Last week’s Academy Award show was one accountant’s nightmare – but provided lots to talk about the next few days. After some confusion, Moonlight was declared the Best Picture. I liked Moonlight actorMahershala Ali’s comments when accepting his Best Supporting Actor award. “It’s not about you, it’s about these characters. You’re in service to these stories and these characters.”

This should be a comedy series. We’d rented a place for part of this month to get away for a bit. But the dishwasher didn’t work. A call to the rental agency brought Randy, followed in sequence by Jimmy, Owen and finally Larry. The first three looked, experimented, ran tests with fancy devices and replaced an breaker in the electrical panel. All to no avail. 

In the 4th century, Lactantius was a spiritual adviser to the Emperor Constantine as the church was becoming established in the political environment. Here is a summary of his advice to Constantine about all people in the light of the Gospel.

In all the noise of politics it is easy for me to dismiss people with “He’s an idiot”. The new president is a prime example.  I find his name calling and bullying distasteful but it turns out I may be no better. The other morning, I was praying and thinking about some of this.