The Upper Room and Donald Miller

On Sunday evening I went to see Donald Miller speak at the Upper Room. The Upper Room is known and a hip and trendy "emergent" church community. Upon arrival the space itself was quite crowded and by all means very sterile. It felt like quite the production.
Donald Miller was a sensational speaker. He is the author of Blue Like Jazz and a few other books I have been meaning to read. I may post more on this later.

The Blog | George Lakoff: Five Years After 9/11: Drop the War Metaphor | The Huffington Post

Tonight as I was doing a bit of new surfing I encountered this spectacular discussion on "War" versus "Terror". I especially enjoy the following lines,

"Instead, a war metaphor was chosen: the "War on Terror." Literal --not metaphorical -- wars are conducted against armies of other nations. They end when the armies are defeated militarily and a peace treaty is signed. Terror is an emotional state. It is in us. It is not an army. And you can't defeat it militarily and you can't sign a peace treaty with it."

I also think that Lakoff does a tremendous job of getting to the root of a major problem that post-modern America is facing, language.

The Blog | George Lakoff: Five Years After 9/11: Drop the War Metaphor | The Huffington Post