Welcome Pastor Bea!

Just about 17 months ago, Pastor Brent announced that he’d be leaving his position as pastor. We put together a search team, made an announcement to the denomination who sent resumes to them, and the long process of finding a new pastor began.

Eventually, the search team brought a name to us- Beatrice Radakovich, a young woman from Chicago. We brought her to Wichita to preach on Palm Sunday. The day before, she’d met with members of the leadership team & the church staff, along with a couple of groups of members of the congregation. After her sermon on Sunday, we had a meeting where comments & concerns were aired, and a vote was taken. While not a unanimous vote, only 2 votes were cast against calling her as our new pastor.

This Sunday, Mother’s Day, she’ll be inaugurated as our pastor.

Welcome Pastor Bea! It’s going to be great seeing what God’s got in store for us under your leadership!

Kitten burned alive fighting back

Kitten burned alive fighting back.

Happy Birthday, Maynard

Happy birthday to the legendary jazz trumpet player Maynard Ferguson.  Today would have been his 85th birthday.

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Muslims consider US aid to be jizya (tribute) that they’re owed

Not all Muslims, of course, but it’s a view among some of their more radical leaders.

It’s sad that many politicians on both sides of the aisle are so enamored of the Islamic world that we’re giving massive amounts of aid to them with no strings attached.  It’s bad enough during normal economic times, but to do so during the budget sequestration is idiotic.

President Obama

I’m hardly a fan of Barack Obama.  But some of the things being said about him are, in my opinion, more than a bit silly.

Don’t get me wrong.  I don’t believe Obama loves the America that I love.  His vision seems to be one of equality of outcome, rather than of standard, or of equality under the law.

I believe that he’s a Christian, although he seems far more comfortable supporting Islam & Muslims than he is backing Christians being attacked in Islamic countries.  Why would he use the phrase ‘Prophet of the Muslims’ when referring to Mohammed when he doesn’t use a similar phrase when he’s talking about Jesus, or about Buddha?

I believe that under Islamic law, he’s a Muslim- like I care what Islamic law says.

I believe he’s a citizen.  Unfortunately.  Sorry Mom & Dad.

Despite what a woman told me recently, I believe that his birth in Hawaii happened when it was a state.

I believe it’s his goal to ensure as many people as possible look to the government for as much as possible, rather than relying on their own hard work, abilities & passions.

I believe that he, Michelle, and at least some of his advisers & staff see America as ‘just another country’ that needs to be brought down to the level of other countries.  Punished for our success which was, they believe, earned through theft.

I believe that these people are the same ones who see the economy as a ‘zero sum’ game, and that if one person has more, others necessarily have less.

I believe that Obama is the least qualified leader this country has ever had, but that he’s marginally more qualified than Joe Biden.

America will probably survive 8 years of this clown & his inept staff.  Will it be an America that will be great again?  Will the millions of people who have lost their jobs ever be able to find work again?  Will we regain the liberty we’ve lost under an ever-expanding federal government, not solely under Obama, but certainly at a rate that’s been accelerating since his election?

Death of a Thug

Hugo Chavez’ death, predictably, caused leftists, thugs & wacko’s worldwide to shed tears.  Many sang his praises over the compassion & concern he supposedly had for the poor & disenfranchised.  Some even cheered his hatred of capitalism & the United States.

Michael ‘The Blob’ Moore-on  commented

Leftists in San Francisco held a candlelight vigil for him

Sean ‘Osama’ Penn-Ladin claimed ‘“Today, the people of the United States lost a friend it never knew it had. And poor people around the world lost a champion. I lost a friend I was blessed to have.”  Sorry, Sean.  With friends like that, who the heck needs an enemy?

Fourth rate former President Carter added his condolences as well, as did leftist director Oliver Stone (twice), former Rep. Joe Kennedy, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson, US Rep. Jose Serrano,  leftist history professor Greg Grandin, far-left channel MSNBC, and Iranian lunatic Mahmoud ImADinnerjacket, who claimed Chavez would return on Resurrection Day.  I guess technically Hugo will rise again, but he’ll be descending back into hell with all the other thugs & evildoers.  Huffington Post eulogized him as well.  And the buffoons at the UN Human Rights Council added their praises.

Adding to the love fest were terror groups like Hezbollah who, predictably, bashed Israel, as well as Fatah.

Not surprisingly, the Obama administration will send a delegation to Hugo’s funeral.

Also not surprisingly, there were some claims that the CIA or bankers (2nd link) had had a hand in his death.  If only.

The fact that this 2nd world thug managed to amass a huge fortune is overlooked.  He’s a far leftist, so his riches are fine.  Only money made by evil businessmen is suspect.  I actually feel a bit sorry for the people of Venezuela.  They’ll be forced to see this clown on display for all eternity.  Or until someone wises up and tosses his sorry dead backside in the ocean, weighed down with a couple tons of concrete.

Of course, we’ll all be subjected to images of the people of Venezuela mourning their fallen god.  Some will, of course, be sincere.  Others will, I’m sure, be people mourning only because of fear of the Chavez goon squads.  Leftists in America & around the world will be near inconsolable, weeping over Chavez’ drive towards a society which worked towards equality of outcome- everyone except Hugo and his cronies being poor & dependent on the government.

Personally, I’m enjoying the mental image of Chavez on a spit in Hell, roasting over a fire along with Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Kim Il Jong, Kim Jung Il, Osama, Jeffrey Dahmer, Chairman Mao and others of their ilk.

Budget Sequester

Nice!  We hear all the screams from the left about how the cuts being made to our federal budget are going to destroy our economy.  You’d think that spending was going to be cut 20 or 30%.  The reality is slightly different (reblog)