Am i the only one who seems the hypocrisy and injustice here

Cutting down the basketball net after winning
What if Christians (and the world) could cut the ties to hypocrisy? Photo: Two nights ago after winning Regionals.

 

Christians are so flawed.

i’m so flawed.

You’re so flawed, even if you’re not a Christian. Humans are flawed.

The Bible says marriage is between one man and one woman. This has been interpreted to mean any sexuality other than heterosexual is bad.

When married in a Christian Church, marriage vows include, “Until death do us part.” This is interpreted to mean divorce is only plausible with infidelity.

Does an American divorce rate over 50% get immunity from being “bad”?

To me, it seems gays, lesbians, and transgenders are wrongly targeted.

To be fair, shouldn’t the same level of distaste and contempt apply to divorce?

Am i the only one who seems the hypocrisy and injustice here?

Wouldn’t it make more sense to focus on love, compassion, and acceptance?

As long as love drives our life, isn’t everything else just a uniquely individual detail, that no human is qualified to judge?

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our spiritual health. To leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s career health website, click here.

 

Things i missed by being out of the country

Montreal residential mailbox
Residential mailbox – Noel Eternal? 60?

 

Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame
Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame

 

Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame
Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame

 

Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame
Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame

 

Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame
Montreal Cathedral of Notre Dame

 

Things i missed by being out of the country:

Family.
Talking to family.
Cell signal.
Palm trees.
Sunshine.
Warm mornings.

 

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Is a preacher exempt from her preaching?

Google Screen shot
Google has algorithms that do not instantaneously change. Seriously.

 

Is a preacher exempt from her preaching?

 

Yesterday afternoon…

From: jeff noel [mailto:jeff.noel@me.com]

Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 1:29 PM
To: The Dash Management
Subject: This is why i feel the need to speak with you again…

I picture the four of us John – you, me, your 14-year old son, and my 15-year old son in a room together discussing this. And we discuss matters in a way that both our boys could recite or accurately paraphrase back to a stranger, the specific nature of the allegations, the damage done, the clear, concise, and compelling proof of willful, and harmful, wrong-doing.

Pretty sure neither one of our boys would believe that Google’s search engine algorithms change instantaneously. And in this case, vanish versus drop.

This reinforces why I feel we need to talk again. I’m confident this makes sense, and is the right thing to do.

Once again, I sincerely appreciate your time, patience, and attention.

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From: jeff noel [mailto:jeff.noel@me.com]
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2015 1:08 PM
Subject: Here’ one of the questions…

John, sorry for the extra email…one thing i heard you say that i wrote down was that “i recently started appearing in search engine results for ‘the keyword’.”

After we hung up on Friday, and again Saturday morning, i went 12 pages deep in Google and didn’t see anything.

Do you have a link or screen shot so i can wrap my arms around that?

Thanks again.

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Can everyday be Flag day?

Homeowner's American Flag
The original American Flag went up June 11, 2001.

 

Flag day was two days ago, and yesterday morning before the Foundation Academy High School tour, shot this photo.

We’ve been in our current home 23 years. Cheryl used to change the flag seasonally…Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer themed flags. In June 2001 she put up an American Flag. Three months later (9/11), she decided to not put up a Fall themed flag.

One theme. Fourteen consecutive years.

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Praying some day videos like this will not be funny

Praying some day videos like this will not be seen as a funny.

 

 

The world is breaking down barriers. It just seems to take forever.

Patience is strength.

Diversity is strength.

Diversity is a core American value.

This is especially important if we do not fit into one of the big, traditional stereotypes.

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