Christianity Today has posted a good editorial on praying in a time of war.

Elsewhere in the news, there’s an interesting article in the Mercury on the isolation of the Bay Area from the rest of the country because of its vocal anti-war stance.

I haven’t attended any of the anti-war protests in San Francisco, but what I’ve been hearing and reading doesn’t convince me that the anti-war contingent has any good arguments to support its stance. Oh, those arguments are out there: I’ve heard some of them for myself. As a whole group, though, the anti-war movement seems to be marginalizing itself. Why? Well, it’s simple: instead of presenting a cohesive argument for why we shouldn’t go to war with Iraq, I instead find a lot of Bush-bashing and anti-Americanism in general. Their message is getting lost in the compacted “support-the-Palestinian-cause-Bush-is-the-real-dictator-free-Mumia” hullabaloo that’s been represented at every major anti-war rally so far. Hey, there are a lot of people who don’t like the idea of going to war, but I don’t think the solid anti-war folks are doing a good job giving the “why we shouldn’t.” Instead of clowning on our president, our country, our economic system and our values, why don’t they try giving some real reasons to not go to war instead?