The Journey

Have you ever noticed that I Samuel's account of David in exile sounds a lot like the character of Robin Hood? Take a look at the following passages. First, he goes into exile. Then a crowd of men begin to gather about him: David departed from there and escaped to  the cave of  Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him.   2  And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, [ a ]  gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him  about four hundred men. I Samuel 22:1-2  Sounds an awful lot like he's accumulated his "merry men". And then he gains a "friar Tuck": 20  But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named  Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.   22  And David said to Abiathar...,  23 " Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. With me you sha...

For years Facebook has had a rather nonsensical approach to posts and pages. Many of them that should  be taken down, never are. But harmless, although contradictory, Christian memes are removed because enough people decided they were "offensive". (I'd like to see how many non-religious posts they find offensive but don't bother to notify Facebook about, but that's for another discussion.) Well, ladies and gentlemen, Facebook has decided it's time to clean house. Recently my sister's work place sued a past employee for misconduct and slander. The person had been making their lives miserable by keeping control of the company's Facebook page (among other things), so out of a desire to keep their company's reputation intact, they asked Facebook for help. When FB did nothing, they reluctantly started a new page. It did well for a while and things seemed to be alright, aside from occasional harassment from the ex-employee. But then things went terrib...

Tick, tick, tick, tick.... Have you ever heard the story of the Clockwork Heart ? No? It's the story of a couple who were very much in love, so much so that their favorite past time was to dance the hours away, gazing into one another's eyes. One day, a tragedy struck, taking the wife. The husband because of his grief over the loss of his "heart", decided to remake her out of cogs and springs. For months, maybe even years, he worked, trying to bring her back. In the end, there she stood before him, a nearly perfect copy. But all he could see was a creation of his own hands: a clockwork heart. Tick, tick, tick, tick.... For the past few months I've been studying the life of Moses. He had it rough. I mean, if anyone deserved a vacation, he did. What a fickle people he led! How childish they were! How exhausting was their complaining. It seemed like no matter what happened, how faithful and selfless he was and how merciful God was, they always rebelled. ...