I'm so sorry to hear about your dog! I know you were expecting her death, but it's never easy, even when we know such things are coming. Are you doing okay?
The police & firemen being put together is just my sloppy thinking. Police and firemen are always teamed here in the States whenever you speak of them as a group - their unions work together most of the time, take the same sides politically. Public servants willing to undertake danger? Police, firemen, soldiers... it tends to fall into the same category in my brain. And both firemen I know well would do equally well as police officers. As I said, just sloppy categorization.
I've been interested in something someone on revelife (at xanga) said in regards to persecution and Prop. 8 here in Cali. I wanted to get your thoughts on the persecution of Christians and why we here in the States are going nuts just 'cause we're getting snubbed.
Messily, I think some of the things are we're just too used to equating "christian" with "good/nice" and having them de-equated is shocking. Another would be a half-wish to be shown as "real Christians" and a grasping after an end-times kind of paradigm. (This ignores the millions of Christians who are being Persecuted with a capital P... but we've talked about nationalism and American christians before). I guess we want to be part of God's Army... so long as we don't break any nails? Church has equalled safe for SO LONG here... I really think it's messing with people's heads.
Anyway, I know you have lots to say about the persecuted church, and I'm pretty sure people flipping off churchgoers or marching - or even throwing condoms into a church service - is pretty laughable on the grand scheme of things.
Hoping you are doing better....
Hearth
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