1) I saw this bummer sticker on a car recently and thought it was worth noting here. "Get Involved.  The world is run by those who show up."

We invite you to "get involved" at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church

2) I just read "Take This Bread" by Sara Miles.  It's a great book and here's a great quote:

"Christianity wasn't an argument I could win, or even resolve.  It wasn't a thesis.  It was a mystery that I was finally willing to swallow.  I was loved by a big love.  In the midst of suffering, or hunger, even of death.  Alleluia.  What was, finally, so hard about accepting that?"