Crime in the Mountains

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

The hills are alive with the sounds of peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Whether we personalize you or not, you are with us and you work in such a way, intended or coincidental, as to benefit us. Impersonally stated, the life force is friendly toward us. Even though life is full of misery for too many people, we live in hope because you are with us. Because you are with us, I cannot be impersonal with you, I cannot depersonalize you. As God, you cannot be less than human; you are obviously more than human, more than person, but you include person in your composition. Language fails once again to contain you. You are life force. You are person. And more. Most important, as the good news from Jesus declares, you are with us.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

"When I have a little time, I think I’ll build a cathedral as big as that temple."

[Not what He meant when He said He could rebuild it in three days.]

D. Blog: Crime in the Mountains

BLACK MOUNTAIN — A Black Mountain man was arrested Wednesday charged with hurling a brick at a vehicle. David Brandon Wilson, age unknown, of Trails of Kitazuma, was charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon. According to the arrest warrant, Wilson threw a brick at a vehicle, striking the driver’s side door while a man was driving. Wilson was released under a written promise to appear in court.
-- Asheville Citizen-Times, August 6, 2009

[Maybe it’s just me, but the crime here seems much different from what I read about in the Washington Post.]