Title borrowed from lyrics by Spike Jones, circa 1945, or so. (Who was Spike Jones, you ask? Well, you had to be there….).
How’s this for resolutions:
- Do something you really enjoy
- Eat a meal with your family
- Listen to others
- Watch the clouds roll by
- Take a nap
- Get in touch with friends
- Read a book
- Discover something new
- Laugh
- Pray
These were suggested at our Bible Fellowship meeting here at the Home. Notice the complete lack of self-improvement vows. Seems just fine with me.
This is an entirely unsuitable occasion for new beginnings. For one thing, the weather, basically, sucks. How about August, or September, when a new school year begins. Isn’t the weather better, at least?
I am a “cradle Catholic”, probably not in good standing. I’m in with southern Baptists (some of whom hail from Minnesota and upstate New York, go figure). Our pastor is what used to be called a “Renaissance Man”. He seems to do it all: accomplished musician, fluent in Spanish, brilliant theologian, and one of the finest homolists I’ve heard in years. His wife is also a minister, and a woman. Can’t have those in the Catholic priesthood (can’t imagine why not). Being just a dumb chemist, I’m not in a position to judge these matters, but there doesn’t seem to be much difference between their brand of christianity and “THE ONE TRUE CHURCH”. One might imagine Heaven to be a lot of things, but to me, it might reveal what this religion stuff really is. Did any sect get it right?
We also tend to forget that the USA is not, and was never intended by the Founders, to be a Christian nation. We need to be welcoming to Bhuddists, Hindus, Sikhs, Jewish people, and, even, atheists and agnostics.
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