THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FROM ATRIOS

Odd how both parties think the path to election is "pissing off liberals."

Maybe they're even right!

Quite odd.

I've been reading Atrios at Eschaton for years and years, although I'm not a member of his tight community of commenters. They all seem to know one another, and I'm not sure they take easily to newcomers. In general, they do not like religion. Can the religious amongst us blame them with the many examples of hateful speech that circulate on the internet in the name of religion?

Hey, guys! We're not all hate-filled.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today is the oldest you've ever been, yet the youngest you'll ever be, so enjoy this day while it lasts...

Thanks to Sue T.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - "SPEAK TO HIM"

Speak To Him

Speak to Him thou for He hears,
and Spirit with Spirit can meet -
Closer is He than breathing,
and nearer than hands and feet.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK

The bashing of the Episcopal Church from certain quarters of the Anglican Communion (no names, of course), and, indeed, from within our very own church, continues due to our naughtiness in extending a measure of justice and equality to our LGTB brothers and sisters, thus we are presented with an excellent opportunity for a Lenten discipline: the practice of Jesus' admonition to turn the other cheek.

UPDATE: Thanks to Ann Fontaine for the link to Walter Wink's sermon on turning the other cheek, which I think is impressive and thought-provoking.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

With respect to the alleged continuing cover-up of child abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, the hierarchy seems to fear that acceptance of their own humanity and full admission of responsibility for their mistakes in response to child abuse will result in the collapse of the entire edifice of their church.

(Thanks to Wade, who inspired the thought by his words in an email.)