[MD] The Last Temptation of J.C.

[John Carl]

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:57 AM, khaledsa <khaledsa at juno.com> wrote:

> Great story
>
> Thanks for sharing the metaphor about the launch pad. good one.
>

As I drove off to work this morning, I was kicking myself thinking I should
have used the metaphor again when I was "launching" my butt out of that
seat.  The teacher taught me too well, my rocket was taking off!



> You had mentioned the Halal rule and how the governments of western
> countries are asked to provide Halal meat as to provide employment to the
> Muslim citizens. That made me laugh because just last week I saw an oven
> that was classified as Kosher. Not the food but the oven. Well it turn
> out that it turns itself off on Saturday, so all you have to do is open
> the door.
>
>

I just finished a book I enjoyed a lot, Khaled, The Year of Living
Biblically - Wherein An agnostic Jew tries to live as literally by the book
as possible.  Chock full of fascinating tidbits about kosher and mixing
fabrics and stuff and interviews of all kinds of religious people and their
ideas.

The one thing he found by the end that he really enjoyed, and kept in his
life was the Sabbath.    I found that very interesting for a lot of reasons.

Take care,

John