“The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people, driving them off their property. He is to give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that not one of my people will be separated from their property.”
Ezekiel 46:18
Tag: Worldview
Movie Review: Eat Pray Love
Eat Pray Love should have been titled Eat Pray Be Selfish.
I don’t know why I wanted to see this movie; maybe because I knew it wouldn’t be the typical two-hour chase scene shoot-em up. I thought it had a good chance of being a thoughtful movie.
I didn’t expect it to be a two hour tribute to narcissism. Somehow I hoped there would be more depth to the movie than the worn-out vacuous search for self, wrapped up in an existential faux spirituality.
Julia Robert’s character, Liz, decides she’s not happy in her marriage. Her husband hasn’t been unfaithful and seems to love her. They don’t fight, and if he’s guilty of anything it’s that he doesn’t worship her. Continue reading “Movie Review: Eat Pray Love”
3 Things I Learned From Athletics
There is much talk in the U.S. about the importance of athletics and specifically how it builds character.
Having played organized basketball from the time I was 7 years old and received a basketball scholarship in college, I thought I might share with you three things I learned from organized athletics.
1. Winning is everything. I learned this early on. The trophies went to the teams that won, and the coaches repeatedly reminded us winning was the most important thing, or as some would say, “Winning is not the most important thing; it’s the only thing,” which I think was another way of saying winning was the most important thing. I also learned this from watching college athletics. Coaches that lost got fired and the coaches who won got better jobs and more money, even the coaches whose players didn’t graduate and got in trouble with the law.
Seinfeld and Secular Hypocrisy
Seinfeld, they say, is life.
The other day I was thinking about that episode where George Costanza,while working late one night, has sex in his office with the cleaning lady. I know, I know, this is not the stuff of Sunday School lessons, but I’m assuming my audience is mature, and I am headed somewhere with this.
So George’s boss finds out, and George has to come up with a strategy to avoid the inevitable end game of all of George’s employment. Continue reading “Seinfeld and Secular Hypocrisy”
Economics For Dummies (Quantitative Easing)
I had decided maybe I was just dumb, but the more I read about the “quantitative easing” our government has been involved in of late, the less it made sense.
You see, I’m a saver and I hate debt. When the Bible says to owe nothing to anyone except to love them (Romans 13:8), I take it literally. We have lived well within our means for years so we could save and avoid debt.
So, when I read about quantitative easing I get confused. They say quantitative easing is necessary to avoid deflation and that deflation is bad, but deflation means prices go down and people who have saved can buy things cheaper.
They say they would rather have inflation, where the money you have today is worth less tomorrow. This means people who are in debt today can pay back their debt tomorrow with cheaper money. Inflation rewards people who are in debt and punishes people who aren’t and who have saved.
I thought the government was to support virtuous conduct (saving and moderate, frugal living) and discourage profligate and presumptious conduct (debt-driven lifestyles). I decided maybe I was just dumb, until I saw this video, and now it all makes sense.
Well maybe not, but it’s better to laugh than cry. GS