Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Several different issues — personal, family, local, national, international — were once again driving rest, peace, and quiet from my heart and mind…
As is my wont, I hauled the little blue book off our headboard to see what Scriptures God had for me this time.
Except I did so before I was actually ready to go to bed. Read it all
Ruby (she’s my wife!) wanted to make a gift for the bride-to-be.
Oh, she could have bought something much more easily.
And saved herself many hours of work.
(I hope that doesn’t understate how much time she put into this project.) Read it all
No, this isn’t some deep philosophical question, though if you want to answer it that way, that’s fine.
Or even a question about life, though if you want to answer it in that context, that’s great.
It’s just a question about why you’re here. Read it all
I just Googled peace prize and gospel treyvon (among other searches), checking for recent (last 24 hours) news stories.
From what I could tell, no Nobel Peace Prize winner has stepped up to knock down the fires since my post yesterday, Calling Peace Prize Laureates. (Or before, for that matter.)
Nor could I see any evidence of the Gospel of Jesus Christ being offered as applicable to the race mess that continues to burble and gurgle. Read it all
Did you win a Nobel Peace Prize within the last two decades?
Now’s the time to trot your stuff, the stuff that resulted in your choice as “a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field.”
You’re needed urgently on the Martin-Zimmerman front. Now! Read it all
Wishing a special fate on anti-Christian persecutors
According to Wikipedia, Homs has the second highest concentration of Christians in Syria.
Had.
According to several other sources, Christians have been driven from Homs. Read it all
You know who they are.
Maybe you’re one of them.
I want justice, too — real justice, not a contrived substitute.
A rush to judgment is a contrived substitute.
Here’s something I posted on Facebook early this morning: Read it all