Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[The Chronicle Hearld]

Two students at Central Kings Rural High School fought back against bullying recently, unleashing a sea of pink after a new student was harassed and threatened when he showed up wearing a pink shirt.  The Grade 9 student arrived for the first day of school last Wednesday and was set upon by a group of six to 10 older students who mocked him, called him a homosexual for wearing pink and threatened to beat him up. The next day, Grade 12 students David Shepherd and Travis Price decided something had to be done about bullying.

“It’s my last year. I’ve stood around too long and I wanted to do something,” said David.

They used the Internet to encourage people to wear pink and bought 75 pink tank tops for male students to wear. They handed out the shirts in the lobby before class last Friday — even the bullied student had one.

Read about it here.

[From me]

This is so cool!  Instead of violence they used their brains, creativity and caring to put the bullies in their place.  The world could use more guys with guts like this.

What do you think?

[From Colorado Gazette]

Colorado Right to Life, which ran a full-page ad in The Gazette last month criticizing Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, was ousted Wednesday from the National Right to Life Committee.

Colorado Right to Life President Brian Rohrbough and the leaders of three other groups accused Dobson of mischaracterizing a recent Supreme Court ruling as a victory for abortion opponents.

Read about it here.

[From me]

What happened to  freedom?  Do believers have to agree on everything?  What’s with all of the bullying by various groups to hold the party line.  My dad and I disagree on Calvinism.  He is a 5 pointer and I’m less than…  But does that make me less his son?

Why can’t believers have differing views on the “Grey” areas?  Not everything is spelled out in the Bible.  Some interpret portions differently.  If we can agree that having a personal relationship with Jesus is essential, why can’t we agree to disagree in other areas and still worship together?

What do you think?