What a weird combination of topics, eh? Must be time for Tuesday rambling!
Trauma
- This weekend will be a weekend where many in our community and church community will gather to intentionally process traumatic events in our lives.
- When things are drastically and even tragically broken, it does not mean that God is absent or punishing us.
- Seeing people affected by difficult things is very close to my heart and really strikes at some of the deepest levels of compassion I have.
- Sometimes traumatic events are frustrating because you know broken people made terrible decisions to cause the events. Lots to process . . .
Jeter’s Statistics
- It is no big secret that I’m a big fan of Derek Jeter.
- He now has the 8th highest total of hits in Major League History, yet some still think he’s over-rated. I agree he’s not the greatest short-stop ever, but he doesn’t have that many hits just because he’s been on good teams (yes that helps).
- He has that many hits because he’s a very good hitter and has been so for a very long time.
- It’s hard to imagine how you could not consider someone great who is in such an “all-time” category. There aren’t many examples from other sports where top scorers or stat-makers in key categories are considered average. Weird.
Shifting Culture
- It’s amazing to me that issues of sexuality are so twisted in our culture. Might blog about this more, but I read an article Monday about people defining gender NOT based on biology. What?
- Then, another firing (or did he resign?) of a prominent business person for holding to a view of traditional marriage? If this is getting people fired, we all better wake up and start using our voices!
- This culture needs to learn how to respectfully disagree and stop the bullying labels. Youch!