Merry Christmas to all our friends and family near and far.
May you be blessed in 2013 and may you experience all the love our Father has for you.
A confession and a few questions…
As I’ve written before, I consider myself a pacifist and I want to see much stronger gun control in American because I believe the harder it is for people to get a weapon, the less likely they are to use it.
I truly long for the day when nuclear weapons, assault weapons, semi-automatic guns, muskets, pocket knifes and all other weapons of any sort are made into plowshares.
And I long for Shalom and Pax Dei.
And yet I confess that I understand that even banning all guns of all sort won’t stop all assaults or killings of any other sort. When a person’s heart is set on killing another human being – they’ll find a way.
So with this quandary at our doorstep, how do we as an American culture and society change the hearts and minds of our fellow countrymen where the life of a 1st grader is just as valuable as the life of the President, a movie star, a drug dealer or an imam living in Iran?
How do we change our mindset that murder is not an option – either in jealous rage, depression, governmental retaliation or by lethal injection?
How do we move from a culture of violence (and especially redemptive violence) to a culture of forgiveness and second chances?
UMHB vs Mount Union II
It’s been a few years since UMHB took on Mount Union in the NCAA DIII Championship Tournament.
I was there for the first and only meeting, December 2004.
It was a nail biter all the way to the end.
But who can forget this?
Walter Sharp grabs a game winning touchdown against Mount Union in 2004. Photo by Jonathan Blundell
With 48-seconds remaining in the game, Josh Welch connected with Walter Sharp in the endzone on a 24 yard pass, putting the Crusaders into the lead and ultimately a 38-35 win.
With the win, the Crusaders went on to lose the next week against Linfield in their first DIII Championship game the following week.
As it stands, UMHB leads against Wesley in the 4th quarter, 25-20. The winner of the game will go on to play Mount Union next week in the semi-finals.
UPDATE: UMHB takes the win – 32-20.
They aren’t babies anymore
A few weeks back I promised I would write a post about my boys turning two.
Yeah… about that…
I’ve sat down a few times now to try and write about the continuing Adventures in Fatherhood as we enter our boys third year of life. So many thoughts swirl through my head that finding a place to begin is rather tough.
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Bono takes the pulpit at Georgetown University
Bono rocked another sermon recently at Georgetown University – calling the students (and the rest of us) to action to alleviate the suffering in the world around us.
“I don’t know if this is a lectern or a pulpit,” Bono told the crowd, folding his arms on the wooden podium in front of him, “but I feel oddly comfortable. It’s a bit of a worry, isn’t it? So … welcome to Pop Culture Studies 101. Please take out your notebooks. Today we are going to discuss why rock stars should never, ever be given access to microphones at institutes of higher learning.
“You will receive no credit for taking this class,” Bono joked, “not even street cred — it’s too late for that. I will, of course, be dropping the occasional pop culture reference to give the impression that I know where your generation is at. I do not. I am not sure where I am at.”
I was really impacted when I heard Bono speak in Dallas several years ago — and this was no different.
And this latest sermon follows a great line of other sermons he’s given in recent years – spreading the Good News to those that have ears.
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Groovin to Caedmon’s Call
Some fun this morning with Caedmon’s Call