Always interesting to see the diversity of the UCC’s call to social justice. I, of course, knew nothing about the School of the Americas. From my limited research, it seems like these were the fine folks who trained a vast number of folks in South America in military tactics. (Read: Death Squads.) I feel largely blind to most of the turmoil in South America. Considering the rise of Chavez, I think that blindness is epidemic in the US, and we have yet again allowed dialogue to atrophy to the point that extremism flourishes. *Sigh* It’s Monday.

Chicago pastor sentenced to 60 days in federal prison for SOA civil disobedience:

The Rev. Don Coleman, a UCC minister in Chicago, was sentenced to 60 days in federal prison on Jan. 29…