Notes from the weekend:
Went to visit a church up in the area hit by the storm for their Youth Sunday (which I hate but am learning to deal with.) While I was there I spent some time with the youth group. During their discussion the question came up of what it meant to be ordained. I quote the answer:
It means you're holy enough to read the Gospel
I'm having great fun repeating that to clergy people! We did our best to correct that view.
Meanwhile the update from Buffalo. The last school districts to get going again after the storm will return to classes on Wednesday. That's right almost two full weeks afterwards. The streets were lined with big piles of downed branches. The tree limbs still hadn't been cleared on one side of the church. And this is an area that wasn't the hardest hit. Those areas are still a mess with piles so high that parents are being advised to dress elementary school children in bright colors so they can been seen by drivers! The cleanup is expected to run at least a quarter of a BILLION dollars ($250,000,000).
A thing seen while driving - I'm seeing them fairly commonly now. They are bumper stickers that read "Official U.S. Terrorist Hunting Permit" or "Official (insert state name) Terrorist Hunting Permit". What struck me about this car was 1) It had TWO of these on the trunk, and 2) It had a "Jesus is Love" license plate in the rear window.
Am I the only one that finds a serious disconnect there?
Oh and my daughter just IM-ed me to tell me that I'm a dork.
So what else is new? So's she. And her Momma!
Peace
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I suppose if you really want to upset the Muslim community the "Jesus Is Love" sticker is both cleverer and nastier. Of course, the Muslim person would have to be as sick as the sticker person for the joke/insult to work properly.
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