This Blog Not Homologated

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

I’m running with you, Jesus – on the track to peace.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I love the way you stealthily work in and around us to bring your loving will into reality. Your touch is far more complex and subtle than we comprehend. I’m learning that coincidence and synchronicity are marks of your activity, not just meetings of time and event but, in biblical language, “fullness of time.” You operate as a stealth divinity, an infiltrating agent, whose works are largely invisible to our level of sensory perception. I wonder if you’re trying to train us in the use of our spiritual sensors.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Wait, wait, don’t tell me. I know this one.”

[Ah, the games He never played.]

D. Blog: Word of the Week – “homologate”

verb tr.:
1. To approve officially.
2. To register a specific model of a motor vehicle to make it eligible to take part in a racing competition.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin homologare (to agree), from Greek homologein (to agree or allow).

NOTES:
Some auto racing competitions require participating vehicles to be available for sale to the general public, and not be custom made for racing. The process of homologation verifies this. The initials GTO listed after some auto names (Ferrari, Pontiac, etc.) mean "Gran Turismo Omologato", Italian for "Grand Touring, Homologated".

USAGE:
"Mr Jimmy Gray said: 'We've major issues which appear to be discussed in the press. Decisions are made and then we're asked to homologate these decisions."Labour Group Leader Hits Out; Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK); Jul 9, 2007.
"What was needed was a more streamlined street car to homologate for racing."Malcolm Gunn; Parked on the Showroom Floor; Chicago Daily Herald; Oct 18, 2009.

[Thanks to the website wordsmith.org for this fine word.]