Beans in Your Ears?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Arrogance and peace cannot coexist.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Some say the sky is falling.
Or that the end is near.
Or that “natural” disasters will get us.
While I have some concern about such cries, I can’t worry about them if I’m to foster a relationship with you. So when the alarmists sound their warnings, I think/ask: does it make any difference in how I relate to you? No, it doesn’t. Fallen sky, end of the world, global warming, expiring sun or well-aimed comet, they don’t change a thing. It’s your dominion and I’m in your care.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“On the road of life, Thaddeus, you’re a speed bump.”

[Better than a pothole, I suppose, but the gospels don’t record that He ever said this.]

D. Blog: Chickpea/Garbanzo

[Two puzzling names for a simple bean. What gives? This “explanation” from Wikipedia]

The chickpea (Cicer arietinum) (also garbanzo bean, Indian pea, ceci bean, bengal gram, chana, kadale kaalu, sanaga pappu, shimbra) is an edible legume of the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. Chickpeas are high in protein (for a plant), and one of the earliest cultivated vegetables. 7,500-year-old remains have been found in the Middle East

The name chickpea traces back through the French chiche to Latin cicer (from which the Roman cognomen Cicero was taken). The word garbanzo comes from Old Spanish (perhaps influenced by Old Spanish garroba or algarroba) through arvanço which may be linked to the Greek erebinthos.