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I saw this on a Facebook post this morning. Like most polemical statements, it lacks balance. It does not mean it is untrue, just imbalanced. In 2013, for this blog, I am endeavor to not just note issues and make insights, but also want to provide answers in action in our conversations with others. Here is what I mean about the true but not True deal. Besides the Dark term being perjorative, it is more appropriate to call that time of history the Middle Ages, the centralization of Church and State is a negative.  What is happening these days in the debates between the Right and the Left, is that each side has truth, but not the complete Truth. Many corporations self-serving and its upper management selfish at the expense of workers? Yep. A lot of Government wasteful, inefficient, and even immoral in how it underwrites unhealthy practices and behavior? Yep. So, who is right and wrong? Both sides. When someone creates an image with a statement as above, it looks as if the Ch...

It is probably an accurate assumption that more Americans are hungover this morning than any other AM of the year. That is no great insight. If you are reading this before noon, good for you. Extra points for either your dedication despite the self-administered sickness or your self-restraint or temperance. For many, the holiday season is fraught with too much drink and food, creating the momentum for Resolutions in the New Year. Momentum like a car wreck, that is. The Lord is sympathetic to our weakness but we can't use our stupidity as an excuse. Like everything else that can be abused, we are supposed to grow in our wisdom with drink and not repeat the same destructive patterns over and over again. And these patterns can be replaced with practical steps to lessen the chances of that the demon of excess doing the drunken dance. Too many fundamentalist Christians tape off alcohol as off-limits and it is more the result of self-righteousness than...

Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. I did buy myself a gift of sorts for Christmas. Buying for oneself certainly diminished the surprise side of the equation but most definitely enhance the welcomeness of the gift. I suppose that buying a blender as a gift is not exactly toy-like. It is utilitarian. Sort of more like socks. Now, socks in a high-powered blender (350 HP) could be toy-like. Temporarily. Until I fried the motor. Cuisinart is the brand. Usually make good and dependable stuff. I do think that it is wise to not crush ice in this bad boy...the reviews online consistently said that was not a good idea despite the claim on the box to "crush ice." Might as well grind up rocks.   I have never ever been a vegetable dude. For years, I have been drinking V-8 with green powder (an extract of many veggies and the like) and taking a multi-vitamin and ho...

When Michael Vick looks at his team, his Eagles , that's what he sees. "When I look at our football team and what we have on paper, I think about when I was growing up and the great San Francisco 49er teams, the great Green Bay Packer teams, and the great Dallas Cowboy teams, how they just positioned themselves to compete and be one of the best teams out there," Vick said. "I think we have a chance to be that. I think we have a chance to develop a dynasty." Yikes, the Eagles got totally pounded by the Giants in the last game of the season, ending with a record of 4-12, with the first three wins being at the beginning of the season. It makes the Michael Vick's quote from the this last summer even more suspect. Sure, there were injuries. More significantly and sorrowfully, Andy Reid's son died at training camp. Crystal balls have a way of shattering when life happens. Michael Vick has been beat up enough this year, quite literally. So, I am not he...