Respect Your Mother

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Asked about his medals from The War, the man in the Old Soldiers Home said, “I was a sucker.”

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Who keeps asking for war?
Who keeps asking for destruction?
Who keeps teaching that you would call for the end of human life on Earth?

I don’t know whether I can forgive them, for they violate the two greatest commandments with arrogant and stupid impunity. For now, I have to leave their forgiveness to you.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I will survive.”

[Another thing He did not say from the cross.]

D. Blog: Noticing Earth

Earth is a multi-trillion (or more) faceted jewel. Its variations of light and color, temperature, height and weight, plant, vegetable and mineral life astound me. And don’t forget the supporting systems of soil and water, air, clouds, wind and sun, days to be active and nights to rest. How Amazing!

Yet we are so self-centered, we seldom notice any of that. And when we do, we see such a tiny portion and think that is the whole of it, that we comprehend it. Then, when we encounter something that does not fit within our self-centered notions of reality, we label it (or them) as “alien” or “evil” or “danger.”

Earth is a God-send for us to inhabit in the midst of its incredible diversity.

[Incidentally, "Earth" names a living entity, "the earth" is dirt, "the Earth" depicts an object.]