I have two other blogs which have now become defunct. Apparently I didn't water them enough. So I thought I'd best give this one a bit of what's on my mind before it too vanishes into the ether.
Posing as a Christian, Chris Kelly has called the first lady a "b****".
Faith, hope and charity, says the good book, and the greatest of these is what boys and girls?
Humiliation?
Slander?
Cruelty?
Hands, anyone from the back, anyone who EVER went to Sunday school?
This morning I woke up to the lyrics of "Rebel Jesus", originally by Jackson Brown
All the streets are filled with laughter and light
And the music of the season
And the merchants' windows are all bright
With the faces of the children
And the families hurrying to their homes
As the sky darkens and freezes
They'll be gathering around the hearths and tales
Giving thanks for all god's graces
And the birth of the rebel Jesus|
Well they call him by the prince of peace
And they call him by the savior
And they pray to him upon the seas
And in every bold endeavor
As they fill his churches with their pride and gold
And their faith in him increases
But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in
From a temple to a robber's den
In the words of the rebel Jesus|
We guard our world with locks and guns
And we guard our fine possessions
And once a year when christmas comes
We give to our relations
And perhaps we give a little to the poor
If the generosity should seize us
But if any one of us should interfere
In the business of why they are poor
They get the same as the rebel Jesus|
But please forgive me if I seem
To take the tone of judgment
For I've no wish to come between
This day and your enjoyment
In this life of hardship and of earthly toil
We have need for anything that frees us
So I bid you pleasure
And I bid you cheer
From a heathen and a pagan
On the side of the rebel Jesus.Always gives me goose bumps, right up there with "in his name all oppression shall cease".
Sometimes I think that someone went through the bible, such as has survived, and marked out all the passages that actually refer to what Jesus had to say. They say the devil can quote scripture to his own end. It seems to me to be a pretty good litmus test to measure the intentions of a self declared Christian. If by his fruits you shall know him, then ask yourself, truly, are they Sewing hatred, or kindness? Anger or acceptance?
Faith, hope and love.
The greatest of these ... is, and always will be, love.
Send the first lady a valentine, just to balance the scales.
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