Wonder if I’ll get to say that very often this season. Let’s have an opening day prediction post….NL style.
Who do you like in each division and the wild card? Got a fave for NL MVP? Here’s mine….
Central – Brewers
West – Dodgers
East – Mets
Wild Card – Padres
NL MVP – David Wright
The pope walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender takes notice and says, “Hey, where did you get that?”
The parrot replies, “Rome”.
I’m hoping for 63. Seeing a three-digit number in the loss column, though probably deserved this year, would be very hard to stomach.
What say you…oh great prognosticator of things Doubleday-ish?
No, we haven’t taken in a boarder. Our first-born son turned eighteen last Saturday. We had some friends in from Texas over the Easter weekend. These friends have been friends our entire married lives…and longer! They were there the day that Paul was born. We got some old pictures out and I could faintly hear “Sunrise, Sunset” playing in my head (the voices sing that sometimes).
Selective service registration, voting….wow. Eighteen is a biggie.
Your mother and I are very proud of the Christian young man you’ve become, Paul. Keep up the good work. We love you very much.
American Idol is now well into its 7th season. I confess that I’m a fan of the show. I especially like the very first episodes of try-outs. Everyone thinks that Simon is a villain. I don’t.
Here’s what happens in a typical Simon Cowell moment….
1. There are apparently hundreds of thousands of people in America who think that they are gifted vocalists.
2. These disillusioned people hear their own voices much differently than anyone else hears them.
3. These poor people have been misled their entire lives by family and friends telling them that they can sing.
4. They try out for American Idol and Simon (and increasingly Randy or Paula) tells them in a very straight-forward manner that they should not pursue singing any longer…..that those who tell these wanna-be’s they are good singers have been lying to them their whole lives.
What’s wrong with that? We need more of this kind of attitude in our pulpits.
Pastors, it’s high time that we cared more about people hearing the truth than we care about how much people will like us when the sermon is over. I understand that there is more than one way to approach the subject of “truth”, but may we never be guilty of coming up just short of letting people know the wages of sin and the magnificent offer of The Savior and His claims on our lives…however offensive that message may be.
The story can be found here. Unfortunately, this is not the first such story I’ve ever read. Please understand that I’m NOT defending the decision that these parents made. But I want to discuss their right to make it.
My question is this…who decides whether seeking professional medical attention or not seeking it for this little girl was the proper call? The article suggests that the girl’s diabetic condition was “treatable”, but that doesn’t mean that she wouldn’t have died anyway.
If parents don’t curb a little boy’s aggressive behavior toward little girls and the boy turns out to be a serial rapist do we go after the parents then, too? My point is that parents make decisions all the time that directly affect the “health” and future of their children. I’m worried about the slippery slope we may be trying to navigate here as far as governmental interference in parenting is concerned.
Am I way off base on this one? What do you make of all this?
I’m hosting a bracket picks challenge. Wanna play? Click here to sign up. You’ll need a cbs.sportsline.com user name.
The group name for mine is ptp-333 and the password is jesusislord (and I believe that it’s case sensitive).
If you have any trouble signing up, let me know.
Welcome……..losers!
This should be a lot of fun. Tell us all, O wise one, the four teams you’re picking to be the number one seeds in this year’s big dance.
Also, just for fun, pick the last four at-large teams that you believe will squeak in.
This also begs the question of who you think will be left out in the NIT cold.
MARCH MADNESS……it’s not just about cabin-fever any more! MOOOOHOOOOOOOHAHAHAHAHAHA.
John McCain has sewn up the Republican nomination. Huckabee stuck around until he was eliminated. Then, in a very classy display, he gave his full support and endorsement to Senator McCain.
I’ll be very interested to see how the Democratic soap opera will play out. It seems that there is less decided now than a year ago. I think that Obama will eventually win. And I also believe that when Clinton finally sees the writing on the wall, she will perform this emotional vignette where she will “voluntarily step down for the good of the party”…..right.
How do you see things finally concluding for the Dems? I will award extra points for creativity in your portrayal.
I just had to write today to tell about a fantastic conversation I had with David Campbell at the IMB.
David apologized for what happened last Thursday when I attempted to call (I guess if people are going to be reading my blog I’d better pay more attention to what I’m writing!). I shared with him that apologies weren’t necessary and that I probably over-reacted myself.
When all was said and done, he hooked me up with several VERY useful and helpful web sites that enabled me to download and print the “4 Spiritual Laws” tract in both traditional and simplified Chinese. Wow!
Thanks David. And thanks to the folks that have enabled us to put this useful evangelism tool into the hands of a young Christian woman who cares deeply for her family in main land China.
May God receive glory through this process. And may the result in the lives of all those involved in this process be greater fruitfulness! God is so good!
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