Quote, "As the end of my life approaches I return with my memory to the beginning, to my parents, to my brother, to the sister (I never knew because she died before my birth), to the parish in Wadowice, where I was baptized, to that city I love, to my peers." Unquote.
Words from Pope John Paul II. The Pope died many years past and we are left with a great legacy of his having been here among us. I am not Catholic by religious faith, however, what has religious faith got to do with the love of Christ our Lord. I believe the Pope loved the Lord Jesus Christ and that is what is our common denominator.
The Pope wrote of "When the moment comes" in March of 1979. He said: "I am completely in Your (The Lord's) hands. In the Name of the Holiest Trinity. Amen."
The Pope is where we all should be aspiring to go, into the hands of The Lord Jesus Christ.
Are you going there?
Lets Talk About That ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Whose On First?
Still going down the Yellow Brick Road of Religious Discrimination.
Obviously, the 'Government' thinks more of the workplace in regards to religion than it does of schools.
An employer is required to accommodate an employee's "sincerely held" religious beliefs and/or practices unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer.
That is heavy. No prayer in school for my kids, but accommodate me at work. Are we talking hypocrisy in it's finest form here, or is this just being fair? Whatever!
But of course the employer gets to decide if accommodating an employee's religious beliefs and practices would impose an undue hardship. So what do you think the chances are that this would be true in most if not all of the instances?
Gotta go, it's lunch time. Bye.
Obviously, the 'Government' thinks more of the workplace in regards to religion than it does of schools.
An employer is required to accommodate an employee's "sincerely held" religious beliefs and/or practices unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer.
That is heavy. No prayer in school for my kids, but accommodate me at work. Are we talking hypocrisy in it's finest form here, or is this just being fair? Whatever!
But of course the employer gets to decide if accommodating an employee's religious beliefs and practices would impose an undue hardship. So what do you think the chances are that this would be true in most if not all of the instances?
Gotta go, it's lunch time. Bye.
Express YourSelf!!
Quite a few years ago, there was a poem written by Emily Dickinson called "Not In Vain."
I don't have the rights to print Emily's poem here, so I'll just paraphrase it and hope you get the point.
The writer talks about "stopping one heart from breaking" and by doing so, one would not have lived in vain.
She also talks about "easing the aching of one life", "cooling one pain" or "helping one fainting robin to get back into it's nest."
Doing all or any of the above could result in not having lived in vain.
What a touching thought. Just by helping someone or something, life can be fulfilled and not lived in vain.
Kind of reminds me of this guy named Jesus who unselfishly gave his life that we might have life and that more abundantly.
Emily wrote a very deep and heart felt poem. And because Emily's poem has no religious connotation to it, you could if you wanted to paste or pin a copy of it on the wall of your office or work-space at your place of employment with no concern as to whether it was O.K. to do so.
Not so with biblical scriptures that you might copy from the Bible.
Even though your employer must permit you, the employee, to engage in religious expression and may be inclined to do so, you are required to ask permission to to engage in other personal expressions at work such as posting one of Emily's poems. If your religious expression is considered as something that might impose what the employer considers to be an "undue" hardship on him or her or the other employees, you can't do it.
If the employer wont let you paste or pin up scriptures, he or she must also deny you the permission to paste or pin stuff such as Emily's poems because they have a comparable effect on workplace efficiency.
Christians have an ally in people like Emily.
Worker, use your power!
'Til next time. Peace out. Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com,2000.
I don't have the rights to print Emily's poem here, so I'll just paraphrase it and hope you get the point.
The writer talks about "stopping one heart from breaking" and by doing so, one would not have lived in vain.
She also talks about "easing the aching of one life", "cooling one pain" or "helping one fainting robin to get back into it's nest."
Doing all or any of the above could result in not having lived in vain.
What a touching thought. Just by helping someone or something, life can be fulfilled and not lived in vain.
Kind of reminds me of this guy named Jesus who unselfishly gave his life that we might have life and that more abundantly.
Emily wrote a very deep and heart felt poem. And because Emily's poem has no religious connotation to it, you could if you wanted to paste or pin a copy of it on the wall of your office or work-space at your place of employment with no concern as to whether it was O.K. to do so.
Not so with biblical scriptures that you might copy from the Bible.
Even though your employer must permit you, the employee, to engage in religious expression and may be inclined to do so, you are required to ask permission to to engage in other personal expressions at work such as posting one of Emily's poems. If your religious expression is considered as something that might impose what the employer considers to be an "undue" hardship on him or her or the other employees, you can't do it.
If the employer wont let you paste or pin up scriptures, he or she must also deny you the permission to paste or pin stuff such as Emily's poems because they have a comparable effect on workplace efficiency.
Christians have an ally in people like Emily.
Worker, use your power!
'Til next time. Peace out. Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com,2000.
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