A. Unabashed Pacifist:
No just peace has ever disappointed.
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
Old friends, treasured.
New friends, precious.
Young friends, priceless.
Your friendship, free and indispensable.
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
"Don’t be ridiculous! Arms are for hugging."
[Not the way He told his disciples to put away their swords.]
D. Blog: Un-news
Parents lost track of their young son. They thought he was in a helium balloon drifting in the sky. They called for help. A few hours later, the boy awakened after having fallen asleep in the attic. Relief (and embarrassment?) to family and searchers/rescuers.
That should be the end of a local story. Nope. National media attention because it evokes parents’ worst nightmare – lost child. Then the story becomes: was it all a hoax to get attention? Did the news media follow the story, to their embarrassment over wasted air time, that was not real news? If it was a hoax, how dare that family tug at our emotions like that!! Wait: isn’t that what news media do with every broadcast? Stories of little significance, (except, perhaps, to the individuals involved) but that trigger an emotional response in an audience. The not news, either.
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