Jayhawks, Harvey and Mud Holes

Fortunately for the KU Jayhawks there were not two Ben Woodsides on North Dakota State U. team yesterday. Ben ran between, around, under, and over the Jayhawks. He made every defender (6 Jayhawks took a shot at slowing him down) look like they were wearing ankle weights. Ben Woodside would be deemed one of the super elite guards of this season if he were playing on a team in a major conference.

In the end as the clock moved to 0:00, the Jayhawks heard THE CHANT and all was well in the 'Land of Milk and Honey'.

What a glorious week this has been. For those who were able to spend time outside the past 5 days found that it will be hard to top this week for perfect weather in North Texas. Thursday was so beautiful that I did something I have never done before. I grilled out by myself. I do not recall grilling hamburgers on the ole grill without having company over here at our place. Now don't read this to mean I am starting a new trend. It just so happened that the two couples scheduled to come over Thursday evening canceled leaving me free to grill alone.

Now on to more enlightened talk. Last night Joyce and I watched the movie Harvey. You know, the movie staring James Stewart and Harvey, the Pooka. Of course, if you are so into the 5 senses thing (i.e. if I can't see, smell, taste, touch, or hear it - then it doesn't exist) you will think Harvey is a total waste of time because you won't 'get it'. This is so like our culture today. Our physical senses dominate all that we are about. Reading our culture's literature and watching our culture's TV and movies can lead a person to conclude life must revolve around the physical senses.

Or does it?

Perhaps the spiritual dimension of life has been short changed and neglected by our culture. It is far easier to live by sight than to live by faith. Perhaps we have lost the spiritual dimension of life and as a result are now wallowing in a mud hole. This mud hole only gets deeper the longer we revolve our lives around the physical senses while neglecting the spiritual side. We hear politicians and others invoke this spiritual side when they talk about values (when this use is convenient for their argument). But then we see them run back to their self-created mud holes. The capitals of mud hole creation - Washington (power), New York (money), and Hollywood (sex) - will only dig us deeper in our mud hole until we once again choose to embrace the spiritual. Embracing the spiritual is only the first step in the journey, mind you. For it is possible to be 'spiritual' and still miss the "Author of Life". But without this first step we will forever be stuck in the mud hole.