Knowing Your Place

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Have you heard the rumor that God announced peace on Earth, good will to all? Amazing, isn’t it?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You immerse me in goodness.
I know struggle.
You immerse me in goodness.
I know pain.
You immerse me in goodness.
I know suffering and grief and despair.
You immerse me in goodness.
I know hatred and exclusion and war.
You immerse me in goodness.
I know destruction, evil and death.
You immerse me in goodness.
Blessed are you, oh my God!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I had this great idea for an invention – a Light bulb!”

[Oh, I get it. Funny perhaps, but He never said it – absolutely not.]

D. Blog: $1 Million Houses

Alice and I watch some of the programs that show people searching for houses to buy. Usually, I can identify somewhat. However, I can’t take it very seriously when they’re looking for homes priced at more than $1 million. Big, usually, actually too big for the couples who can afford them. And filled with the bells and whistles that add nothing to the practicality of a house, just match the current fads in decorating a house. When it looks like a model house or like something in a magazine, I can’t see anything like a real home to it.

I also find it offensive/stupid to have such lavish houses, with pools, in a desert location like Las Vegas. If I ruled the world, those folks would have to adapt to their natural surroundings… No, then they’d just want to come ruin our natural surroundings more quickly than is happening already. With the current housing market, perhaps they will need to stay there to deal with the inevitable water shortage.