“The Call” is on AlterNet’s Top 10 Videos of 2008

The most popular AlterNet videos of the year are an eclectic bunch. They feature comedians taking on Fox News while on Fox News, as well as comparing George W. Bush’s presidency to “Battlefield Earth.” There is the incredible documentary footage of police brutality in St. Paul, Minn., as well as other pieces that focused on the lighter side of Election ‘08. There’s footage of Karle Rove almost getting arrested, and an anchorman with the courage to call Bush what he really is. Whether serious or satirical, these are the 10 videos that sparked the most interest on AlterNet this year.

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January 9, 2009 | Filed Under News | Leave a Comment

Spoken WORD :: Horton Hears the Holy Spirit

Conservative Christian evangelist Lou Engle reveals the prophetic Word of God contained in the children’s book “Horton Hears a Who” by Dr. Suess.

Lou Engle is the founder of “The Call” – a traveling revival that routinely draws tens of thousands to hear sermons by right-wing religious leaders, music by right-wing Christian musicians and to engage in corporate prayer and fasting.

The emphasis of these events is on mobilization: (from the website) “TheCall is a FAST not a festival. TheCall is a SOLEMN ASSEMBLY not a conference.”

December 2, 2008 | Filed Under Videos | Leave a Comment

SILHOUETTE CITY on CINEPOLITICS

SILHOUETTE CITY is this week’s featured film on the London-based television series CINEPOLITICS

November 14, 2008 | Filed Under Reviews, Videos | Leave a Comment

The Call: Spiritual Warfare in the Field of Martyrs

On November 1, 2008, I attended The Call – a rally organized by Lou Engle at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium – attended by 33,000 (according to organizer estimates) over a twelve hour period. Citing the state’s “fog of Jezebel confusion”* Engle organized this incarnation of The Call to support Proposition 8 – a California ballot proposition that would ban same-sex marriage in the state. During the event, Engle warned that the decadence in the state “will release a spirit that is more demonic than Islam”. The Call is a large-scale traveling revival that purports to offer participants an edifying day of fasting and prayer away from the temptations of secular culture. But far from being a quiet zone for collective meditation, TheCall was a anxious assembly of endtime spiritual warriors.

My documentation of the event can be seen in this video: