Professor Kent Gramm is being fired from Wheaton College for getting a divorce (read about it here).

There are no words that do justice to my anger over this.

Kent Gramm was is a wonderful educator. He was my favorite professor at Wheaton; I took every class he taught, and even sought his critiques for my writing when he wasn’t the professor.

How is it right, fair, or Biblical for him to be fired over his personal life? How is it his employer’s business that he’s getting divorced, let alone why? In no way does a divorce make Dr. Gramm any less of a Christian. In no way is ANYONE at Wheaton College in a position to say he’s not worthy to be there. He did nothing illegal, or, that anyone knows of, unbiblical. (The irony, of course, is that in the article, Wheaton criticizes the Catholic Church for setting up authority above the Scripture…which is exactly what they are doing so unabashedly.)

Jesus spoke so much more about love, grace, forgiveness, and kindness. Helping those who need help. Giving people second, third, fourth chances. The Pharisees, who plotted his “trial” and crucifixion, were the ones who cared about the fundamentalist rules of the Old Testament. Even if Dr. Gramm’s divorce is, technically, a sin (which, pu-leaze!), who has the right to judge him? Why not offer to help him through what must be a difficult time? Wouldn’t THAT reaction be more Christ like?

The whole thing is despicable. I’m so ashamed. I’m so hurt. I’m so pissed. Christians should be role models of love and forgiveness, not judgement and hate. Especially since there is no one in the world, Christian or not, who has not sinned. Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone falls short of the glory of God; that’s why Jesus came. If sin were not a problem, then his life, death, and resurrection would be pointless.

Actions like this are the reason I stopped going to church. People like this are the ones who give Christianity a bad name. Remember the protesters at Matthew Shepherd’s funeral? “God hates fags”; “Matthew’s burning in hell.” I see a terrible connection between those protesters and my Alma-mater. I feel the same feeling now that I did while watching the coverage of the protests: “Please don’t let anyone find out I’m a Christian. Call me anything you want, but don’t call me Christian.”

(No, it’s not completely fair, not all Christians are judgemental assholes, but that doesn’t change how I feel.)

I don’t want anything to do with these people, and that sort of breaks my heart.

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I keep meaning to write an actual post with funny stuff and insightful asides, but every I sit down with my laptop, something about the afternoon/morning/moon light and the sound of the dog pacing act as a sedative and then I wake up an hour later with cushion creases on my cheek and no ability to remember my own name, let alone how to write a witty blog post.

I’m starting to feel better. I still have massive congestion and a small, lingering cough, but no more fevers (which, yay!). Now, though, there’s something about this cold that wakes me up at ungodly times like 4:30 AM and won’t let me go back to sleep. Goddamn cold!  It’s all I can do to make it through a work day without curling up under my desk for a nap. I’m dead sexy, what with the dark circles and the accessory of a Kleenex box. Rrrrow!

Yesterday was a true test of my will power, as it was an all production day, which meant no sitting down or spacing out. I had to be aware. It didn’t help that the shoot was in a foreign language, but that’s neither here nor there. Point is, am sleepy. This weekend I’m off to the Stagecoach Festival (woo-hoo!!!!), and I hope that my friend doesn’t find it weird that I drift off during the second half of the Eagles show.

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I have the plague. Apparently it’s going around. I feel horrible. Headache. Fever chills on my neck (do any of you guys get that with a fever? The skin-crawlies on your neck/scalp?). Chest congestion. Ear itchies.

I expect the black mark next. I’ll try not to breathe on you through the InterWebs. Promise.

Tonight I stocked up on Tylenol Cold Extreme, Nyquil and throat lozenges. If those don’t help I’ll hunker down with some sleeping pills and awake once the virus passes. Maybe I’ll try a small animal sacrifice…do you think flies count?

Unfortunately, Tonks has very little sympathy for my plight and still wants to run and bite. Unfeeling little git that she is (but still cute; lately her favorite thing to do is to snuggle with me during the nightly TV viewing, resting her face on my chest and occasionally licking my chin).

Not the most exciting post ever, but there ya have it. It seems y’all liked my DisneyLand post, so I’ll try to get some more awesome Disney pictures up soon. I have tons of them.

Take your Airborn and get lots of rest! I’ll be back once I stop feeling like death warmed over (hopefully I’ll also stop sounding like a man - my sick voice is dead sexy).

Sometime in the vague and undetermined future I’m going to have John do a guest post here. Y’all will like him. He’s funny. And hot. But hands off, he’s mine….well, and Jake Gyllenhaal’s, but that’s a totally separate TRO, erm, story.

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So instead of focusing on the icky stuff today (another cold? SERIOUSLY? THE HELL? Oh, and also, cancelling early morning meetings and midnight the night before is just rude, y’all), I’m going to share photos from Saturday’s DisneyLand trip with the Totally Awesome John! LUCKY YOU!!!

My love for all things DisneyLand is abiding and deep. I love how as soon as I walk in the front gate it’s like being in an alternate universe filled with magic and rainbows and puppies.  I love all the small details that make each “land” unique. I love that they don’t sell gum because they’d done want Undersireables to leave it on the ground. I also love that my Premium Pass gives me a 15% discount on food and gifts. Holla!

OK, first off, some beloved Disney characters.

(Pluto is very happy to see you!)

(Mary Poppins really IS practicall perfect!)

(Oh my God, which one’s Cinderella and which one is WonderSpot?! SO HARD TO TELL!)

 Across the way from the Magic Kingdom is California Adventure, home to the most wonderfullest ever in the whole wide world Soarin’ Over California ride. Love. They also have A Bug’s Life 3-D show, Tower of Terror, and appearently a WINERY.

Yes, you head me, wine at Disney. COULD LIFE BE BETTER????? No, I don’t think it can.

(So pretty and Napa Valley-y)

(Ahhh, the evidence. No use denying the fact that I was ever so slightly buzzed for the rest of the afternoon…no, really, only slightly cause the glasses are TINY and there’s a 2 glass limmit!)

All in all it was a perfect day and I’m so glad that we went. I don’t get to see John nearly as often as I’d like, even though he only lives 90 minutes away. We had a great time sharing stories of our general states of gassiness and our love of all things Speilberg touches.

The End.

Technorati Tags: 101 Things/1001 Days, DisneyLand, California Adventure, Fun