Do I Know The Bible!

You know the Bible 100%!

 

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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Paul linked to this quiz at his site. He is another who scores at 100%. I'm rather surprised that I scored 100%, (I promise I did not steal Paul's results!) since I came to my knowledge of the Bible mainly as an adult, not having memorized Bible verses in Sunday school as a child. I see from Paul's comments that Padre Mickey scored 100%, but I believe that he memorized Bible verses as a child, too.

Having said that, some of the choices in the multiple-choice test were ridiculous, and one would know immediately that they were not the correct answers. It is a silly quiz, as Paul says.

From Bishop Charles Jenkins Of Louisiana

From the Bishop's Blog:

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Prayers and Support on Several Pending Issues

Prayers Needed

Please pray with me. I seek your prayer and support on several pending issues.

Some may know that Case Management across the Gulf Coast will cease in March unless a bill pending in Congress allows FEMA to fund our efforts. Case Management has been heretofore carried on by a coalition of national relief organizations under the stewardship and leadership of the United Methodist Council on Relief (UMCOR). Our coalition is called Katrina Aid Today. Other church groups have included Lutheran World Services, Catholic Social Services and Episcopal Relief and Development. The original funding for Case Management came not from tax dollars but from a gift to the United States from the government of Qatar. We who have been involved in Case Management more than matched this gift. A bill in Congress (S2335) would enable FEMA to continue to fund Case Management. No new taxes are needed because the funding is in the FEMA budget.

Case Management is teaching one to fish. You know the old story of giving a person a fish today and they will be hungry tomorrow. Teach them to fish . . . Case Management is a professional means to enable people to construct a recovery plan, to provide some resources to make the plan feasible, and then for people to stand on their own. The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana alone graduated 325 families in December of last year. So please, pray for a miracle here. I do not want to see this important ministry stop nor do I want to see it sputter to a temporary halt and then try to start up again. We have proven our capacity to do Case Management.

I ask also that you pray about my capacity to continue funding a relationship with a law firm in Washington, Krivit and Krivit. This is a complicated issue (Church and State). The fact is that we would not be so far along in seeking funding for the continuation of Case Management were it not for the hard work and professional knowledge of the good people in this firm. I am out of money to pay them. They are working on faith now. I have many requests “out” for funding but so far, no action. There is more, much more, for us to do with Krivit and Krivit.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Bishop Jenkins [Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana]

Posted by Bishop Charles Jenkins at Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Where Has He Been All My Life?

From Slimbolala:

RSfMS(wC):* Heavenly Hairdos

Are their combovers in heaven? Do all angels have full heads of hair? Is your heavenly hairdo your hairdo from when you die or from some other juncture in life? (Or does your hair transcend individuality and become one with all hair? Do such earthly styling considerations cease to exist in the manifold stylistic glory of the afterlife?) What does Thomas Aquinas say?


* Random Stuff from My Sketchbook (with Commentary)

Is this brilliant, or what? And posted on Aquinas' feast day, too!

Slimbolala's profile tells us only that he is from New Orleans. That's recommendation enough for me!

One Million Iraqis Dead From The War

From Reuters via the New York Times:

LONDON (Reuters) - More than one million Iraqis have died as a result of the conflict in their country since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, according to research conducted by one of Britain's leading polling groups.

That's not counting the wounded, some of them with severe injuries, like our own wounded. That's not counting those living in Iraq in conditions of danger and hardship. That's not counting those who fled the country and are living in refugee camps. What a terrible tragedy for Iraq.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

Thanks to Holden at First Draft for the link.

Ormonde Needs Prayer

Our friend, Ormonde at Through the Dust, the archdeacon who posts so brilliantly on the deacons of church, is in need of our prayers. He has been diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia and will begin chemotherapy in February. Please pray for him and, perhaps, offer him a word of encouragement at his blog.

Bush Should Be There

From the Kentucky Herald-Leader:

MOSUL, Iraq - A suicide car bomber targeted a U.S. patrol Tuesday in Mosul, killing at least one Iraqi and wounding as many as 15, the military and police said, a day after a roadside bomb killed five American soldiers in the increasingly lawless northern city.

At a U.S. base outside Mosul, scores of U.S. troops and an honor guard stood at attention on the airfield tarmac as five coffins of their slain comrades were loaded onto a plane for the journey home.
....

Soldiers refused permission to photograph the ceremony, saying the pain of the sudden loss of five comrades was too great, and that not all the families had been notified.

"President Bush should be out here watching this ramp ceremony to see what it is really like," said one soldier, who asked not to be identified.

"The people who created this war need to be thinking about the families of these 18-year-olds who are dying."

Posted without comment. The soldier said it for me.

