Spiritual Notebook? WHATTTTT

First, my apologies for the like of blogage. My mind is more active than the frequency of my posts.

I'm writing mainly because I have to extinguish the bad taste in my mouth from a speech I just wrote. I serve on the pastoral council of my parish. Yes, I'm one of the rare young people who practices a somewhat active faith life. Christianity has always served as a good moral compass for me. There was a brilliant op-ed in The Times this weekend which I'd share but I've already thrown it out and couldn't find it on the site. Anywho, it compared the contrasting mantras of President Bush and Jesus Christ. To paraphrase, Bush said, "You're either with us or you're against us," five years ago. His approval rating hovers in the thirties. Jesus said, "Those who are not against us are with us." Two thousand years later, over a billion call themselves Christians.

Back on point, I agreed to serve on this council because the pastor wanted a youth voice and he saw me as a leader. I think I got in a little over my head, however, because we were asked to each prepare a five-minute talk at Mass. My topic is teaching. Not the most brilliant piece I've ever written, and I'm a little ashamed to say I'm speaking on a topic of which I know little. Therefore, I did what's best for a bad speech. I kept it short.

Jimmy Rollins? The Mets are the team to beat. At least your team just earned the first draft pick for next year.

Bad taste extinguished.