The season of Advent sounds a discordant note in a world abuzz with holiday Muzak. While everyone else is humming "have a happy jolly Christmas," we church folks sing a prophetic tune that sounds more like an African-American spiritual or a freedom song than a Christmas Carol.
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Fourteen members of the Interfaith Tent at Occupy Oakland locked arms in front of the tent and were arrested early Monday morning as the police raided the encampment. It is not surprising that our words and actions have been reduced to a few sound bites and fleeting...