Great example from Peter J0nes of what our world is coming to. Was I the only one who missed this?

The trouble is, "both/and" gets a lot of people befuddled. Moral confusion is everywhere. Who is right? The school bus driver who kicked two girls off his bus for kissing, or the transit agency chief who apologized? How should the people of Cambridge, England relate to the new transgendered "lesbian" mayoral couple? Both Jennifer the mayor and Jennifer the mayoress (her wife) began life as men. Are you confused? Sexuality is not the only realm where confusion reigns. Religious confusion is everywhere. A woman Episcopal priest claims to be both a Christian and a Muslim. On Fridays, she wears a black headscarf and heads to the local mosque. On Sundays, she wears the white collar of a priest and leads the church in Christian worship.

I've always had a great deal of respect for Randy Alcorn, his latest email/prayer request hit the nail right on the head:

I need to guard my schedule to carve out more time for reading, reflection and writing. I would appreciate your prayers for me that I would be both refreshed and productive, that the reservoir of my life would be filled, as Mary’s was while sitting at the feet of Jesus. I love what Jesus said: “Only one thing is necessary—Mary has chosen the better portion.” We all have many things to do, but it all starts with one thing: being and living in the presence of Jesus.

Great article at Worldview Weekend entitled "Ten Ways to Grow a Church Without God." I'll be using this at I discuss the future of our church with my pastor.

Interesting article from the Daily Mail via Drudge written by a former radical Islamist shedding some light into the background on these home-grown terrorists in Britain.

I also find this quote interesting from the recent edition of TIME:

The Democratic Party nominated a slew of New Yorkers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Tammany Hall was the powerhouse of the state's big-city ethnic base. But the Republicans tapped New Yorkers too --Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Evans Hughes, Thomas Dewey--as did significant third parties: former President Millard Fillmore headed the anti-immigrant American Party ticket in 1856. Some New York candidates went straight from the campaign trail to the footnotes--Horatio Seymour, anyone?--but four New Yorkers managed to win eight presidential elections: Martin Van Buren (1836), Grover Cleveland (1884, 1892), Theodore Roosevelt (1904) and Franklin Roosevelt (1932, 1936, 1940, 1944).

I always think of the current immigration battle as new, but forget it's been going on for almost as long as the US has existed. It's just that the immigrants are changing. Fillmore probably didn't like those Irish bastards (of which I claim partial heritage) coming onto American soil back then, not it's the Hispanics who are "threatening our way of life." Who will it be next?

I love this quote from John Hollinger on ESPN.com. I used to be a HUGE Knicks fan, until Isaiah tok over, that is...

It continues a tried and true formula in the NBA -- find the biggest sucker at the table, and take all their chips. Getting Isiah on the phone has been a key part of the rebuilding process for the Suns, Bulls, Raptors and Magic, and it appears the Blazers are the latest to take the plunge.