A Two Goal Lead is the Most Dangerous Lead...

Blessed are the CEO’s making millions of dollars, for they will accomplish the American Dream, receiving every material thing they have ever wanted. Blessed are the large companies of our time, Nike, Microsoft, Enron, Halliburton for they will perpetuate consumer culture, helping people mindlessly conform to their mores, values and norms. Blessed are our politicians, for they will show our strength by building empires throughout the world. Blessed are Professional Athletes, for theirs will be the ring, the trophy and championship and a giant paycheck. Blessed are the extremists, Christian, Muslim and all others, for they will cause fear in all they hate and bring judgment upon all they fear. Blessed are all our actors and actresses for they will pretend to see God. Blessed are the automobile, gun and airplane manufacturers, for they will destroy the earth. And blessed are those of us who are silent about the injustices of the poor, ignoring the signs on every corner of our city; those ...

My excellent and beautiful wife, beat me to the punch, check out her post about the upcoming investiture of Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori at the National Cathedral. Unfortunately no Churches, are showing this in anyway to anyone, once more it is a tremendous oppotunity lost I think. If you want to watch the event, Sara's blog has all the details. I am going to watch what I can as I attend another conference on the future of the CHurch. Be well, A+

Here is the story I used, that I was afraid was way too cheesy, but couldn't figure out how to best end my sermon on Sunday so I used it anyway and people seemed to like it. It is from a sermon I heard preached by Jeremiah Wright in 1996 or so that he took from something that was circulated around the internet in those early days of making sure everyone would read the same story over and over again... Remember those days??? An 8 year old girl and her mother were at Cub Foods and at the checkout, down by the knees of we grownups, where the eyes of children tend to focus, the little girl spotted some green pearls. She begged her Mother to buy them for her begged and begged. Mom picked up the pearls and did what most parents would do, looked at the price, $1.98, with tax, $2.14. "Ok," Mom said, "but you are going to have to work to pay for these." The little girl assured her mother that that would be fine, she was after all, 8 years old. Sure enough she worke...