January 1

If you think that the terrorists haven’t already won, it must be because you don’t fly on airplanes.   Christopher Hitchens asks “Why are we so bad at detecting the guilty and so good at collective punishment of the innocent?”

Here’s a provoking column in the NY Times that I read many months ago but never got around to linking to: End the University as We Know it.

This Egyptian Muslim converted to Christianity, was arrested and tortured before he escaped to Israel on a jetski.

I asked for prayer before I left for Israel.   The Lord has been good to answer our prayers.   I am feeling much better than before I left.   Some cold symptoms persist, but I’ve been able to teach and feel pretty strong most of the time.   I recovered from jetlag probably more quickly than I ever have before.   And my memory is pretty good.   I was thinking today that a person inside me that has long been asleep has now come back to life.   I’m thankful.   The family seems to be doing pretty well too.