Skip to main content

Intelligent Observations.... on Television??

It's been a while since my last article and I am feeling kind of twitchy about a lot of things. I really have missed the opportunity to let the things percolating in my brain have a chance to spill out into my blog and as a result I feel sort of toxic. I mean, I could probably die from holding my opinions in for too long, you know? I considered writing about my recollections of 9/11 and I still may. I also thought I might ease on back into things and then I saw something that caught my attention and I thought, "Oh yeah, that's hitting the blog."

Fair warning, if you are offended by the occasional swear word, don't play the video below. There's nothing worse than what you would find in a PG13 movie or on television. In fact, it is from television. It is Craig Ferguson's monologue from his late night program. And, though I might have left the one or two expletives out knowing that my pastor reads my blog, I couldn't have said it better myself.



Speaking of journalism, though I hardly consider The View a journalistic show, I have been setting my DVR to record the first part of the "Hot Topics" discussion. I did that as soon as the information hit the net about Sarah Palin and her prayer about God's will. What better way to know what liberal woman are thinking? Are you all sitting down? Better strap yourself in for this one, Joy Behar actually said something intelligent regarding Palin's prayer and God's will. She said if it is God's will that we are in a war in Iraq, then things like Katrina and Gustav have to be God's will too if we are going to be consistent in attributing sovereignty to God. She didn't say it exactly like that, but it is a fairly accurate paraphrase. I nearly fell over. The unfortunate part was that she has no idea that she was standing at the cusp of truth, she threw the statement out in an attempt to show how ludicrous thinking being at war could be God's will. See, it's only OK to believe in God's ability to control the universe when He is controlling it in a manner that you would choose. Folks like Behar are perfect candidates to plagiarize Orwell's Animal Farm and attribute the results to God. "Your God can be sovereign as long as His sovereignty correlates with my sense of my fairness. God is sovereign, at times he is just more sovereign than others."

I still have lots to say about the upcoming election and the candidates. Lord willing I will get to it all. Meanwhile, study the diagram of the Preamble and the First Amendment. I want to discuss Palin and Lord willing, I will get to. Meanwhile I have some sleep to catch up on.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Your comment: "I really have missed the opportunity to let the things percolating in my brain have a chance to spill out into my blog and as a result I feel sort of toxic. I mean, I could probably die from holding my opinions in for too long, you know?"

My response: "LOL! Oh I can so relate! It does seem toxic at times. Good to see your still alive from it though so you can still share."

Popular posts from this blog

Fear Down, Hope and Peace to Go!

Last night I had the honor and privilege to present some information to the women of my church. I cannot begin to tell you how much I love and appreciate them. The seminar I did was on fear. God is clever and He had me present the information to them because I needed it. It's not that I don't want to study things for my own benefit and growth, but whenever I do a topical study to teach it, I see how badly I needed it and how much more I have to repent of than I realized. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know. That's a topic I want to return to in another post. I want to talk about the ladies for a moment. They are an incredibly loving group of women. Women who seek God and are teachable. They have gone out of their way to include me and love on me, which speaks volumes of their characters because I am not all that lovable. I am not being self-deprecating here. I am a mix of endearing and maddening qualities like anyone else. What I am telling you is ...

Super Church a song for the Emergent-sy

In the early 70s I was in a youth choir at my church. Our youth pastor was a musician and his way of connecting with us as a group was through the choir and music. Somehow there was an affiliation between him and The Continental Singers, New Hope and Jeremiah People. He was worked with Moishe Rosen of Jews for Jesus too, I think. Are any of these names familiar to you? Though I remember the church fondly I was a profoundly lost and troubled young woman during my years there. That and time have muddled the memories quite a bit. Today I was digging through some old paperwork and one of the books to the musical we did. It's Getting Late For the Great Planet Earth, a folk rock oratorio by Cam Floria. Yes, that's right. Cam Floria put Hal Lindsey to music. There's a lot to laugh about and some to groan about but as I was looking through the songs and remembering, I found this little ditty and I only wish I could sing it for you. Just remember that this is circa 1972 and even th...

Links on FAS/FASD info and some quick thoughts

I had some thoughts today about how to help parents who have children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FAS FASD). I am reading an article in the Journal of Biblical Counseling that points out the similarities in counseling and parenting. This particular volume has several articles focusing on family relationships, especially that of parent and child. The titles include : Helping the Parents of an Angry Child; Angry Teens; Counseling the Adopted Child; and Helping the Grieving Child or Teenager. ( Journal of Biblical Counseling Winter 2007 Vol. 25 Number 1) I haven't completed my studies in the journal and so I cannot begin to write a proper synthesis of the various issues addressed, all of which I think may be helpful to parents of FAS or FASD children. But then, these topics aren't exclusive to FAS and FASD children. I was blessed with raising some wonderful children in a unique set of circumstances. My sister died leaving behind 5 terrific kids...