I don't wear them all the time--but when I do, I hear much better.
Why not wear them all the time?
I guess I'm in denial.
Bern told me on the porch this morning when I was blaming 'being cold' on the non-central heat of the apartment where I grew up that I was cold because I'm 'old'!
That's my denial.
That I'm old.
But I am....
Alas.
I think I've told you--I'm always chilly.
But the past few days have brought relief. I still wear long sleeves but no jacket on top of that.
Being warm is wondrous.
I recommend it highly.
People protesting Jimmy Kimmel being taken off the air worked.
Everything matters.
Our so-called President is waging war on those he sees as enemies--which is everyone that isn't in lock-step with him.
His cabinet will bend over backwards to please him
We must be ready to fight back, to stand up to oligarchy and refuse to give in.
Small things or giant things--both matter.
Make a list of what you won't stand for and what you will do when it happens.
We must stand together and remember--everything matters....
Our Bible Study meeting yesterday was to determine what we would study first.
You could have knocked me off my chair with a feather when the group decided they wanted to dive in depth into the Council of Nicea!
Granted, what happened there in 325 a.d. determined the shape and emphasis of Christianity up until today. But really, even though I have 6 years and three degrees in theology, my knowledge of Nicea and what happened there is scant.
So, I have some work to do to get up to speed.
Luckily, all the members of the group will be diving into the Council and the Creed as well.
Maybe we'll learn from one another.
That's how Bible Study usually works--learning from each other.
I went to church today for Bible Study.
I haven't been there on Wednesday for months, so on the way home it began to feel like Sunday.
I knew it wasn't but the feeling was real.
I even tried to find a pro football game on TV!
"Dope", I told myself, "it's Wednesday."
I answered myself back: "but it sure feels like Sunday...."
"Love you enemies as you love yourselves," Jesus told us over and again.
Then, at his speech at his friend's funeral, our president rejected the wife's 'forgiveness' of the man who assinated her husband and said "I HATE MY ENEMIES!"
Who's side are you on?
I took my car in for an oil change and they gave me a whole page of stuff that should be done.
I'm 78--I don't have a lot of driving years left and I don't drive that much to begin with.
To do it all would be $1400. And I wouldn't have to do it all at once.
I'm certainly not going to find a used car for less than $10,000, so I'm going to have it all fixed.
Bern agreed.
Cars are wonderful inventions--but they are a pain in the butt.
