parables of a prodigal world

California water cooler conversation has been heated this week over a ruling by the state's Supreme Court regarding "The Good Samaritan Lawsuit." Here's the story in a nutshell. A handful of 20-something friends went to a bar. They drank until the early morning, then left. And when one of their cars crashed into a light pole, Lisa Torti hurried over and pulled one of the passengers, Alexandra Van Horn, from the wreckage. Van Horn was rendered paraplegic, probably from the accident itself. But she sued Torti, claiming that she was injured not as a result of the accident, but because Torti negligently damaged her spinal cord while rescuing her from the wreckage. Last week, a divided California Supreme Court ruled that Torti is not protected from civil liability, because the help she provided wasn't "emergency medical care." OK, as some of you know, I practice a little law when I'm not blogging. And here's my advice: don't go getting so outrage...

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In this baby's eyes, I am human, I am loved, I am that which I was always meant to be. In this baby's eyes, Six billion people, each unique, Can live as one family, brothers and sisters. In this baby's eyes, Millennia of fear and death, systematized, Can be erased, forgotten, left behind. But we don't see with this baby's eyes, We are wise, worldly, grown up, Our eyes turned inward upon ourselves. Ah, that we may be saved, Justified by faith, sanctified, By that which is so clear in this baby's eyes. Grace and Peace, and a very merry Christmas, Raffi

I mentioned the other day that there were not too many dissenting voices around the blogosphere concerning my Top 10 Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelical Blog Posts of 2008 . Then I came across this comment over at Emerging Women : Top 10 blog posts of 2008 and only 1 woman blogger. Really? You've got to be kidding me ... I was convicted. In my defense, though, I did mention in the post that the list was my list, completely subjective and having no solid criteria other than my own personal preferences. But that's just a cop-out. The real question is why didn't I have more than one female blogger on the list. I have no answer to that one. Like I said, I've been convicted. I haven't been listening to the voices of half my fellow Emergent/Missional/Post-Evangelicals out there in the blogosphere. And in all honesty, neither have most of us men. So I decided to do something about it. I asked for help from the readers over at Emerging Women . I asked them to recommend ...