I have watched Jim Wallis, one of founders of Sojourners since I first met him and his fellow seminarians in 1972. Wow – that date makes me feel old. As I see how he has lived his life in total commitment to the demands of Jesus Christ, I am humbled. If I were the Pope, not only would hell freeze over but Jim Wallis would be the first one to be named a Saint. Which would make him laugh I am sure.

Anyway, I encourage all to subsribe to their on-line magazine. Today’s article about the Advent in Iraq is well worth the time.

Perhaps the most famous passage from Plato’s writings is the Allegory of the Cave. In it, we are asked to imagine ourselves in a cave somehow fettered so that we can only look at the back of the cave. Behind us is a fire that keeps us warm. Between the fire and ourselves is an endless parade of life which we can only see as shadow plays on the back wall of the cave. Finally, we are to imagine what it would be like to be unfettered and able to leave the cave in order to see life as it truly is.

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