For those who like to watch what they say
This is the Easter season. Personally I think Easter is one of the toughest things to get my head around. A loving God sends his son to be beaten, humiliated, nailed to a cross and then he takes the sins of all mankind on him dies and goes to hell conquers it and makes a way for humanity to regain it’s relationship with the creator.
This is one of my all time favourite late night chuckles. It is Richard Simmons on the Dave Lettermen show.
I don’t know that Lettermen knew exactly what to do with Simmons but he set him up and pulled off a good prank.
Here is the final episode of Bono’s message to the Church. He is speaking at a Mega Church and he pulls no punches. Bono is so much more than just a talented singer, he is an activist in every sense of the word. He is also someone who blows the trumpet. What do I mean by that? The trumpet blower was someone who called people to arms. He was the one who assembled the masses, often for a great cause.
This is part two of an interview with Bono of U2 fame. It is refreshing to hear someone who speaks his mind but does so with humility. The Church today is trying hard to relate to the world. They have cookie cutter services designed to not offend or make anyone uncomfortable. Well the message of Christianity is radical. It is a call to social justice and it challenges people to reach out in tangible ways to the homeless, the widow, the orphans, the hungry and the outcast of society. The bible says, love your enemies, forgive those who mistreat you.
My good friend Bill Strickland is in town and I thought it would be a splendid idea to post one of his talks on my site. Bill was born in Pittsburgh in a high crime poverty ridden area. It was a big deal just to graduate from school and college was at best a dream not to be achieved. Against all odds Bill made it out of high school and into college and fulfilled his dream of becoming an airline pilot. This was so small task but his greatest challenge was yet before him.
My friend Bill Strickland was recently interviewed and the interview gives a lot of insight to what a group of people can do when they believe that the impossible is possible. Bill has written a book called, “making the impossible possible” and it is a great read.
I hate war. I respect and honour the man and women who fought for freedom and defended our country. The problem with war is that so many great men and women give their lives fighting in them. My father and my brother both served in the military. My father paid a dear price for his service. He had the worst job in the military. He was a chaplain and served on the front lines. He had to communicate with the families that they lost a loved one in battle.
Obama is in for four more years. Nothing has really changed, except we saw six billion dollars go into this election. I am a simple person but I must ask the question where did all that money go? Hey, we are talking six billion. I wonder if Romney ever looked at his close advisers and said, “well there goes a few billion/”
So I was thinking about a billion dollars.
I have found out something, Sports is a lot like life. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. How is that for deep? Yesterday there was a game played that featured the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers. It was an amazing game, one might say a spectacle of enormous proportions. The game was won by Seattle on the last play of the game. It was a hail mary pass that was thrown into the end zone with nothing more that a prayer and a hope that it would be caught.
I am driving my grandson david to school and thinking about what our country needs. Dewey How about a new political platform? A platform that stress honesty, integrity and character. The real crisis in America is not financial it is not oil, it is the breakdown of morality.
Is there any deeper love than the love of a mother for her children? A lady in Kentucky risked her own life to secure the safety of her two children. In the process she may lose both of her legs. Her son then turned around and saved his mother’s life by running to the neighbours and getting help for his mom. In a lot of ways it was a miracle that they survived. The home was torn apart but the children walked away without a scratch on them.
If you want to get in a heated debate talk about Israel. Ok so lets talk. I have been accused of not knowing the facts but facts when it comes to the Middle East facts are often hard to come by. The propaganda machines work overtime on both sides of the border. This is what I believe from my visits to the Middle East. Israel has defended its right to be a country. Israel has defended its people against constant threats and attacks from its neighbours. Lebanon and Syria have been a haven for terrorist organizations that would like nothing better than to see Israel destroyed.
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