Gov. Bobby Jindal Watch - Three (cont.)

Following up on the first part of my post No. 3 on Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana's Gold Standards For Ethics For Politicians In Louisiana, in which the governor's main man "forgets" to report a $118.000 campaign contribution from the GOP, which should have been reported last July:

"What Jindal Saith and What He Doth"

From James Gill at the Times-Picayune:

Legislators, please do not giggle the next time Gov. Bobby Jindal launches into one of his sermons about ethics, transparency and the new day that is dawning in corrupt old Louisiana.

He is ready to lift you up, and rescue you from sin. Yet some of you may detect a droll irony when Jindal hands down laws he proposes to guide you to the path of righteousness.
....

But please remember what a solemn moment it will be when you gather at the special session he called for early Lent. It is just bad luck that his own transgressions became known shortly before Mardi Gras.

There will be a temptation to point fingers from the back of the chamber and mock Jindal as a Pharisee. But that will get us nowhere. Just concentrate on what he saith and forget what he doth.

Any legislators who cannot keep a straight face should just stare at the floor until they can compose themselves. Do they think state government is a joke?

Read the rest, but you get the drift.

In Remembrance - Mohandas Gandhi

Thanks to Paul for the reminder that today is the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Gandhi. As I said in the comments at Byzigenous Buddhapalian, "Paul, thanks for this. And Gandhi's only weapons were truth, love, and a determination to remain non-violent. And he won, thus demonstrating the power of powerlessness."

I offer a few choice words of wisdom from the great leader:

Be the change that you want to see in the world.

Ah, that we could take this one to heart and live it.

A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.

Whoa! I pray that the actions of our leaders do not reflect what "resides in the hearts and in the soul" of the people of my country, but I fear that they may - more than I realize.

What is true of the individual will be to-morrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.

Therein lies my hope, that enough of us persist in the push for justice, mercy, and humility and that, in so doing, we do not "lose heart and hope".

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Timely words for many of us in opposition to the leadership today in the good old U. S. of A. - that we do not "lose heart and hope".

Please do click the link to read Paul's post.

The Gulf Coast And The State Of The Union

Here's what Bush said about New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in the State of the Union speech:

Tonight the armies of compassion continue the march to a new day in the Gulf Coast. America honors the strength and resilience of the people of this region. We reaffirm our pledge to help them build stronger and better than before. And tonight I'm pleased to announce that in April we will host this year's North American Summit of Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the great city of New Orleans. (Applause.)

Clap, clap, clap.

Indeed, it is the strong people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and the "armies of compassion", the volunteers, who give so generously of their time and talents, who do the major work of recovery in the areas affected by Katrina and the federal flood.

There were bets around here as to whether Bush would allude to the Gulf Coast at all in the SOTU, since he did not speak of the area at all in his speech last year. He did mention it, and I'm pleased that he's setting the North American Summit in New Orleans. That will throw a few bucks to New Orleans and help their economy.

I wonder if he will be just a tad embarrassed that so many areas remain totally devastated. Will he be ashamed to show the visitors from Mexico and Canada around those devastated areas? Will he limit the tour to the areas that look pretty good? Since Bush spoke the words, will he speed up the implementation of his "pledge to help them build stronger and better than before"?

From the Baton Rouge, La. Advocate:

“He mentioned revenue sharing in Iraq but failed to mention revenue sharing at home,” said [Sen. Mary] Landrieu, D-La.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter welcomed Bush’s continued commitment to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Vitter, R-La., is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has made several visits to the battle region.

Sen. Vitter, what about the home front? What about the continued commitment to the people in your own state, citizens of the United States of America?

Meanwhile, Landrieu said, the planned economic summit will mean the eyes of the world will be on the state.

“At least Louisiana and the Gulf Coast were mentioned,” Landrieu said. “This conference puts us in the international spotlight.”

For better or for worse.

Mystic Krewe Of Barkus

Since Lapin asked if my Diana had participated in the Krewe of Barkus parade in New Orleans, I thought I'd give you a view of the exciting event, even if Diana did not participate.

From the Times-Picayune:

In the French Quarter, crowds jammed sidewalks from Rampart to Jackson Square as the beloved pooch parade, the Mystic Krewe of Barkus, rolled to the theme "Indiana Bones and the Raiders of the Lost Bark." Before the parade, hundreds gathered for several hours at the pre-parade "Pawty," enjoying music, food and admiring costumed dogs and themed floats.

Diana, as a one-eyed dog, would be quite a novelty, don't you think? Of course, I would not want to exploit her for her difference. What about a one-eyed queen of the Mystic Krewe of Barkus? Diana and I can dream, can't we?