I don't know if they called it a Holiday Tree or a Christmas Tree, but either way, it's gone. Since it was decorated with non-religious ornaments, I'm guessing it was a Holiday Tree. Here's a picture of the actual tree so you can see for yourself. In any event, it's been removed to "make sure … Continue reading Removing the Tree
Tag: Christ
No Good Deed Unpunished
I wouldn't normally post this except I'm amused. 😛 Coming home from church last night (the 2nd of four Advent studies), I stopped to fill up with gas. Swipe my card, fill up, swap the windows, hang up the nozzle, get back in the car... And a young woman interrupts just before I close the … Continue reading No Good Deed Unpunished
Customer Service Humbugs
I hit the gym on the way home, and on the Bally's entry door is a poster I've not seen before, something about a sweepstakes and I need to get a card punched. All I have to do is exercise 12 times between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and I'm probably halfway there already. All the service … Continue reading Customer Service Humbugs
A Passion for Movies
I went to Amazon to look for a DVD. I heard of "The Gospel of John" that came out around the time of "The Passion of Christ" and wanted to see if it was available. So I went to Amazon and searched for "Passion of Christ" to see if "Gospel of John" popped up as … Continue reading A Passion for Movies
Lump of Coal Campaign
As a follow-up to yesterday's "Boycotting 'Winter Holidays,'" Michelle Malkin describes this as a "persecution." She's starting a "Lump of Coal" campaign for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper for eliminating all references to Christmas: Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper recently announced that next year the phrase "Merry Christmas" will be removed from the city building and replaced … Continue reading Lump of Coal Campaign
Boycotting "Winter Holidays"
Yep, I'm boycotting "Winter Holidays" as a completely useless and meaningless psuedo-pagan holiday. I'm celebrating Christmas. The birth of Christ, a reminder He came to die for our sins, the loving and giving we share with each other as we remember the loving and giving Jesus gave to us. I'll happily pile on the odd … Continue reading Boycotting "Winter Holidays"
How Faith Works
Coffeeswirls has a very nice article about faith and how it works. From my limited understanding of other major religions, he's done a good job of capturing how each deals with faith: Buddhism: Ignorance is the roadblock to salvation. Ignorance is found in your belief that you and the world actually exist. If we stop … Continue reading How Faith Works
Santa Versus the Snowman
See if you can find the "Christ" in this Christmas movie: Santa v. the Snowman Santa vs. the Snowman follows a lonely snowman on his quest for friendship. Mesmerized by the magic of Santa’s village, the Snowman devises a plan to take over Santa’s job and win the adoration of children around the world. What … Continue reading Santa Versus the Snowman
Students Free to Thank Anybody, Except God
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland public school students are free to thank anyone they want while learning about the 17th century celebration of Thanksgiving (search) — as long as it's not God. And that is how it should be, administrators say. FoxNews is reporting a story where all of the Christian aspects of Thanksgiving are stripped … Continue reading Students Free to Thank Anybody, Except God
Stream of Consciousness
If my train of thought leaves Chicago at 35 miles per hour.... What am I doing? Oh, nothing. Thanks for asking. I was just reflecting on how much I enjoy having this website and all the visitors that leave comments, but some days I just don't feel like diving into the topic du juor. Al … Continue reading Stream of Consciousness
De-legitimizing the Election
A good article on the Washington Post shows how the media is attempting to de-legitimize the 2004, comparing it to the last conservative victory the media de-legitimized 10 years ago, the 1994 New Gingrich Contract with America. In 1994, when the Gingrich revolution swept Republicans into power, ending 40 years of Democratic hegemony in the … Continue reading De-legitimizing the Election
Jesusland Flavored Kool-Aid
At A Small Victory in an article called Jesusland Flavored Kool-Aid, Michelle can't help but notice that the left (the far left fringe *and* the middle left) think this country is turning into a theocracy: If you read them correctly - and I'm not just talking about the fringe elements here, but your everyday journalists, … Continue reading Jesusland Flavored Kool-Aid
One Day at a Time
I never intended to blog politically, but that's sort of the way it turned out over the last few months. I guess that's normal, given the elections. As I get older, I get more opinionated. I read many of my favorite blogs the last couple of days; some are gloating, others are purposefully not gloating. … Continue reading One Day at a Time
In Terms of Miles, It Was a Landslide
I ran across this at Michelle Malkin this evening, a listing of Red (Bush) counties versus Blue (Kerry) counties. It's a bit incomplete, but you can fill in the blanks with the 2000 version at USA Today: A couple of things that are noteworthy - In terms of square miles, Bush won 3.28 million miles … Continue reading In Terms of Miles, It Was a Landslide
Angelina & Christina Redux
Ok, ok already... next time I post something even slightly off-color, I'll give myself 24 hours first, *then* decide if I should post it. I agree it wasn't fair to post something and then yank it. So here's my strategy: I'm going to repost it now and then try to post a lot of things … Continue reading Angelina & Christina Redux
Angelina and Christina
I've reconsidered this morning's post, and decided to remove it. Here's a picture of some fresh fallen snow in Yosemite National Park this week instead:
Excommunicating the Kerry Heresy
I was trying to hunt down this story this morning when Sean kindly emailed me a more direct source. Consequently, if a Catholic publicly and obstinately supports the civil right to abortion, knowing that the Church teaches officially against that legislation, he or she commits that heresy envisioned by Can. 751 of the Code. Provided … Continue reading Excommunicating the Kerry Heresy
Tortilla Art
Here's something I don't want for Christmas: Tortilla Art. Here's a picture of Emiliano Zapata, Mexican Revolutionary war hero. "The preparation of the tortilla for painting is as important as the actual painting itself. I first bake several tortillas to get the right texture, shape and coloration for the image I want to paint."
