hundred dollar laptop as a systematic solution to not simply bridging the digital divide - but to addressing so many imbalances in the world.


coupled with web2.0 portals such as wikipedia, and online applications like googledocs - this item represents a real opportunity for many to join the world...

this isn't rice or an aids vaccine. but since the information age started a little while back, some of us believe that ideas are what really change things.

think.

think what this means.

if people knew

• that FGM is unnecessary and ironically sick
  
• the aids virus doesn't wash off with a shower
• a tyrant is just a local thug
  
• that injustice has a voice
  

this is the proverbial feeding of the five thousand brought to life.