Random Thoughts, August 4th

Random Thoughts, August 4th
1. Take it from me all you white folks who are angry about the Proctor and Gamble ad, they own everything. I learned this as a child when I was told they donate half their proceeds to the church of Satan. Have fun boycotting! (Powerful ad!--especially the Trayvon character that doesn't come home) 
2. "All will be well!" --the challenge for a lapsed American evangelical is to hear this line anew without any sense that my own material success, health, or well- being is being guaranteed, and yet still feel profoundly comforted.
3. Can't get "Lord, you have come to the lakeshore out of my head."

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