Mike, I wasn't able to e-mail Wess the podcast, but I e-mailed him personally, and he said that I could do it through Itunes, but I still was unable to do so. I will keep trying.

Erin, excellent analysis, because I thought the same thing about the book. I think all of the stories were in France, but the one I read, had to do with a man who lost his job when he was 45 and didn't find another job for ten years. Anyway, I will see you on Thursday.

Justin, I am excited to see the work that you are doing over there at Harambee. My one question for the dead cat scenario is this, did the first cat in Westwood get removed by people that lived there, or by the City. I have picked up dead animals, which needed to be removed many times before, as a police officer, especially a cat, because it is a house pet and is traumatic for children to see. I am not justifying the delayed response of the City, but I think this comes down to the other issue. There is a unhealthy reliance upon the government for assistance, that people won't even take a plastic bag and remove the animal if it is an inconvenience. This happened all the time when I worked for the government, because some people have a philosophy that the services provided by the city are "owed" to them, so they won't take initiative to "fix the problem." This also should be recognized by the church, so that we don't place too much emphasis upon governmental structures and forget that God wants us to be empowered ourselves, which is what it appears you are doing. I'll see ya' on Thursday.

Hey, I know that this post is a little late, but I am attempting to study for finals. It's been a long time since I had to study like this. Since this is my last post, I want to say that it has been great to be able to work with everyone, Erin, Mike, and Justin. Getting to know you all has been a pleasure. I appreciate the fact that you all expanded my ability to think outside of normalcy. Thank you.
In reference to Mike's analysis, To make a claim of Christianity is no different than making a claim of any other religion know to humankind. I can do something which opposes Christ, but in the best defense, make it so the Bible justifies my stance. In your last statement, "A person has no idea who they are or where they belong?" People should be able to have cultural identities no matter where they live, but through globalization, the blurring of cultures into one another should produce hybridization, but through nationalism, the dominant culture will be the main force, right? So, which do we choose, I am little confused?

Sorry, I read but am having problems with my blog.

In answer to Justin:
An ideology is more linked to social class structure - it is the way to organize beliefs and values on the basis of social, economic or political philosophy

whereas a principle is an underlying law or assumption required in that system of thought – standard of decision making

ultimately that means that we should not base our morality on structures of thought that are influenced by society but by the underlying principles we began with but often times forget in the face of pundantry and ideological back and forth sound bites