BJ Not BK

Have you noticed the recent barrage of violence within families recently? Kidnappings, killings, suicides 356,891,234 this year already and those are just in the NFL and NBA. Has this always been the case? Has there always been a rash of husbands killing their pregnant wives, father's killing their children, mother's leaving their kids in hot cars? Is this recent uptick just a renewed focus of the media on such subjects or are we really seeing an increase? Is it steroids? Pornography? Violence on Television? What say you? Come here tomorrow for answers.

I came across this movie the other day and had to share it with you. The title of the file is "One Word" and was created by Chelsea Moore 17 of Tennessee. The film is short but very cool [ link ] about 60 seconds. The concept is also simple but great. If you could pick one word to define you, to be your charge, to guide and then live that word out what would it be? Here are a few I thought of for myself - laughter, warm, close By the way...Chelsea was honored in New York City as one of nine winners of an international film making contest for 16- to 25-year-olds, she is 17, and she is home schooled. What is your word?

Green blah blah blah, eco yada yada yada, nature do do do, mother earth....whatever. I am all for taking care of God's creation but this extreme focus on the environment bores me to tears. I say let's really get militant on the environment but not as it relates to nature. How about an environmental movement that focuses on the one environment that matters most....the family. Why not a global concert for families? For men to be men, to step up and to stand out. For men to be fathers to lead their families. Why not a women's movement that praised and supports women for raising their children instead of degrading them? The last thing I care about is Kanye West rapping with the Police to save the Swahili, swamp nut grub that is endangered. I am more worried about the kid who is angry, hurt, unloved, abused, neglected than I am about the spotted owl, or an acre of frozen tundra in Alaska. If we save the natural environment under the guise of "leaving our children an inheritance"...