metaphors

i could not help it. i got burned up inside by some prooftexting comment on adam walker cleaveland's posting about inappropriate youth ministry curriculum.

why is it we think that jesus always spoke in metaphors?  sure, he used parables and stories to communicate frequently, but recently i’ve been telling myself, “maybe he really meant that.”

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike.

Where to start?

Okay, I guess we’ll start with the simple stuff.

An Election Cream-Filled With Metaphor

I’ll admit it.

I don’t really understand why people writing about the economy and investing resort to temperature and weather-related metaphors to describe credit freezes and stock market meltdowns.

But they do, so I feel compelled to join in.

I was relieved to see the House swallow hard and pass the bailout. The bailout is a bitter pill, but unfortunately it is necessary medicine to keep our ailing economy from dying. (See my post: Congress Should Pass the Palson Plan)

Yesterday, I wrote about the way in which the “brand” that was applied nearly immediately to the plan for the government to provide liquidity to the nation’s credit markets doomed it: Who in their right mind can support a “bailout” of $700 billion for “Wall Street.”

Kate wrote:

I have a friend who is totally against everything that Compassion and World Vision do. Why? Because she’s convinced that music artists get “kickbacks” for every child they manage to get sponsored. Is this true? Can you clear this up to put her mind at ease?

Here’s my answer.

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I’ve been trying hard this year not to link to items that fall into the shiny object chasing category I’d call “tech-blogger meme-of-the-day.” However, I can’t help myself on this one.