Saving Civilization

We probably know more about tribes in the Amazon jungle than we do about the real nature of power in the United States. - Tom Ferguson, Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts

Americans are waking up to the fact that Congress and the President don't really control the nation. Sarah Palin's recent appeal to reorganize the Federal Reserve bank reflects the growing awareness that a powerful, secretive elite profoundly influences US policy, not to mention our economic life, and that this elite is closely connected to its European counterpart. It is no friend to followers of Jesus.

With the Eurozone about to blow up and put more millions of Europeans out of work, and a planned collapse of the dollar around the corner along with all the social and economic problems it will create, a read of How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill is worth it. 1600 years ago, Europe was becoming a wasteland when bands of devoted people responded by forming faith communities and worshipping, memorizing scripture, planting gardens, practicing hospitality, and caring for the poor.

They found the path of life for their day. My bet is that in our day it will be a path of life again, or something like it, centered around the Man from Heaven.