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Three Somber Thoughts for Thursday

Three Somber Thoughts for Thursday

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  1. Last Thursday, word came that a high school friend had died of cancer. On Friday, the mother emailed to say her son with special needs had died during corrective surgery. On Monday, a friend was killed when a car hit his bicycle as he trained for RAGBRAI.
  2. Yesterday I listened to the debate in the wake of the Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling, some reasoned, some fearful, some angry.
  3. Life is brief. Cultures shift. Laws change. But in the midst of loss and storm, take comfort in this truth:

All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40: 6–8

Three Current Event Thoughts for Thursday

Three Current Event Thoughts for Thursday

Between the Republican primary season and the argument about health care before the Supreme Court, the news is overflowing with serious and weighty issues. Therefore, I consider it my patriotic duty as a citizen of a democratic country to share three current event thoughts this Thursday.

  1.  As a kid, I considered the Etch-a-Sketch excruciatingly boring. How fitting for it to enter politics.
  2. The attorneys arguing against the health care case before the Supreme Court made a mistake when they picked broccoli as the symbol of government going too far. The public outcry would be much louder if people thought the government was forcing them to buy the evilist of all vegetables. You know what I’m talking about. Asparagus.
  3. Imagine the primary season if Chatty Cathy entered the race. Now that would be interesting.

Now it’s your turn. What children’s toy would spice up the race in your eyes?