7/5 of the U.S. population doesn't understand fractions.

Notice anything about these two images?

It has been correctly pointed out that we don't own anything. We are only temporary stewards of that which God has loaned to us temporarily. He owns everything, as illustrated by how simply he can take it away. Job's experience illustrates that truth. The principle of God's ownership can give a sense of tremendous freedom. It's not my car, it's his. My only responsibility is to take good care of it as a wise steward should.
Because God is omniscient he knows that his patio cover blew off in last night's storms. And he knows that his garage door broke this morning.
How do I send him the bills?

The situation in New Orleans and the approaching hurricane Gustav is obviously reminiscent of Katrina. It also raises the question nobody seems to be asking, at least at this point. Why did people move back into a city with 49% of its land below sea level, some of it as much as 10' below, and smack in the path of annual hurricanes? And how many times will we pay to evacuate the people and rebuild destroyed structures? I don't get it.

Yes, Bat Mitzvah is "Daughter of the Commandment." Reformed and Conservative synagogues offer a Bat Mitzvah for girls as an equivalent to the Bar Mitzvah. Orthodox synagogues do not, believing that a woman cannot (should not) read from the Torah.

From a biblical perspective, what can a woman do? Or more precisely, what should a woman not do? And does any prohibition re. a woman's role at church cross over to, say, being a Vice President?
This is not a simple issue. If it was there wouldn't be the disagreement that exists among groups within the Christian church. But that doesn't mean it's inscrutable. The Bible speaks clearly to the person willing to look carefully and accept what it says.

Brief post. Long day. And getting to bed at a reasonable hour is part of a preacher's good stewardship.
G'night.