Kilmory Day Trip

I've blogged about these guys before, here.

They are a Scottish band. A 'friend of a friend's' band. Lyrically exquisite, musically beautiful.

You can go here, listen to their e.p. and buy their record.

An Intelligent Soul?

My body's now a begging bowl
That's begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of my consciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control

--Bono

Germany finish paying off WW1 reparations.

So, 92 years after the war ended, Germany have finished paying off the reparations owed by them after they were forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles.

Have we since learned from the remarkable injustice associated with that Treaty? Looking at the current mess in the Middle East where Euro/American interests have consistently been placed in front of the interests of the local people over the past century, and with this trend set to continue well into the next century, we have clearly ignored the lesson that when we force a nation or a people into a corner, we create the wars of tomorrow.

We need to repent.

Stanley Hauerwas on Prayer

Here's a guy I've been reading a lot of recently.