friday's quotes of the week

"Many happy returns on the day of thy birth, may joy and gladness be given.
And may the Dear Father prepare thee on earth, for a beautiful birthday in heaven."

Mom to Mollie on this her birthday....thanks for making me a mom and being the delight of my life!


“Explain this to me. Why would anyone peel a banana, discard the peel, and wrap it in a napkin so her hands won’t get messy? I mean, does that make any sense at all?”

Mom to daughter, together lamenting a banana eater


“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”

Samuel Johnson


"Any attempt to define church membership by anything other than allegiance to Jesus Christ is, quite simply, idolatrous."

N.T. Wright


"A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts."

James Madison


“The point that I wish to make is that modesty in clothing is not just about skin, shape, and shifting (as one contributor cleverly alliterated), but it is about the whole Christian and his or her representative responsibilities as ambassadors.”

Bob Bixby