Happy Mother’s Day.

I asked for strength
That I may achieve
I was made weak
That I might learn to humbly obey
I asked for health
That I might do greater things
I was given infirmity
That I might do better things
I asked for riches
That I might be happy
I was given poverty
That I may be wise
I asked for power
That I might have the praise of men
I was given weakness
That I might feel the need of God
I asked for all things
That I might enjoy life
I was given life
That I may enjoy all things
I got nothing that I had asked for-
But everything that I had hoped for
Almost despite myself,
My unspoken prayers were answered
I am . . . most richly blessed

-by a Confederate soldier

拉布，正如李怡說，就是以自殘的手段，進行抗爭。

Here’s a snippet:

Tolerance used to be defined as a willingness to put up with the beliefs or practices of those with whom we disagree. Today, tolerance means we must accept the beliefs and practices of others as correct — or risk being called a bigot. It’s interesting that this redefinition of tolerance almost always involves debates over homosexuality — and it always seems to be people on just one side of the debate calling those with whom they disagree “intolerant.”

I mean, when was the last time you heard a Christian accusing a gay-rights activist of intolerance because he refused to acknowledge that biblical teachings about homosexuality are correct?

And now we’re seeing the same kind of redefinition going on regarding the word bullying. If you so much as whisper that you believe that true marriage can take place only between one man and one woman, you’re accused of bullying.

In a way, this is the reason we should embrace the good-will of the anti-bullying bill 13, but not the bill itself.

[link: breakpoint.org via euangelion]

But when I learned Bruce Longenecker was able to write a whole book on just that… now I am in awe.

Oh, it is only 152 pages.

Hearing the Silence
Jesus on the Edge and God in the Gap—Luke 4 in Narrative Perspective

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Update: Nijay K Gupta just wrote a short review of the book.