Bulgaria & Bliss

BULGARIA: I'm off to Sofia until the first of May. I'll be ministering in several churches and consulting with a pastor whose weekly television program is introducing a biblical worldview to a land that has been dominated by a socialist mindset for decades. (It's sort of like a chance to sit down with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.) Might post from over there if the wi-fi is right.

BLISS: Was out with my five year old daughter yesterday, and she said, "Daddy, that man on the motorcycle is handsome. I want to marry him."

"Sometimes handsome people can be mean, honey," I replied. "But one day Mommy and I will pray with you and help you find someone who is exactly right to be your husband."

"Who is it, Daddy?"

"Well, a good husband will be someone who loves Jesus, and is very kind and gentle with you, and always puts you first. It's someone you will want to serve too."

"That's you, Daddy!"

Bliss.

Danger: Lego-Armed Christians Wearing Bombs!

I've had frequent bones to pick with public education officials in the past, but there is a private "aftercare" facility in Seattle that just about takes my breath away with what they've done to some little kids. An article in their own words (read it all, but hold your nose), Why We Banned Legos, explains how the "teachers" discovered evil capitalist tendencies being manifested in the kids' construction and operation of a Legotown. Not content with simply banning the blocks, these nitwits conducted a several-month-long reeducation program, in order "promote a contrasting set of values: collectivity, collaboration, resource-sharing, and full democratic participation."

Marx and Lenin would be proud! Actually, I said that in a comment on the center's website, and suggested that their "Lego logic" would only be consistent if they stopped charging tuition (a hefty one at that) and immediately turned their facility into a community-owned one. To paraphrase Robin Williams, if I printed the article and put it on the floor, my cat would refuse to go on it.

A second story is just as outrageous, but more immediately threatening to American Christians of any stripe. The American Center for Law & Justice (aka ACLJ) is reporting what is probably the most upsetting action ever by public school officials against Christians:

A local paper reports that a drill at Burlington Township High School in New Jersey involved police portraying mock gunmen, described as 'members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called the 'New Crusaders' who don't believe in the separation of church and state.' The fake gunmen were said to have been 'seeking justice because the daughter of one [member] had been expelled for praying before class.'

Our society is swirling down the sluice faster than any of us could have anticipated even ten years ago. I urge you to make a financial donation to the ACLJ in this particular instance. One caveat: Make sure to uncheck the boxes that allow them and their partner organizations to contact you again, unless you don't mind frequent appeals for funds. I've probably gotten 75 such emails from them this past year, and this is the first time I've given, because to me, this one is that important.