Tag Archives: American Empire

John the Baptist: On Clothes and Fashions For the Anti-War Movement

  Hospitality, January 2005, vol. 24, no. 1 I saw her, all but imperceptibly, in the right corner of my left eye.  She was playing volleyball at the seminary picnic for new students and faculty.  She had on pink shorts and an athletic shirt.  Suddenly the ball soared into the paling southward sun and then [...]

The Wednesday Report: Prayer

    Hospitality,  vol. 23, no. 3   Jesus,   Thank you, my leader and light, face of Yahweh; for your way (your journey from Bethlehem to Golgotha), your truth (the Beloved Community is at hand), your life (after we pick up our cross and are born again).   Your life of freedom (“Be not [...]

God Bless America (And Nobody Else)

Hospitality,  vol. 22, no. 5   If God were to bless America What would become of the War-mongering Southern Baptist Convention?  A heresy Born in 1845 to justify In Jesus’ name, white people Twisting into monsters Buying and selling girls and boys, women And men as chattel things. Or, would the spirit of love and [...]

God Bless America

  Hospitality Vol. 20. no. 10   God Bless America God Bless America, land that I love Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with the light from above From the mountains to the prairies To the oceans white with foam God Bless America, my home sweet home. God Bless America, my home [...]