The Middle East

I hesitated a long time before even starting to type this because I really don't plan for this blog to become too political, but with Shane still in Iraq, these things are on my mind. While I have some theological disagreements with Pastor Nathan, I find myself mostly in agreement with this sermon of his and I appreciated Deanna Mershed's response. It was also heartening to hear the Israeli Prime Minister last week admit that continuing to expand the "settlements" and otherwise not keeping their agreements wasn't helping the situation. I fear that it will take generations to rebuild the good will we, as a nation, enjoyed around the world as recently as the immediate aftermath of 2001-09-11. Sigh...