Follow tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-39764 2011-05-03T21:23:11+02:00 Examining forgiveness, repentance and reconciliation TypePad Disclaimer on the Christianity and vengeance tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef014e8839b41d970d 2011-05-03T21:23:11+02:00 2011-05-04T01:11:43+02:00 Just to be clear, I don't expect the United States government to be Christian or act Christian. I don't even expect Christians to act like Christians. Every person of faith or ideals falls short of living up to all the... Todd Burkes <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://followhim.typepad.com/follow/2011/05/disclaimer-on-the-american-concept-of-our-special-respect-for-life-life-must-be-sacrificed-sometimes-for-the-greater-good.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://followhim.typepad.com/follow/2011/05/disclaimer-on-the-american-concept-of-our-special-respect-for-life-life-must-be-sacrificed-sometimes-for-the-greater-good.html" thr:count="0" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef014e88381aaa970d</id> <published>2011-05-03T14:30:24+02:00</published> <updated>2011-05-03T14:30:24+02:00</updated> <summary>* disclaimer on the American concept of our special respect for life: Life must be sacrificed sometimes for the greater good or in order to achieve justice.</summary> <author> <name>Todd Burkes</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title>Taking exception to exceptionalism tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef014e8835dcd5970d 2011-05-03T03:02:27+02:00 2011-05-04T11:13:59+02:00 We are hearing a lot of things about what Osama bin Laden was. Perhaps we haven't heard this: He was the man that laid bare the soul of America, revealing some aspects we'd rather not see. This was true with... Todd Burkes <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://followhim.typepad.com/follow/2011/01/hello-anyone-still-following.html" /> <link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://followhim.typepad.com/follow/2011/01/hello-anyone-still-following.html" thr:count="5" thr:updated="2011-02-01T17:53:52+01:00" /> <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0147e16d21a2970b</id> <published>2011-01-10T08:46:46+01:00</published> <updated>2011-01-10T08:46:46+01:00</updated> <summary>Hello. Anyone still following?</summary> <author> <name>Todd Burkes</name> </author> </entry> <entry> <title>Avatar strikes repentance nerve tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef012876926431970c 2010-01-09T12:19:00+01:00 2010-01-09T17:21:11+01:00 With his epic film Avatar, director James Cameron offers an important but probably undesired gift to Westerners: the ability to feel sorry. The movie gives Western viewers an opportunity to do emotionally what the movie's main characters do physically: to... Todd Burkes Barbed wires tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0120a5732cf1970c 2009-08-22T19:29:00+02:00 2009-08-25T19:49:09+02:00 It seems every sign of encouragement here in Burundi has a 'but' attached. One of the things I have noticed during this trip, which has taken me to some parts of the society that I hadn't experienced before, is that... Todd Burkes Burundi's pure anti-socialist health-care plan tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0120a503cdd4970b 2009-08-19T12:11:37+02:00 2009-08-19T12:31:39+02:00 Speaking of health care, the subject came up as Olivier took me around the city yesterday. Burundi's health care plan is perhaps one that pure capitalists would dream of. No government run program here. Everyone pulls his or her own... Todd Burkes Hank Williams and Dolly Parton? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0120a5027783970b 2009-08-19T01:03:06+02:00 2009-08-19T02:07:13+02:00 I noticed it yesterday, and seem to recall thinking a bit about it last time I was here. But today some new Burundian friends confirmed it for me. The background music that plays in most coffee shops and meeting places... Todd Burkes What does health care have to do with repentance and Burundi? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0120a500723a970b 2009-08-18T10:28:24+02:00 2009-08-18T10:29:55+02:00 By the way, the American health-care reform debate may not seem like a subject for this blog on reconciliation. And it may seem strange for me to talk about it during my trip to Burundi. But remember, reconciliation happens when... Todd Burkes Back in Bujumbura tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83422b9fe53ef0120a55541b9970c 2009-08-17T17:28:36+02:00 2009-08-17T17:46:35+02:00 Amahoro! After a long journey that included a canceled flight and a two-hour 'night' in a hotel in Nairobi, I have finally made it back to Bujumbura, Burundi. Can't say much now because I am using someone's computer quickly and... Todd Burkes