WE NEED AN IMPENETRIBLE FIRE WALL-- Just a Minite Radio for Monday 120521

I don’t know if it’s a beautiful day in Chicago or not. My Internet has been blocked by somebody wavin’ a placard. But that’s the ‘Windy City’ – you don’t always get a wind that blows nobody good from out of the Pacific Garden Mission – because there’s a lot of dedicated people who work there and deserve to be remembered and thanked for what’s often a somewhat thankless job. But a very necessary job nonetheless.

Well – that’s intended to be a free ‘plug’ for “Unshackled” which is the longest running radio drama program in the history of this planet! At least I haven’t been to any other planets to find out if they are broadcasting there.

We went to a baccalaureate Sunday and it’s inspiring to see the folks that are trying to get their education wrapped up or at least kicked on down the road a little further. (That’s intended to be encouraging.) But sometimes things just go slow and you have to back up and regroup and make sure you’re pointed at the right target. I think we’re generally on the right target – but it takes a little fine tuning sometime. Can we all agree on that.

We also have suffered the loss of one of our pets since last week. Our orange tabby cat “Ollie” either left home for other parts or somebody ‘catnapped’ him. I hope that’s not the case. In any case – Ollie had his problems of scratching things that didn’t need scratching. But… that’s cats. I tried to discourage him – but without success. Ollie – boy I hope you’re happy wherever you are hiding or abiding, or just decided it was time to move on. That’s how you came. And I hope you didn’t get hurt in that’s how you went.

Well… it’s getting to the midnight hour before too long. And keep making the promise I’ll get more uninterrupted sleep. So… I better get to it.

Tha…tha…that’s all folks. Ooops … that’s Porky Pig’s sign off. Well at least it’s good humored.

See you tomorrow.

Cordially, IN HIM

Jack

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“JUST A MINUTE”

WE NEED AN IMPENETRIBLE FIRE WALL

Just a Minute: Beyond the conclusion of the New Testament’s history book – The Acts of the Apostles, we come to the longest and most systematically reasoned of the epistles of the Apostle Paul. I look to it because as we struggle with the problems of government corruption and people doing the exact opposite of what they say they’re going to do. I keep looking for an ‘all purpose’ preventative.

What springs to my mind is Romans 3 verses 9 & 10: (quote) …” for we have before proved [both Jews and Gentiles] that they are all under sin … There is none righteous, no, not one:”

This in turn calls to mind British Scholar Lord John Acton’s dictum: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Coupled with Edmund Burke’s observation: “The greater the power the more dangerous the abuse. “ We turn again to the central point uttered by Lord Acton that: “There is no worse heresy then, that the office sanctifies the holder of it.”

We risk our Republic if we grant unrestricted power into anyone’s hands.

<> I’m Jack Buttram. (END)

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