I just came across two excellent, thoughtful posts by Brian McLaren linked from the Sojourners website.  I was particularly impressed by this Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote McLaren shares in his post Christianity and the ‘Pride of Power’:

“Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak. Christians are doing too little to make these points clear rather than too much. Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the strong.”

Read full posts at the links below:

Christianity and the ‘Pride of Power’

The Oil Stain Strategy in Iraq