letter to the editor

maybe this is why Sarah Palin drives some people right over the edge.

When federal judges in San Francisco ruled in 2002 that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools was unconstitutional because it included the phrase “under God,” Sarah Palin was not amused. Palin, who at the time was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, quickly drafted a terse letter to the editor of a San Francisco newspaper.

“Dear Editor,” Palin wrote in 2002. “San Francisco judges forbidding our Pledge of Allegiance? They will take the phrase ‘under God’ away from me when my cold, dead lips can no longer utter those words,” Palin wrote.

“God Bless America,” she concluded.

driscoll on piper

Here is a post by Mark Driscoll on the Resurgence blog telling us why he loves John Piper. It includes an embedded video interview of Piper by Driscoll. Excellent stuff and worth your time (almost 50 minutes long).

Here are the reasons Mark Driscoll gives for loving John Piper. Go over there for the commentary on 3 and 4.

1. He is the most passionate guy I think I’ve ever met.
Of course, he is first and foremost passionate for the glory of God. But he is pretty much passionate about everything. For example, the first time we had him preach at Mars Hill Church the nuts we had out were unsalted. I learned that he is passionate about salted nuts.
2. He does not seem to really care about his approval ratings.
He does not own a television, and I would bet he spends less time checking what people say about him through Technorati and Google than he does watching television.
3. He has a father’s heart…..
4. By not trying to be cool . . . he’s cool…..

friday fotos

pray for the Reformissionary’s lovely wife Molly has she has brain surgery today.

here are a couple of pictures:

Bella looking at my flash

trying to capture the pinky orange color