Straining the limits of credulity

I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation why 10 people would do the same dumb thing, but I can't imagine what it is.

This guy in southern Missouri (draw your own conclusions) was trying to install a satellite dish, a job that required drilling through an outside wall for the cable. He was having nothing but trouble with whatever tools he was bringing to bear on the task so he decided to use his gun to do the job. So he fired at the wall from his living room.
It worked. The bullet went through the wall and struck his wife in the yard, killing her almost instantly.
I do NOT make this stuff up! Hole in the Wall Idiot

Have you been following the story about the mayor of Detroit? Dude denies he had an affair with his former Chief of Staff (good news: she's a woman) despite the release of hundreds of text messages sent using their city-provided pagers that are, to put it politely, highly salacious. He was arraigned today on felony perjury charges because he denied the affair under oath during a civil trial last year. His defense? The text messages were obtained illegally.
Am I the only one who can't follow the logic here? "I didn't have the affair because the proof you have you shouldn't have.
Mayor Kilpatrick looks forward to "complete exoneration."

Same nonsense at a higher level? Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton described in vivid detail a trip she made to Bosnia while her husband was President. That description included evasive maneuvers by their helicopter, a canceled greeting ceremony and a quick dash to cover to escape sniper fire. She gave this account, repeating those details, on two different occasions over the last few weeks.
Alas, others along on that same trip, including reporters and the entertainer Sinbad report that nothing close to that happened. Worse yet, they've now uncovered footage of the arrival and brief speeches in front of microphones on the tarmac.
Caught in this variance from her account, candidate Clinton tells us she "misremembered."
Where was that word when I was a kid? There were some times when I really could have used that one! "Wow, Dad. I guess I misremembered about how that got broken."
'spose Ananias and Sapphira would have wanted to use "misremembered?"

I succumbed to temptation and played the back nine again this afternoon. Dropped four strokes off my previous best for nine and had three pars and a birdie! But I've got to work on my drives. I'm getting no distance, and they keep wandering right.

Sherry responded to my question from last night's post about the three most influential non-family members in your life. (see "comments" attached to that post.) I'd be interested in more responses!

Tomorrow at 10:00 I'm meeting Shannon at the dance studio to talk to the owner about using her facility for our Sunday services. Boy would that be a helpful move at this point! I'll let you know how it goes in tomorrow night's post.

This Sunday we're concluding our series on Abraham with a look at his offering up of Isaac in Gen. 22. IMHO this is the most powerful narrative in the OT. This is not a passage to read with your head; it has to be experienced with the heart. Which means it doesn't yield to a proposition and three points. That's too didactic for this powerful narrative.
When I taught homiletics I stressed the difference between a sermon and a homily, and the overriding weaknesses of the latter. But if ever there was a passage warranting a homily this is it. However, that homily has to reach down to the deep pathos of the narrative. I'm praying that will happen Sunday.