Cologne or Mace?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Peace is a gift from God. Can we open it now?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I find my thrill in many places, as you know. Most important, I believe, is knowing your grace. To me that means your loving care, which has far more meaning than the traditional language of “salvation.” (What that word usually signifies I’ve never really believed – saved from my sin). Never mind any of that. What’s important to me is that I’m no longer confused by or trapped in that mindset, which basically keeps people at a distance from you and from their neighbors. Too concerned about pleasing you, they don’t learn to enjoy your presence in this life, on Earth, and with others who might come to know you apart from traditional Christianity. I am so thankful to have been released from that onerous kind of religion. Free to be, you and me!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Peter, I think my church should be controlled by bureaucrats and Yes men.”

[But no women. Never said it.]

D. Blog: Creative Criminal Mind

ASHEVILLE — City police on Tuesday arrested a man charged with breaking into another man’s home, spraying him in the face with cologne and robbing him at knifepoint.
James Keith Robinson, 47, address unknown, was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, simple assault and breaking and entering. According to the arrest warrants, Robinson broke into the Lamancha Drive apartment on Tuesday and stole $20 from the man at knifepoint.
Bond was set at $5,000.
-- Asheville Citizen-Times, Jan. 20, 2010

[James would never carry mace. Too effeminate. Cologne worked fine, but it only got him $20 and an arrest.]