Sunday, December 11 - "Occupied Bishop"

AM   Psalm 63:1-11;  98     PM   Psalm 103
Amos 9:11-15
2 Thess. 2:1-3, 13-17
John 5:30-47

Bishop George Packard keeps a blog that I have just discovered (called "Occupied Bishop").  In it he has pointed me to the OWS movement's publication called "Tidal".  It's going to take me a few days to read through that, but I recommend it to everyone.  You can find "tidal: occupy theory, occupy strategy" here: http://www.occupytheory.org/Home.html

Here's the beginning of Bp. Packard's blog entry that led me to it:

What "Occupy" is, read "Tidal"

In the confusion which characterizes the OWS Movement there are lots of claims and kibitzers promoting descriptions. None, I've found, are helpful, few are accurate. Among the worst is a piece I read on the Huffington Post where the author refers to protesters as "kids in tantrums" and, "in need of a job." Junk like this deserves a deep breath and an eye roll.

OWS has provided a fascinating syllabus in a glossy twelve page manifesto of sorts called, "Tidal." It reads a little like a self conscious senior term paper at first but in time...it catches up with you. "We notice a vague spiritual nausea, hard to discuss in a world where serious, hard-working people have little time to believe in the existence of the soul." Somebody was paying attention in Philosophy 101. But do you get the point? This is not a movement which is merely drifting over our landscape?

But they save the real firepower for you know who: "What do we want from Wall Street? Nothing, because it has nothing to offer us. We wouldn't be here if Wall Street fed off itself; we are here because it is feeding off everyone."
Read it all here at "Occupied Bishop": http://bishopsnotebook.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-occupy-is-read-tidal.html