30 days

a friend just introduced me to the show "30 days" and we watched, of all episodes, the one about a christian who spends a month as a muslim. i was ok and approaching things from an intellectual point of view until this scene: they are sitting around the dinner table debating holy wars and one man says, "it's not like you're going to strap a C4 to your chest and go into a night club in bali or something..." i had to pause it right there (see other blog entries). it opened the way for some great conversation about forgiveness and empathy. i highly recommend watching these mini-documentaries as a way of walking in someone else's shoes.