Are You Up to Snuff?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

The Kangaroos for Peace tell us:
“Along with the young in our pouch, we carry the world’s hope for peace. We spring forward with that hope. Join us in hopping for peace.”

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Thank you for being so available to me. Sometimes I wonder if it’s too good to be true. Perhaps we do make you in our own image. Perhaps you are a figment o the imagination. Perhaps our concepts of you do not correspond to reality. Perhaps my understanding that you are loving, forgiving, creative, just, merciful, concerned for the poor and the underdog -- perhaps I should scrap all that in favor of the lawgiver and judge.

But my experience of you reveals you as the former type of God, concerned primarily that your dominion be expanded, meaning that the accessible, loving, forgiving understanding of who you are be shared and accepted ever more widely – with or without the church, just as you did it with or without Judaism, just as you will do it, hopeful, with or without Christianity.

For what it’s worth, you have my allegiance.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.”

[It could have been His response to Satan’s temptations. But G.K. Chesterton gets credit for this saying.]

D. Blog: What's Up with "Up to Snuff?"

Q: What exactly does it mean to get something "up to snuff" ? How do you know when you've actually reached "snuff". What is "snuff"? And why is it so important that we get there?

A: The original sense of the phrase is knowing, sharp, not easily deceived. It dates to 1811. The snuff is a reference to the form of tobacco. Presumably, someone who is up to snuff is adult and worldly. Literally, it is one who knows how dangerous snuff can be.

[credit to http://answers.yahoo.com and www.wordorigins.org]