Friday, December 05, 2014
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Here are some pleasant thoughts regarding
Christmas travel: I've noted previously "How Sneeze Particles Travel
Inside an Airplane." Now I'm reading that aisle seats in
particular "are the worst places for
your well being." Apparently, "aisle seats contain much
more germs than window seats. This is mostly because passengers touch them to
keep their balance, often when walking back from the restroom." So much
for my fondness for aisle seats.
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Hipsters take a lot of grief these days.
But they do a lot of things right, like collecting vinyl records.
In the UK alone, over a million have been sold in 2014, an 18-year high. And
most of the sales have been attributed to hipsters who think mp3 files are so
yesterday. I'll have to find my box of vinyls and see what I own still—maybe
some old Christmas albums! What I don't own, however, is a turntable. Alas.
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There are few things new under the sun,
but one is generalship.
What an ancient general lost sleep over, and what a modern general worries
about—well, it's different. For one thing, ancient generals didn't think it
was their job to feed their troops. They would have been perplexed if asked
how they do it; it would be like us asking the mayor of Chicago how he feeds
his city. The article concludes that the ancient style of
leadership—"joyful, heroic, charismatic, inspiring—is far more likely to
be found in a Silicon Valley CEO than in an Army general."
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So says the apostle Paul. I end this
edition on a sobering if ultimately joyful note: It's been a tough year for
humanity. Just the type of year during which Christians can step up and
"complete the sufferings" of Christ, bearing the burden of
suffering with calm hope. What it means to "complete" and
"bear" such suffering, well, that is the argument of yours truly in
this editorial.
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Grace
and peace,
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