Offensive Sacrilege
Via Pamibe comes an article about as offensive as the left can be. I always wonder this about the extreme left: they preach Political Correctness (PC) everywhere. Can't say this cuz it offends group A. Can't say that, cuz it offends group B. I know I'm allowed to call myself white, but if you're another … Continue reading Offensive Sacrilege
Relaxing Weekend, Back to Work
That was my first 3-day weekend since June. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoyed my 3-day weekends every other week. Friday was a day of nothing; puttered around the house, read blogs, played some Ultima Online, and waited for Alex to show up so we could catch "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." … Continue reading Relaxing Weekend, Back to Work
Teacher In Trouble For Ripping Bible
From the Denver Channel: BURLEY, Idaho -- An Idaho English teacher is in trouble for ripping up a Bible in class. Burley High's Karen Christenson said she was trying to illustrate a point about censorship, as her sophomore students read Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451," which is set in a future society that commands all … Continue reading Teacher In Trouble For Ripping Bible
Bush Proudly Completed National Guard Service
Everywhere I look, it's "National Guard" this and "National Guard" that. The media appears to be coordinating a worldwide "Attack Bush" day. Odd, they didn't give the Swift Boat Vets this kind of attention; they waited a couple of days, buried the info on page A17 and hoped it would blow over. The media is … Continue reading Bush Proudly Completed National Guard Service
Belief-O-Matic
I saw this at rachel's a few weeks ago and just now got around to answering the quiz. All that overtime is making my todo list pileup. 😛 Take a short quiz at the Belief-O-Matic, and it will rate your beliefs against all the world's religions (or lack of religions) and tells you which religions … Continue reading Belief-O-Matic
Looking for an Honest Candidate
One of the cries from the left is that George Bush lied about Weapons of Mass Destruction, then took us into war with Iraq. That's the foundation of the "Anybody But Bush" movement. Michael Moore's movie is based on this premise that Bush lied. I find it funny that these are the same people who … Continue reading Looking for an Honest Candidate
Personalized Stamps
This is such a neat idea. I hardly ever mail real letters anymore; I used to order 100-stamp rolls at a time, but now I still have a whole bunch of 33 cent stamps. I bought a bunch of 1 cent stamps, used them all up, and now have some 4 cent stamps. It'll be … Continue reading Personalized Stamps
"Passion" Murderer Pleads Guilty After All
Daniel Leach entered a plea of guilty today of murdering his girlfriend in January. After watching the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the movie "The Passion of Christ," Daniel called police and confessed to killing his girlfriend Ashley Wilson. The case had already been closed; her death had been ruled a suicide. The crucifixion of … Continue reading "Passion" Murderer Pleads Guilty After All
Family Photos: 1963-1965
I spent the weekend scanning and scanning and scanning; this time, the slides I converted cover 1963-1965. As you can see, my sister was a *lot* more enthusiastic about having her picture taken than I was. Here's the new slides this weekend: 1963 4th Qtr - Kittery Maine 1964 1st Qtr 1964 2nd Qtr - … Continue reading Family Photos: 1963-1965
Liberal Media Joyfully Reports Decline in Protestants
I was recently asked to be a guest blogger for ChronicallyBiased, a web-based newspaper that exposes the liberal slant and incomplete stories published by the Houston Chronicle. The exposure over there is vastly greater than here on Chasing the Wind; for one thing, they advertise on the radio and I don't. 🙂 Anyway, I had … Continue reading Liberal Media Joyfully Reports Decline in Protestants
Operation Tiger Claw
With a note of thanks to SondraK comes an 18 year old's fight for free speech. Tired of leftist propoganda in his high school, he starts Operation Tiger Claw - his right to disagree with what was being taught to him. The amazing thing is the homework this kid did ahead of time - armed … Continue reading Operation Tiger Claw
Am I a Religious Whacko?
I long for the days where my biggest concern was practicing my faith to the best of my ability. It wasn't that long ago - late 90's when I have have long drawn out discussions involving baptism - was full immersion really necessary? Can you truly baptize infants? Or discussing tithing - if your church … Continue reading Am I a Religious Whacko?
High School Graduation Eve
'Twas the night before graduationand all through the housenot a creature was stirringwell except my son on the computerand Patch the wonder dog with his red, white, and blue bandanaYeah, yeah, I know the cadence isn't right, I'm bushed. It feels sort of like Christmas around here. The refrigerator is stuffed with deli hams and … Continue reading High School Graduation Eve
This would be a great day to rant…
... but I'm too busy. This weekend I'm fortunate to host my entire extended family's visit for my son's graduation, and today there is insufficient bedding, food, towels, etc. Tomorrow I shall be shopping, so today I have to develop a list of stuff. Patch gets to spend the day tomorrow at the groomers getting … Continue reading This would be a great day to rant…
New Family Photos (1971 -1972)
"I'm on top of the world, Ma!And I wanna get down!"These photos start in late 1971 while still living in Tucker, Georgia and bring us through our move to Houston in early 1972, and then our visit to Arizona and Mexico in late summer. 1970 3rd Qtr - TuckerStone Mountain. They were still working on … Continue reading New Family Photos (1971 -1972)
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