My little carivan of family members, furry and otherwise, arrived yesterday, at midmorning, and I was out on the front lawn at the first sight of them, jumping up and down for joy. Sadie and Bernice, the dogs, are still getting used to the house, and so are Cha Cha and Jitterbug, the cats. They hid out in the laundry room at first, behind the dryer and on top of the cupboards, but have since ventured forth. All four critters joined me in my specutacular master suite last night, and we all awoke this morning to a beautiful snowfall.

My ‘trail boss’, Debbie Korrell, is here from Colorado Springs, and what a worker she is. She’s decided to paint the guest room she’s occupying–once she’s gotten everything turned on and switched over and all those things you have to do when you move. To say that Deb goes above and behond the call of duty would be an understatement. When she rides to the rescue, it’s as if the cavalry is coming over the next rise–I’d swear I heard a bugle!

Tomorrow, I should have wireless again, and I will be much more consistent with my blog, I promise.

Until then…

the other day. He was holding a megaphone, and flanked by other men carrying signs. One read, “Homosexuality is an Abomination!” I considered joining him, with a sign of my own. “Bigotry is an Abomination!” would have been good. (Actually, having just moved into a new house which, while beautiful, was apparently decorated by Holly Hobby two weeks after her prescription ran out, I think “My Wallpaper is an Abomination” would have been the most honest.)

Watching these men, and being a writer, I couldn’t help imagining the Jesus I know on the scene. I suspect it would have been a real surprise to the haranguer and his co-horts. (I’m not here to debate homosexuality, so don’t write to me. I’m making another point entirely, and it wouldn’t matter what hot topic these misguided people would have chosen.) I think He would have smashed the sign and thrown the megaphone into the shrubbery. I think there would have been a loud lecture on judging others, and that would only have been the beginning.

People like these men do real harm to the very cause they claim to support. Nobody looks at them and says, “Gee, I want to be hateful and judgmental and even vicious, too! Where can I sign up?” When was the basic message of love and forgivenesss forsaken for self-righteousness and wholesale judgment of things only God can fully understand?

I’ll probably take some heat for this blog. So be it. Some people are so busy making other people wrong, they don’t notice the inconsistencies. Fortunately, God loves them, too. And all the rest of us, who have signs and megaphones of our own.