Kwanzaa went to court - Update!

I posted earlier (Kwanzaa went to court and won - for now!) how a county commissioner was sued by the county clerk for havining a Kwanzaa ceremony on county premises at taxpayers's expense while not allowing Christmas ceremonies. And that the county clerk lost the case and the ceremony was allowed.

Well, since then the mayor put into policy that county builidings can only be used for county purposes. That leaves Kwanzaa celebrations out. It appears that although Kwanzaa is touted as being a "non-religious" event, many found religious elements in Kwanzaa enough to have it banned as religous.

It seems the right thing to do in light of the complex arguments surrounding the Kwanzaa event. Keeping things business-only and applying the rules across the board, without exception, is the best way to run an organization, be it public- or private-sector.

Kwanzaa is not, strictly speaking, a religious observance, but it's close enough to one that it set off a firestorm of criticism in county government when Brooks announced her plan. (Editorial: County Building Policy Emerging, 1/23/2008.)

A bit strict and takes the fun out of celebrations in the work place, but it's fair. If you won't allow Christmas, then don't allow other celebrations as well.

Case closed.

The New Year

This past year had ups and downs for me. The downs being my health, fighting a mysterious illness that threatens to leave me completely blind. Fighting pain that exists 75% of my time. That, I have left up to the Lord and as I pray that the doctors will be guided in to eradicating this "thing." But whatever the Lord wills as He is in complete control of my life.

The ups is making slow progress with my writing. I've had a major writer's bloc for sometime now but things are beginning to kick back in.

More ups - seeing my children grow up and blossom into real warriors for Christ! And even take up writing like me! To grow up into a single-parent family home where their mom was once on welfare, they have beaten the critics and aren't in jail, with kids out of wedlock, on drugs and alcohol but very successful in their own endeavors.

So with that, what are my New Year's goals? - to finish my book, to expand my website writings which will include many by my children and eventually have them take it over. And to make enough money to pay ALL of my bills!

But my most important goal of all is to introduce as many people as possible to Jesus Christ our Lord and to teach them how to grow in God's grace and wisdom.

The Christocentric lifestyle!