The Sterling Silver Plated Compass

After much deliberation I have decided that I am going to see the Golden Compass over the break with some familia. I plan on watching the Passion of Christ before my viewing of the Golden Compass and then I plan on reading the entire New Testament directly afterwards in a locked closet that will protect from any sinful transgressions that may be pursuing me. Pressing upward and onward...

I was challenged a couple of weeks ago to analyze where I am at in life and to really think about what has happened to others in the same spot that I am at. I guess you could look at it this way... If you are in a classroom at some prestigious academic institution like Abilene Christian University rewind the clock about 50 years and think about how different the class would have been. It is the same classroom, same building, same grounds but almost an entire different world. Imagine analyzing racial and social issues in the 50s or 60s in that very classroom in the administration building. I bet that racial tolerance and understanding was not something that was widely appreciated in little old Abilene, TX.

Think about how different you would be if you grew up in a different era. We take so much pride in who we think we are and what we stand for but what does that say about us if it was all stripped from us by growing up in another age. Would one alliganace to something like a sports team or a game transfer to something like woodwork or ironwork if you grew up in the 1600s instead. Gobble Gobble Gobble who knows.

So my boy st. nick is rolling through and we already have the Santa Tracker 5000 up and operational as he does his final boarding and loading on the newly sponsored Boeing Santa Sleigh that will dashing through the clouds before we know it. Pay the man some respect and toss someone a Merry Christmas and not a happy holidays. Celebrate baby Jesus and St. Nick keeping the Christmas cheer alive.