Adventus Is Back!

Rmj at Adventus is back to blogging, and with a bang! He's posted the video of Chris Matthews making a fool of himself on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show, along with commentary. Matthews is there to sell his book titled Life's a Campaign. The title alone speaks volumes about Matthews. As you will see in the video, Stewart gives Matthews a little push forward along the path of foolishness.

Chris says it's the worst interview of his life. He probably got that right.

Then, Rmj has a looong post on hospitality, which will take some time to read, but it is worth every minute of that time. Here's a sample:

“The Spirit blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it,” Jesus says in the Gospel of John; but he doesn’t say the spirit rests someplace. It may rest upon you for a moment, it may inspire you to speak by tongues of flame, as on the day of Pentecost, but it never rests with you, it never stays in you and finds a home and comfort there. The Holy Spirit is always active, always moving, always effecting us when it comes by. The Holy Spirit is activity, is practice, is known by its movement; it is not a comforting idea that gives us peace and tranquility. “The peace of God, it is no peace, but strife sown in the sod,” the old hymn goes. That could be describing hospitality, since hospitality is all about vulnerability, about opening oneself to the stranger, whether the stranger is guest or the stranger is host. And the fact is, the scriptures are rife with stories of hospitality.

Rmj, I'm so glad you're back in the campaign of life in the blogosphere.