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WWJD?
Posted Monday, February 6, at 8:55 AM There was a fad going about in the 1990s (for all I know might still be going about) among some evangelical circles which asked the question "WWJD?" Bracelets and other jewelry were sold, along with a whole lot of T-shirts. According to Wikipedia, "the phrase 'What would Jesus do?' (often abbreviated to WWJD) became popular in the United States in the 1990s and as a personal motto for adherents of Evangelical Christianity who used the phrase as a reminder of their belief in a moral imperative to act in a manner that would demonstrate the love of Jesus through the actions of the adherents.". ...
To change a light bulb? One bright, clear day our good and faithful electric company sent an offer you can't refuse. Would anyone like six free Compact Fluorescent light blubs? Being a person who knows free when he sees it, I returned their postcard and waited. In "4 to 6 weeks" they came...
A week of Times "Well, all I know is what I read in the papers." (Will Rogers, US humorist & Showman (1879-1935) in the New York Times, September 30 1923) Although he died eight years before my birth, 20 years later my parents still spoke of Will Rogers with a certain sense of awe, as of a family member whose passing was relatively recent. ...
SUNDAY Being in good health is a wonderful thing, everyone says so. In my case it means finally being considered in good enough health for Kay to leave for a week in St. Louis. Our daughter is having a baby on Tuesday (apparently they can schedule these things now). Susan needs her mother, and I can get along by myself just fine, thank you...
May the best man "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States." (US Constitution, Article II, Section 1)...
A Sign for 2012 In this observation there appears to be two things true of all signs: First, all signs have stories. They do not appear without something having happened or been proposed. Someone gives thought to it (often not enough thought), and someone prepares it (occasionally carelessly)...
Time happens "After you get out of high school each year will seem to have one less day" (from the infinite wisdom of Ruth Lillian Lewis, legendary mother of a certain inconsequential blogger). Suddenly, somehow unexpectedly, the Year of our Lord Two-thousand-Eleven is coming to its end. ...
The last Christmas Carol It has been reported the world will end one year hence, Dec. 21, 2012, to be exact. The reports have come by way of such indisputable sources as intergalactic celestial clockwork, unknown and long lost Mayans, the infamous Nostradamus, even the movie producers at Columbia Pictures themselves!...
New computer in your future? It's that time again. The time of year when we justify to ourselves some "worthwhile" purchase for some special person (often ourselves) solely because it's Christmas! Maybe it is because I spend too much time at our son Nathan's business, Computer Central in Brazil, but as the Christmas shopping season gets going I am very aware of the current promotions for new cut-rate computers. So, giving or receiving, is a new 'puter in your future?...
Finding a God to thank The late Andy Rooney once pointed out Thanksgiving (with a begrudging nod to Canada) is atypically American. Every nation in the world celebrates New Year's by default. Christmas, and even Easter, in some form is known throughout western civilization. Thanksgiving, on the other hand, is uniquely a part of America's story...
Occupy Brazil? When a certain young lady was told an Ed Ames' song was a "60s protest song" she had to ask, "what were they protesting?" Our simple answer, "Everything." It began with what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. What followed were the anti-war days when hatred of the Vietnam conflict was rampant, even to the extent of rejecting the young men who faithfully served. Out of all this grew "women's lib" and other meaningful social changes...
Dear Mr. Mayor Kenny Crabb was Mayor of Brazil when we moved here in 1996. He and Phyllis were the first "important" people I met. It always amazed me they remembered who I was. Like many, I was saddened to hear of Phyllis passing. I saw Kenny at Page's last month, and always address him as "Mayor." I see him as an honorable man and deserving of being addressed with respect. Even casual observation indicates anyone who's been mayor of a small town has earned the right to the title "Mayor."...
The world when we married In 1960 the United States elected a young visionary to the office of President. Something he proclaimed affected us "Let the word go forth from this time and place that the torch has been passed to a new generation..." We who were then young, as the young do, actually believed the world would be better. By 1963, as happens to visionaries, ignorance and hatred killed the young idealist and some of his and our dreams...
Introducing Charles Ponzi "Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012. The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that nearly 55 million Social Security beneficiaries receive in January 2012." (www.ssa.gov)...
Union Hospital wrote Sometimes after a hospital stay, they write a nice form letter asking you to fill out a survey. Not every time, I should know, but sometimes. Last week, I received what was probably my sixth request in about 15 years. For some reason, you don't get the darn thing until a month later, perhaps this is to give time to forget anything you didn't like...
Birthday "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." -- Charles Dickens Two of the young women whom I love most are at present "with child." Our daughter Susan's second child is due in January 2012. We are reliably informed she will be presenting a sister for Elijah...
Did God create Stephen Hawking? CNN) -- "Scientists in Switzerland say an experiment appears to show that tiny particles traveled faster than the speed of light -- a result that would seem to defy the laws of nature ... The finding would seem to challenge Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity, and the long-established law of physics that nothing can exceed the speed of light."...
Sum of few fears Were you aware no one has "surgery" anymore? Also, the word "operation" is not only passé, but politically incorrect. What the medical types do now is strap you to a gurney, place defibrillator pads so they can stop your heart, cut you open with a hacksaw, and then call all of this a "procedure."...
The Prudent Person Principle Somewhere is the mystic shadow nonchalantly referenced as my youth someone taught me a legal theory called "the Prudent Person Principle." While generally applied to fiduciary responsibility, the Principle applies in much of life's decision making...
A sanctuary roofing There are not many uses for a 14-year-old boy. One of those few uses has to do with putting on a new roof. On such occasions a young, strong, and generally ignorant of what he volunteered for boy is well suited for fetching and handing things to men who know whatever it is they might be doing. ...
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