REFLECTIONS

Mal 3:1-4, 23-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me;And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek,And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire.Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who will endure the day of [...]

… would be so much easier if they showed themselves to be worthy of respect. From Saudi Arabia: http://tinyurl.com/7ueggd The father married his daughter off to a 58-year old man for a dowry of $8,000. The mother (divorced from the father) filed a divorce plea on her daughter’s behalf. The Saudi courts have denied the [...]

‘My heart exults in the Lord. my horn is exalted in my God. I have swallowed up my enemies; I rejoice in my victory. There is no Holy One like the Lord; there is no Rock like our God . . .’ (1Sm 2:1-2)

O KING OF THE GENTILES and their desired One,the Cornerstone that makes both one– COME! and deliver man, whom You formed out of the dust of the earth.

O DAWN OF THE EAST, brightness of the light eternal, and Sun of Justice- COME! and enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.

Long before the arrival of the BurkeanSon I wondered how to manage the great holiday gift-fest that strikes American children every December.  I watched, often with horror, as sweet little cherubs turned into greedy, present obsessed monsters every December 25.   Even the children who were polite and grateful in the face of the present overload were [...]

O KEY OF DAVID, and Sceptre of the House of Israel, who opens and no man shuts, who shuts, and no man opens– COME! and bring forth the captive from his prison, he who sits in darkness and in the shadow of death.

O ROOT OF JESSE, who stands for an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence, and unto whom the Gentiles shall make supplication– COME! to deliver us, and tarry not.

O LORD AND GIVER of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the flame of the burning bush, and gave him the law on Sinai– COME! and redeem us with outstretched arm.

Paralegal being laid-off is excuse for stealing expense tie.

O WISDOM, who came from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from end to end and ordering all things mightily and sweetly– COME! and teach us the way of prudence.

An Alaska-centric news source, reporting and commenting on things that don’t usually show up in our McClatchy newspaper: http://thealaskastandard.com

Jonah Goldberg gets one point very right in this post http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2U3MjUxMTc3NmMyZTY2NzkyNTY1Y2I5NWM3NWE4ZmU  one of the reasons we have big government is because people in the here and now aren’t paying for it.  If the people demanding bigger and better and more government programs today actually had to pay for them in the here and now, overnight we [...]

In order to please the fans of gay penguins, some poor Mother Penguin had her eggs stolen and given to two penguins who want the privilege of fatherhood without the responsibility of committing to a female.   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1094977/Gay-penguins-expelled-zoo-colony-stealing-eggs-given-look-following-animal-rights-protest.html  My heart goes out to the poor lady penguin, labeled a “poor mother” so two gay penguins can [...]

Nothing like blasting, freezing winds to make you think about Al Gore.  The perfectly, pretentiously politically correct folks I know love that Al Gore “cares about the environment.”  Which is just about the stupidest thing I have ever heard in my life.  Gore cares about the environment the way P.T. Barnum cared about his circus [...]

The buckets of rain that are flooding the dried up drought ridden fields of Southern California is accompanied by icy blasts of wind.  Usually rain is a mild affair around here, it is often warmer during rain storms than during droughts.  But this storm is from the arctic and it is cold with snow levels [...]

A seasonal greating to you!