- Food for thought: John Chrysostom, a fourth-century preacher and bishop of Constantinople, wrote, “Tell me then, how is it that you are rich? From whom did you receive it, and from whom did he transmit it to you? From his father and his grandfather. But can you, ascending through many generations, showthe acquisition just? It cannot be. The root and origin of it must have been injustice. Why? Because God in the beginning did not make one person rich and another poor. He left the earth free to all alike. Why then if it is common, have you so many acres of land, while your neighbor has not a portion of it?”
- The universe is so incredible. APOD. and another one. And a third one.
- Sports betting has been legal in CO for just over a year. $2.3 billion dollars was wagered resulting in $66 million of taxes. Here is the most interesting thing. Here are the top 5 sports most wagered on.
- Pro Basketball $435M
- Pro football $383M
- NCAA basketball $193M
- Baseball $105M
- Table Tennis $91M!! REally who the heck is betting on table tennis and where can they keep up with (scores schedules, live action, et.?
- More food for thought: Søren Kierkegaard wrote "Worry about making a living, or not making a living, is a snare. In actuality, it is the snare. No external power, no actual circumstance, can trap a person. If we choose to be our own providence, then we will go quite ingenuously into our own trap, the wealthy as well as the poor. If we want to entrench ourselves in our own plot of ground that is not under God’s care, then we are living, though we do not acknowledge it, in a prison.”
- And, even more food for thought. Twentieth-century Presbyterian theologian and writer Frederick Buechner has written, “The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn’t have been complete without you. Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid. I am with you. Nothing can ever separate us. It’s for you I created the universe. I love you. There’s only one catch. Like any other gift, the gift of grace can be yours only if you’ll reach out and take it. Maybe being able to reach out and take it is a gift too.”
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This one applies to me!
I’d be in trouble.
