US Airways flight diverted after passenger “caught” praying. How’s that for a headline? Let’s go with our gut reaction – it was a Muslim, wasn’t it? Wrong. Those lines are lifted from the news story. What kind of a person wraps straps around his head to pray? Jews, that’s who. Observe: Yeah. A plane was [...]
Posts Tagged ‘education’
Call. Response?
July 14th, 2009
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This one came in from my buddy Ryan Linstrom, who is in the Holy Land working an internship. If you’re interested, give him a bell. Thanks. “Call. Response? I received an email from Robert, a Ugandan friend, last evening asking for support for some projects he is working on, specifically for his mother and some [...]
Why I Like Sci-Fi
May 29th, 2009
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Found a neat little clip from Babylon 5 (you might remember it from back in the day – “our last, best hope for peace”) while ignoring my final for Modern Islamic Political Theory. I think it’s a great reminder of how diverse and interesting our planet is: interfaith, religion, future
PeaceJam
March 2nd, 2009
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The 1010 Project was asked to present a workshop on poverty eradication at a PeaceJam conference here in Denver this past weekend. The Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator and I were going to co-present, but she fell ill and I flew solo. I think it went well. The room was packed, the kids asked good questions, [...]
