The Nice Chameleon

I'm on a social media fast for several weeks and cannot share, with a simple click, some of the articles I read here and there. So I'm going to post some here, for now. Kids Without Car Seats: How My Newborn Exposes Our Nation - This article is another that points out the obvious disconnect between our devotion to child safety (the example of car seats) and our disdain for the unborn. Even if we aren't "pro-choice" and in favor of sacrificing unborn children at the altar of sexual freedom, too many of us (myself included) do little to fight against it. We are aware, yet we do little to nothing. Proverbs 24:10-12 are some of the most uncomfortable and convicting verses in the entire Bible: If you falter in a time of trouble,     how small is your strength! Rescue those being led away to death;     hold back those staggering toward slaughter. If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”     does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not h

Just because I think I've made the right decision *for me* ... doesn't mean I've made the right decision. "Right for me" isn't necessarily what's right, or best. "Right for me" could even be foolish or even immoral or otherwise detrimental. "Right for me" myopically risks missing the bigger picture, the long-term consequences, the people affected. Still, it seems that "right for me" is all that matters for a lot of people. "My truth," etc. "My truth" is a lie.

Stop the presses! I have devised a brand-new reading challenge for 2020. It will incorporate other challenges (sort of), but it has a logic of its own. Here's what I've read so far: Kids' Chapter Book: A book recommended by a middle-grade child:  Into the Wild: Warriors, Book 1 , by Erin Hunter This one was recommended by my daughter, who is deep into Erin Hunter's "Warriors" series. Last summer, we visited my sister and her children, and 10-year-old Emmi was engrossed in the books to the point of being rude to company and refusing to play with friends. (Having been in that same predicament many times as a child, I sympathized with Miss Emmi.) The book was entertaining, though I cringed a little at the cat-violence in the fight scenes. I cried a little in the end and just may go on to read Book 2. Second Chance Book: A new-to-you book by an author you've read in the past and didn't like: Velvet Elvis , by Rob Bell I read What is the Bible