London Tragedy

The bombings in London today are horrific. They come at a particularly devastating time: when the G8 leaders should be focusing on solutions to poverty and climate change, they are now distracted.

Please pray with me that Tony Blair does not invoke a knee-jerk response a la George W, by retaliating to bombs with bigger and better bombs. May the Western world “turn the other cheek” for once and bless those who curse us, pray for those who persecute us, and love our enemies. Perhaps if we unconditionally loved the ones who are taking credit for these tragedies and we joined in prayer for their souls, they would no longer feel the need to make themselves heard through such barbaric acts.