Man, Teach Not The Lord’s People
“10 reasons why men shouldn’t be pastors”
6. Men are too emotional to be priests or pastors. This is easily demonstrated by their conduct at football games and watching basketball tournaments.
5. Some men are handsome; they will distract women worshipers.
Here’s a bit o’ humor passed from blog to blog which could be a conversation igniter. I’ve gotten my chuckles out of it, and I link to it here despite my fear that it could be fodder for a feminist diatribe on women in church leadership. I don’t want to support that. I’m one of those failed intellectuals who believes the Bible grants church and family authority to men, not to men and women equally. Both genders are equally valuable in all roles of life, but men have the responsibility to lead their families and churches after the example of Christ.
Man, Teach Not The Lord's People
“10 reasons why men shouldn’t be pastors”
6. Men are too emotional to be priests or pastors. This is easily demonstrated by their conduct at football games and watching basketball tournaments.
5. Some men are handsome; they will distract women worshipers.
Here’s a bit o’ humor passed from blog to blog which could be a conversation igniter. I’ve gotten my chuckles out of it, and I link to it here despite my fear that it could be fodder for a feminist diatribe on women in church leadership. I don’t want to support that. I’m one of those failed intellectuals who believes the Bible grants church and family authority to men, not to men and women equally. Both genders are equally valuable in all roles of life, but men have the responsibility to lead their families and churches after the example of Christ.
Speaking of Quotations
The New Yorker asks what phrase, thought, or bit of instruction isn’t quotable. “Whenever I take a plane, I am struck by ‘Secure your own mask before assisting others’ as advice with wide application.”
That’s sage advice, don’t you think? How about these potential quotations?
- “Walk. Don’t run.”
- “Do not microwave.”
- “Toughest on grease.”
- “No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher.”
Bitter, but not stupid
In case you’re reading this on Thursday or later, the quotation Phil chose for our header on Valentine’s Day was this one:
“That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.”
– William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Thanks for your support, Phil.
I spent last evening on the phone with Earthlink technical support, always an exercise in character building and cross-cultural enlightenment. I’d used their online chat service the night before to complain that the laptop card they’d sent me for my wireless network had stopped working. I finally convinced them that it wasn’t me, that the card actually had stopped working. The technician told me to call their Sales Support number so I could arrange to have the thing replaced at no cost.
I decided not to call right away, because it was getting late. I’d do it the next day.
Wise choice.
First I talked to Sales (after a long wait on hold, of course). Sales said no, we can’t do that for you. You’ve got to talk to Technical Support. We’ll transfer you.
Hold Music again for about 45 minutes. Finally I reached Tech. Sup.
“We can’t help you with that,” they said. “You’ve got to talk to Sales.”
More Hold Time.
Got to Sales. “You have to arrange this with Technical Support,” they told me. They put me on hold again.
Another wait.
“I don’t understand,” the Tech guy said. “We don’t have a way to do this.”
I explained that I’d been running back and forth between the two departments all night.
“I’ll find out,” he said. “I’m afraid I’ll have to put you on hold again for a while.”
I waited, but while I waited he actually walked over to Sales and asked them about it. He finally talked to a supervisor and found a way to get my card replaced without a charge.
If I had a daughter, I’d want her to marry this guy.
But I’m not so happy with Earthlink.
I’ve read that there’s an anti-Valentine’s Day movement going on in this country.
“Walker’ll get behind that,” you probably think. “He loves cynical stuff like that.”
Wrong. In fact think it’s disgusting.
It’s part of the whole Me First attitude that’s hardening the arteries of the republic. “I don’t believe in God, so everybody else should hide their religion. I’m allergic to dogs, so dogs should be outlawed. I don’t have a Significant Other, so you better shut up about yours.”
Here’s what I say. If you’ve got somebody you love, hold ‘em tight. Treat ‘em like royalty. Let ‘em know how much you need ‘em and appreciate ‘em.
Give ‘em chocolate.
It doesn’t make me feel any warmer, out here in the cold, to be told it’s just as cold inside.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
P.J. O’Rourke Doesn’t Make the Cut
Mr. Holtsberry reviews P. J. O’Rourke’s On The Wealth of Nations, which is O’Rourke’s take on Adam Smith’s classic (Does anyone read The Wealth of Nations anymore? Does anyone read any of the classics?). In short, he doesn’t think much of it. “I am not sure O’Rourke really captures anything quintessential or insightful about Adam Smith’s famous work or helps the reader understand it better. It is an interesting journey but you end up with little to hold onto in the end.”
P.J. O'Rourke Doesn't Make the Cut
Mr. Holtsberry reviews P. J. O’Rourke’s On The Wealth of Nations, which is O’Rourke’s take on Adam Smith’s classic (Does anyone read The Wealth of Nations anymore? Does anyone read any of the classics?). In short, he doesn’t think much of it. “I am not sure O’Rourke really captures anything quintessential or insightful about Adam Smith’s famous work or helps the reader understand it better. It is an interesting journey but you end up with little to hold onto in the end.”
The Gift That Says You’re Special, Blood
Here’s a good Valentine’s link for you. Giving blood may promote heart health. I need to give my blood again. The Blood Assurance people have already called about it.
The Gift That Says You're Special, Blood
Here’s a good Valentine’s link for you. Giving blood may promote heart health. I need to give my blood again. The Blood Assurance people have already called about it.
Hoorah!
I got linked by Shot In the Dark:
Can the Big Time be far off now?
I’ll have to diss the Northern Alliance guys more often.
Works for Hewitt.