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Who is your neighbor


I’ve been having a good friendly “debate” with new friend via e-mail today over immigration and who our neighbor is after a post I put on the WDL blog.
What do you think? Who are your neighbors?
How you apply scripture to the immigration issue?
From the Message:

Defining “Neighbor”
Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?”
He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law? How do you interpret it?”
He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and that you love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.”
“Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.”
Looking for a loophole, he asked, “And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?”
Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to Jericho. On the way he was attacked by robbers. They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off leaving him half-dead. Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road, but when he saw him he angled across to the other side. Then a Levite religious man showed up; he also avoided the injured man.
“A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging his wounds. Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill—I’ll pay you on my way back.’
“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?”
“The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar responded.
Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”

TTC Meeting in Waxahachie

Last night was the second TTC meeting in Ellis County more fun to be had by all.
Less than 15 minutes into the public hearing we had our first mention of “illegals.”
I have to cringe everytime I hear that word now.
Someone was going to speak directly after him but, “he’s at church – he’ll be back.”
They kept reminding he was at church and then when he got there, “He’s back from church.”
And this guy dropped the second mention of illegals.
He said all the growth in Ellis County was from illegals because Texas couples were only procreating 1.8 children on average.
He also compared TxDOT employees to the Nazis. I love that word even more than illegals. Especially the way it’s losely thrown around.
“These guys are just doing their jobs. They’re just taking orders. Just like the Nazis.”
Lovely! Absolutely lovely. This from a guy who just came from church.
On the other hand I enjoyed sitting near State Rep. District 10 candidate, Kerry Horn, D-Hill County, and Ellis County Judge candidate Chuck Beatty. Lots of fun pithy comments going between the three of us.

I wish I had written this one

Here’s one of those columns I read and think, “Man. I wish I had written that.”

Well, some people thought the signature differential was significant. Just ask the campaign of Chris “Will-Somebody-Please-Take-Me-Seriously?” Bell.
“Carole Strayhorn cannot possibly win this race,” said Bell spokesman Jason Stanford. “And having fewer signatures than a novelty country singer only proves my point.”
Grandma appears to be losing her bite. If the trend continues, she could be — yikes — all gums.
Grandma, of course, dismisses early polls. “It’s a two-person race,” she says.
Interesting. That’s what Kinky Friedman says. That’s what Chris Bell says. That’s what Rick Perry says.
Stop the presses. Somebody is lying.
Perry says the race is between him and Bell (even though the Rasmussen poll shows Bell in fourth).
Bell agrees with Perry (even though far more Texans have heard of Bigfoot than Bell. Chris who?)
Then there’s Kinky, who says the race is between him and apathy (even though more people view Kinky very unfavorably, 26 percent, than any other candidate).
Grandma insists she’s not worried. But she should be. In the time it takes to pronounce her name, Kinky creeps closer to Perry and gets a free chunk of airtime on 60 Minutes.

“Dear Mary Hardin Baylor”

Looks like my alma mater got recognition in the NY Times today. Apparently colleges and universities across the country (not just Texas) are adding football programs to attract male students.
UMHB has gone from 32 percent male population to 40 percent since it added football in 1998. And don’t forget that great run to the Div. III Championship in 2004. Awesome.
And what do you know – a 1:3 guy/girl ratio and I still couldn’t get a date 😉