BORDER: When the graphic above scrolled into my Facebook feed, my first thought was “crop circles” LOL. If you have read more carefully and are wondering, the story is true. Many Amish communities use only manual tools, but some allow certain power tools. It depends on the specific community’s rules.
CATHOLIC: This is worth watching. The presenter makes a lot of great points. [16:44] – The Second Council of Nicaea occurred in the year 787, many centuries before the Protestant Reformation.
On October 13, 787, the united bishops decreed that “venerable and holy images are to be dedicated in the holy churches of God, namely the image of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ, of our immaculate Lady the Holy Theotokos, and of the angels and all the saints. They are to be accorded the veneration of honor, not indeed the true worship paid to the divine nature alone, but in the same way, as this is accorded to the life-giving cross, the holy gospels, and other sacred offerings.”
How wonderful that the date Our Lord chose to honor His Blessed Mother with the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima was also October 13!
DOUBLE STANDARDS: You know the saying … if they didn’t have double standards, they would have no standards at all.
EDUCATION: The best way to improve anything is to introduce some healthy competition. When my sister was a state-level swimmer in high school, she practiced with the boys, because the girls weren’t fast enough to challenge her and help her improve.
MAHA: There is no legal definition for “plant-based” in our labeling laws. Beware of packages that use this meaningless, feel-good phrase on the front. Better yet, read the ingredients list on the back. If you have to google any of the items on the list, you probably shouldn’t eat it.
PSALM 22: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6gtJjqMaBlw [2:53] to hear the moving truth behind the words Jesus spoke from the cross. I encourage you to read the article at Nazarenes of the World linked below.
- https://www.studylight.org/interlinear-study-bible/hebrew/psalms/22-6.html
- https://nazarenesoftheworld.info/crimson-scarlet-worm/
STUPID PEOPLE: Some Americans think corporations have too much power. Their proposed solution is to merge your landlord, your employer, your insurance companies, your banks, your utility and internet providers, and all of your stores into a single entity that not only has no competition, but also has a police force and a military.
WHAT DO PROGRESSIVES REALLY WANT: The Lionel Shriver speech linked below is worth your while. To whet your appetite … “I grew up in a household that was ‘progressive’ before the tag became a thumbnail for the modern American Left. My parents were lifelong liberal Democrats. Moreover, my own baby-boomer generation is abundantly responsible for where the Democratic Party, the charity sector, the public sector, the churches, the universities, the arts world, and even many corporate boardrooms have ended up. In our naiveté, vanity, arrogance, historical ignorance, provincialism, psychological cluelessness, entitled prosperity, and political gullibility, my peers and I sowed the seeds for both ‘woke ‘ and democratic socialism. … The state of the American Left is partly my fault.”
Also this … “The point of being progressive is the fostering of an internal state: a sense of superiority, certainty, contempt for unbelievers, and moral vanity. And when you look at that list of emotions—again: a sense of superiority, certainty, contempt for unbelievers, and moral vanity—you understand why, despite glaring doctrinal differences, the contemporary far Left allies with radical Islam. Both Islamists and left-wing Democrats cultivate communal narcissism.”
And this … “The claims of ‘white guilt’ by Robin DiAngelo’s exploitable honky book buyers were forms of moral display—occasions of public preening, like fan dances in burlesque. … During the post-Floyd delirium, did white progressives feel ashamed? No, they felt proud of themselves for claiming to feel ashamed. They broadcast their guilt expressly to exempt themselves from it.”
- https://newcriterion.com/article/what-do-progressives-really-want/
- “public preening, like fan dances in burlesque” … priceless!
GRAMMY NOTES: Shout out to Mascot Bunny, who is fifteen today!
SHORTS:
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/i6GCZVfoLsM [1:34] to watch Baby News Network cover the FBI’s raid of Ilhan Omar’s home.
CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/t5pbOO5ql0U [2:30] to hear a wonderful God moment.
