Baghdad Burning

Baghdad Burning is the title of a blog that I've recently noticed.

It gives a very different picture of the war in Iraq. It's written by an Iraqi, but she is an ordinary, college educated, computer professional, non-extremist, jeans-wearing, English speaking woman. Someone I can identify with. Someone whose story makes me cry.

We don't hear about people like her on the news. We may talk about democracy and liberation, but that is not what she is experiencing. She may be faceless and anonymous (due to security reasons), but with her blog, she is not voiceless.

Maybe instead of praying about the political slogans and sound bites, we should be praying for real people, in their real situation. She calls herself Riverbend. Lets pray for her.