In this election, I've observed that Americans don't like honesty in politics. I feel pretty confident that we like it more than we did four years ago, but we still don't like it.
For some time, it has been clear to me that business is the future of activism.
Along with much of the country, I have been aware of the issues surrounding Barack Obama's former pastor, and his church.
Jim Walls, who wrote God's Politics, recently released The Great Awakening. Along with the book's release, he is traveling around the country on The Great Awakening Tour. The event is described like this:
So. Today is Georgia's primary. In case it isn't obvious, I'm voting for Barack Obama.
I want to look at a scenario that is fairly common in the American church.
Here is a nice article examining the typefaces used by the various presidential campaigns, and what those typefaces communicate.
See this clip for Mike Huckabee's ideas on the Constitution. Apparently, it needs to be amended to fit "God's standards." The frightening thing about the statement is not so much that a politician can make it, as it is that people still cheer when it is made.
Jonathan Stegall is a web designer and emergent / emerging follower of Jesus currently living in Atlanta, seeking to abide in the creative tension between theology, spirituality, design, and justice.
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