A great quote from Bono
"The Left mocks the Right. The Right knows it's right. Two ugly traits. How far should we go to try to understand each other's point of view? Maybe the distance grace covered on the cross is a clue."
BONO, lead singer of U2
"The Left mocks the Right. The Right knows it's right. Two ugly traits. How far should we go to try to understand each other's point of view? Maybe the distance grace covered on the cross is a clue."
Hannah left this morning with Jessica on their way south of the border. She stopped in Nogales AZ to get a PO Box for her move down there and also to shop for some groceries for this weekends orphanage trip. Patty left with a rather large group this afternoon. I will be heading down on my own Sunday morning. The boy I sponsor, Jesus Guadalupe, his birthday is New Years Eve. He turns 12 and I am sure we will celebrate with fireworks and all the things we can't do in AZ.
I have always questioned how folks become homosexual. I have heard that people can become that way due to sexual abuse or something tragic that happens to them when they are young. I then read this article that suggests they are born that way. I tend to think that maybe they are but I am no expert on the matter. But if it is genetics, then how can they become something they are not (heterosexual)?
I'm sitting here at work on Christmas Eve. The weather is calm and the building is eerily quiet. I came upon this article in the East Valley Tribune penned by Michael Grady. Being Christmas Eve and all, I thought it fitting to throw up on my blog. So do enjoy, and I hope each and everyone of you have a Merry Christmas.
The family of a 17-year-old leukemia patient blamed Cigna Corp. on Friday for her death, saying the health insurance giant's initial refusal to pay for a liver transplant contributed to her death.
This has got to be the most hilarious, yet clever commercial ever made. Gentlemen, check your balls.
Patty had to bail out on this trip because she was not feeling well Friday afternoon. If you have read some earlier posts, she had a real bad battle with the flu over a week ago. By Friday afternoon she knew she would not be able to go, and for those that don't know her, it had to really be bad for her to back out of an orphanage trip. When I got back late last night, she was in bed, but awake. She sounded horrible and her cough sounded like I don't know what. She went to the doctor this morning and guess what? She's got pneumonia. She was given a strong antibiotic, and inhaler and some stronger cough medicine with codeine. The doctor told her no work for at least two days which means she won't be going back until Thursday. The antibiotic should be working well fighting off the pneumonia by then.
I have just ordered Jim Palmer's new book Wide Open Spaces. It should be here right before Christmas. I look forward to it because I loved his first book Divine Nobodies. i was reading his blog this morning and loved what he had to say in this quote:
The surprising falls and unexpected gains ahead of Iowa's caucuses
I've added two new blogs to my favorites that are absolutely where I am at right now in this journey. Todd is a great guy and is doing the stuff. Check him out at Rag Tags Hope and The Kindness Kitchen. And if you like folk music that is a bit easier on the ears than what I tend to listen to (Dave?), then check him out at http://toddbaio.com/
I stumbled upon Todd's Blog this evening while reading the comments on Jim Palmer's blog. Jim is the author of Divine Nobodies, an excellent book. I am waiting for his new book Wide Open Spaces to come out. Anyhow, it turns out I actually know Todd. It's a small world. Todd's a great guy, go check out his blog. Anyhow, there were some quotes on there that I wanted to put up on my blog because they were very encouraging to me where I am at right now. Here they are.
It's a little late in the day, but everyone say Happy Birthday to Hannah, because today...it really is her birthday.
Patty is herself again. I have not seen her as sick as she was in a looong time. She went to work today but I told her to take it easy so she doesn't have a relapse. The flu can really kick your ass sometimes.
So the past couple of weekends have been wet and cool. I am actually enjoying it as we do not get rain very often here in the Valley of the Sun. The only gripe I have about it is the drivers here in the Phoenix area. They drive like idiots. But there is nothing I can do about that so I'll quit complaining about it.
Ken Fong says:
A lot of churches turn people off because the church won't allow anyone to question them. The church is right, all the time. A lot of churches will automatically disregard someone if they question something. Why is that?