Entries from February 2007

February 25, 2007

The Altar of Human Sacrifice

God wasn’t so happy with the Israelite people when they started mixing practices from other religions into their daily lives. Human sacrifice is one such practice in particular that leads to almost unbelievability. I imagine a few mothers of young sons were possibly not so happy either when it was their child who was chosen [...]

February 21, 2007

All Ya Gotta Do Is Show Up

Showing up is harder to do than it sounds. I’m supposed to show up at work everyday at 8:00am. I rarely do. I’ve developed a system of arriving there “around” 8:00am. I say “arriving” intentionally because I can’t say with any amount of conviction that I ever really fully show up there. I wish I [...]

February 16, 2007

Signs of the Times

I saw an advertisement sign on the back of a bus this morning. Typically when I get stuck behind a bus during the early morning rush hour, I mutter curse words and focus impatiently on the scene being reflected in my drivers’ side mirror. This way I can leave the stink and the slow driving [...]