If you ask me my politics

Jesus in the desert - Day 21
Jesus in the desert – Day 21 by Si Smith

Brian Zahnd writes in Farewell to Mars:

And you thought it was just Sunday school banality
or empty religious sentimentality
to pray
Thy Empire come
Thy Policy be done.
You had no idea it was dissident and subversive,
because every empire of men is built upon a lie.
The lie that the empire has God on its side.
I glimpsed this truth out of the corner of my eye.
And if you ask me my politics, I will say,
Jesus is Lord!

I’ve been chewing on those last two lines quite a bit since I read them Friday night.

Chewing on what that would look like.

Chewing on how that would change me and my conversations.

Chewing on why I can’t honestly say that’s truly my politics.

Because I want it to be my politics. I want it to be the only side I take. I want it to be the only way I view the world.

And yet I still follow the empires of man.

Read the full poem.

Bring a Bottle Challenge

UPDATE: The national challenge is over, but if you order your bottle(s) between now and noon on Tuesday, Sept. 2, I’ll still personally deliver your Bring a Bottle Thermal to those in the Dallas area.

I’ve been challenged to sell 20 of these sweet Bring a Bottle Thermals by the end of the month. That’s Aug. 31 at 11 a.m. CST.

They’re only $10 and come in a variety of great colors.

Help me show the women of thirty-one that the Husbands of thirty-one are up to the challenge.

As a bonus – if you’re in the Dallas area, I’ll cover shipping and deliver the product to you and we can enjoy a cold drink together when I do.

Order yours now. Just email me at thirtyone@casadeblundell.com and include your shipping info and your choice of color and we’ll get you setup.

Sick kids say…

All three kids are sick now. And their understanding of the science (and other things) may be a bit lacking…

HDiddy: Daddy I can’t laugh anymore. I can still make smile faces but I can’t laugh.
Me: Did you forget how?
HDiddy: No the germs won’t let me.

HDiddy: (pointing to small empty spot next to me and his brother on the loves seat ) Daddy there’s a spot right there for another boy to sit.
Me: oh? Are you that boy?
HDiddy: (nods his head)
Me: Well climb on up!

Me: HDiddy why are your fingers in your mouth?
HDiddy: The strawberry is still there in my mouth. (See previous post.)

IDiddy: (A few minutes after taking his meds) Daddy my germs aren’t going away.

IDiddy: Daddy my face is sticking out (after feeling a blister on his face).