Even though I graduated with a degree in economics, I won’t pretend to know the ins and outs of our nation’s financial mess or, more importantly, how we might get out of it [EDIT: This American Life has a great episode, Another Frightening Show about the Economy, that helps explain things in ordinary human terms]. The list of scandals, bailouts and general madness never seems to end. Reading this article begs the question, how did we end up like this?
Days after it got a federal bailout, American International Group Inc. spent $440,000 on a posh California retreat for its executives, complete with spa treatments, banquets and golf outings, according to lawmakers investigating the company’s meltdown
Sure, we’re offended (even outraged) by the current political climate of mudslinging and finger-pointing and by the greed and corruption underlying the financial disaster we’re facing, but how do we change?
Brian Doerksen (featured worship leader on Vineyard Music’s Light the Fire Again, about which I was 
If you can remember when Light the Fire Again was released, and it felt like a revolution, then I know we’re on the same page. The driving rhythm of the title track, the almost unhinged intimacy of Eternity, the boundary-breaking lyricism of Creation Calls, the heartfelt cry of Pour out my Heart… that album became the soundtrack of many of our lives.
headsparks* 