Snow begins
The snow has begun slowly. It is still predicted to be a biggie by Monday morning. We'll see.

Just Getting Ready
Found an interesting article at Christian History Institute on Tolkein's Christian symbolism. The Return of the King is coming soon!

Some Football
Michigan over Ohio State, 35-21, heads to the Rose Bowl!
Wisconsin lost to Iowa, 21-27, in a real heartbreaker. Yeah!
USC romped over UCLA, 47-15, looking like a "contendah".
Oklahoma crushed Texas Tech, 56-25- the other Big Game possibility.
Michigan State over Penn State, 41-10, leaving PSU with a 3-9 record, JoePa's and PSU's worst season ever. Happy Valley- isn't.
and in the Big One...
Lehigh over Lafayette, 30-10, in the 139th meeting of college football’s most played rivalry. All's well in the world.

On This Date...
Pen at The Gutless Pacifist reminds us that on this date 40 years ago a truly great man died. He posts the op-ed article, A Mind That Grasped Both Heaven and Hell, from today's New York Times on the death of C. S. Lewis.

Christian and Left-Wing?
Richard Hall of Connexions posting over at Blogs4God reminds readers in reaction to a review at First Things:

And -- though I'm getting as tired of saying this as some of you are to listening to me say it -- the reviewer needs to be reminded that it is not unknown for real God-fearing Bible-believing Christians to be left wing. Get used to it.

Way to go, Richard. Like Richard I get tired of saying that conservative political positions are not necessarily co-existent (or even co-existable) with the Christian faith. Jesus was not a political conservative. He was out to establish more fully the presence of the Kingdom of God in the world. The Kingdoms of this world are not that and never will be.

Still Snowing
Not to bore you or anything, but in the hour and a half since I started working on this the snow has continued and has increased. Perhaps the weather forecast is right. It has been a while since we have had a big snow like this. Last winter our biggest snow was around 5 inches. Now, mind you, if this becomes a habit I will start whining and wondering why I live in the cold and forzen northland. But this first storm is always fun.

The question I have is why do the Big Ones always seem to happen when Big Things are to happen at church. Tomorrow is to be Mission Festival with my friend, Owen, talking about his year in mission. Then the community Thanksgiving Service is to be tomorrow evening. Oh well!