(this is my first shot at this, so I hope there is no misunderstanding)
There is a large group of people in our society, who would consider themselves Christians and/or Republicans. I’m going to try and articulate some of their beliefs, as I understand them. Point out if I’m misrepresenting.

They believe war/violence is acceptable at times when the threat is severe enough (Iraq, Afghanistan, amongst others).
They believe in Capital Punishment; that some crimes warrant that person being killed.
They believe abortion is murder and is the cause of death of thousands of …

This isn’t a post of my thoughts, more an inquiry of yours. What was your take on the debate, either yesterdays or any of the previous ones…
Discuss.

It’s my birthday. So if your looking for a youtubesdayish way to wish me happy birthday, might I suggest bubblejoy.com
I don’t know why (tribute to Zach and Keane) but this is what I felt like posting as a birthday video…

My only birthday wish is that I’ve had a positive impact on others lives, that I’ve loved my neighbor and followed God. If I’ve had a positive impact on your life I’d love to know how…email me.

There was a tragedy on our block on Thursday. It’s hard to know how to respond to a situation like this. I didn’t personally know any of them, but plenty of neighbors did, and despite the encouragement of seeing people come together amidst the situation, it doesn’t make the difficulty of it any easier.
We’ve been on our block less then a year and I’m trying to do my best to be an observer and a learn. I’m trying to keep my ears and mind open to learn about the neighborhood …

First off, I’m sorry to anyone whose received any of the emails that there were new comments on a post from my blog and the comment was spam. Sorry about that. I’ve added a Captcha, which is one of those garbled text image things you have to type in to confirm your comment. I really don’t like them but until I can get these spam bots to go away I’ll have to have the captcha up. Please keep commenting though.
Maybe it’s because the blog has been sitting rather dormant, or …

I’m not really doing the ‘post once a week’ thing very well, so I do apologize. However, the last post had a nice 25 comment long discussion, so I appreciate everyone’s input. For the time being, I’m still asking political questions. We are basically being bombarded with this stuff and I can’t help but think about it. So, with that comes more and more questions. (and I just watched the vice-presidential debates, so there’s even more fodder for thought) [and it doesn’t help that I got a sneak viewing of …