Dr. Mohler: "Let's Get Dangerous!"

In honor of Dr. Mohler's 2008 Convocation challenge to the Southern Seminary community that we commit this year to "living dangerously" in our Christian ministry, I offer hardy agreement with this anthem:

(In case you are confused, please fast forward to the 0:23 mark.)

Sarah Palin: Only in America...

There has been much talk about Sarah Palin's qualifications to be a heartbeat away from the United States' Commander and Chief. There is much about Palin that I don't know. But from what I have seen so far, it seems that Palin is the embodiment of the American dream, an ordinary person rising to extraordinary heights. In a year that is especially notable for the first African-American man winning the presidential nomination of the Democratic party, Sarah Palin also reminds us that America is the land of opportunity.

To me, this video is illustrative of that fact:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bza63nnqiKA

Forget, for a moment, the fact that she is a woman and mother of 5 running for Vice President. In what other country can a local sportscaster from Alaksa ever hope to be running for the second highest office in the land?

EDIT: Too bad my Pistons lost that night back in 1988. Even at 24, she really knew how to talk smack about those Minnesota Northstars! Maybe that’s why they left town and went to Dallas? And if you were wondering, the Northstars were an NHL team… you know, the National HOCKEY League?

Hat Tip: Yahoo!

Standing on Shoulders of the Dark Knight

Well, I've plugged this post everywhere else on the internet, so I might as well promote it from my own blog:
http://standingonshoulders.net/2008/07/19/why-so-serious-because-death-is-no-laughing-matter/

Here are my thoughts on the Joker phenomenon.

Conventional Thinking

I'll be off at the SBC Convention in Indy this week, so no real posts for a while. :-)

Speaking of which, I called the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary main office today and asked if anybody there had any information on the Seminary's luncheon at the convention. The seminary representative replied, "what convention?" Oy!

It's How You Play the Game

I found this to be a fascinating story. Imagine, you're a player on a softball team in playoff contention, playing a team that's in the same boat as you. You give up a homerun to potentially lose the game, but just when you thought it was over, the baserunner injures her knee running the bases. The ump rules that unless the player comes around to touch home plate, the home run doesn't count. You think, "her teammates will carry her home." But, no, that's against the rules. So that means your team is suddenly in a great position to win and advance.

Now, the only thing that can keep you from victory is if you decide that some things in life are more important than wins and loses.
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?cl=7635680

An amazing act of charity to say the least.

I wonder if the Red Sox would help out a Yankees player in a similar situation?