Build us a hammock
Beneath the moon and the stars
Tie it to the nearest trees
With ribbons and bows
Fancy silk scarves
Softly blowing in the breeze
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The Internet Is Not My Lord and Savior
John 8:7 – And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Just because certain people aren’t running around with their hands in the air shouting Hallelujah, Praise the Lord, and Thank You, Jesus, does not mean they are not people of faith.
I am a person of faith. My relationship with God is personal. I have friends – devout Christians and Jews – who have prayed for me on more than one occasion. If prayers get you to Heaven then I’ve got my one-way ticket come Judgment Day.
Anyway, it is quite clear that if you don’t do the Christian boogaloo according to the gospel of certain folks then you are not true believers. There are those who would not know a Christian value or the polite, kind way to treat another person if it bit them on their ass.
Is it their job to roam the Internet looking for people to stone to death because – wait for it – they are good and fine upstanding members of the community, and as God as my witness, they are good Christians?
I don’t know what Bible some of you read, but I’m beginning to think there are those who have a Jim Jones mentality.
Warning: Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.
Thus endeth the lesson.
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Operator
by The Manhattan Transfer
Making Peace with the Past
there is a space in her soul
a space that cannot be seen
it cannot be measured
it cannot be described
simply because there are
no words to explain how it feels
there is an emptiness in her life
for opportunities missed and decisions made
the basic desperation for survival
a lack of knowledge
a thirst to know more
the fear of forgetting everything
there comes a time when peace
must be made with a mind that said “turn left”
and a heart that insisted on “staying the course”
for the mind and the heart
have a way of sabotaging common sense
while leading each other to self-destruction
this is the time to let it all go and
make peace with the past because
only forgiveness can cleanse the soul
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