I think nation and country are also in some sense Powers that are both good but certainly fallen. America, the UK, Iraq, Israel, China, Iran, you name it. Good, but imperfect and fallen.
Again, there's room I think to be proud of where you hail from, but it can't be elevated above the first and second commandments -- Love God and Love People. So, when we're so proud of being Americans that it makes us a-holes to other people, then we've got a problem and granted this "Power" too much power over us. Our allegiance to King Jesus must be above any other allegiance.
Rather than list out my own list of Honors and Critiques, I thought it'd be fun to hear from you all what you consider some Honors and Critiques of your own nation/country/heritage/whatever.
While I expect that most will share about their nationality, I'll share some at the state/regional level from the area I hail from: the Pacific Northwest of America, also called Cascadia. So, here goes:
I honor and am proud of Cascadia's heritage of idealistic pragmatism and populism, embodied in our legislative legacy of the Initiative, Referrendum, the Bottle Bill, land-use planning, and public beaches laws..
I am ashamed of our region for being founded on racism, environmental devastation, and imperial hubris.
OK, ding ding ding, your turn! :)
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I am honored to have been born and raised in the coastal areas of Nova Scotia where people know what hard work is, each community has several houses built for God, and the basis and word community is understood and practiced. I am ashamed of our religious intolerances, and legalistic conservative societal values.
Posted by The Krow | October 2, 2006 11:16 AM
Posted on October 2, 2006 11:16
So...where exactly is Cascadia?!?! IS that like 3200 miles from Arcadia?!?
But, we do have only one King. And I hate to point this out to some of you, but He doesn't live in the USA. Sorry.
Posted by David Power | October 3, 2006 1:03 AM
Posted on October 3, 2006 01:03