 My oldest son, Ryan, and I were recently discussing a sermon he heard about. It is a famous, or infamous sermon, preached regularly by Tony Campolo. The message begins like this: "I have three things I'd like to say today. First, while you were sleeping last night, 30,000 kids died of starvation or diseases related to malnutrition. Second, most of you don't give a s---. What's worse is that you're more upset with the fact that I said s--- than the fact that 30,000 kids died last night." Right now I am picturing several of my readers choking on their morning bagel. Now you know why I suggested YOU write the title for this one! Mine would have landed this blog post in everyone's "Hormel canned meat" file.Read more... Comments (8)
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January used to be my least favorite month of the year. Actually, it still is. I grew up in Southern California and I don't enjoy temperatures when they dip below sixty degrees. I consider the term "chill factor" to be an ominous threat. When I watch winter news clips from places like North Dakota or Minnesota I am horrified that human beings are subjected to that icy, snowy, windy torment. I am confounded by my friends who spend vast amounts of money just to strap two pieces of wood to their feet, wait in a long, cold line, to ride a metal seat suspended in frigid air, just so they can skid down a wet, snowy mountain and repeat the process over and over again. Haven't they heard of the Hawaiian islands? The Caribbean? Even a Motel 6 in South Florida? I have to admit, Texas isn't that bad. We usually have a winter season, but only for about five weeks. Nevertheless, it isn't warm weather, so it isn't good weather.