Twenty one major events that have occurred since the Chicago Cubs last laid claim to a World Series championship:

1. Radio was invented; Cubs fans got to hear their team lose.
2. TV was invented; Cubs fans got to see their team lose.
3. Baseball added 14 teams; Cubs fans get to see and hear their team lose to more clubs.
4. George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays.
5. Haley’s comet passed Earth twice.
7. The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league.
8. Man landed on the moon, as have several home runs given up by Cubs pitchers.
9. Sixteen U.S. presidents were elected.
10. There were 11 amendments added to the Constitution.
11. Prohibition was created and repealed.
12. The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, was discovered and became the subject of major motion pictures, the latest giving Cubs fans hope that something that finishes on the bottom can come out on top.
13. Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League.
14. Flag poles were erected on Wrigley Field roof to hold all of the team’s future World Series pennants. Those flag poles have since rusted and been taken down.
15. A combination of 40 Summer and Winter Olympics have been held.
16. Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown; several thanked Cubs pitchers.
17. Countless hundreds of boys were born, played inept baseball for the cubs and died.
18. The Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and the Florida Marlins have all won the World Series.
19. The Cubs played 14,153 regular-season games; they lost the majority of them.
20. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and New Mexico were added to the Union.
21. Haray Caray was born, fired by the Cardinals, and died.

I am still gathering my thoughts for the most part. But I want to formally thank all of the people who have gone out of their way to affirm me. The Lord is doing a big work in my life, and I am glad to see that others see that (and don’t think i’m a big radical liberal lunatic).

So, I’m sitting here with a pint of turtle icecream, contemplating this week, themed “Forgiveness” at chapel. There have been a lot of instances in my life that I have had to deal with forgiveness, as with everybody. In the past, I have been extremely forgiving, or have had no grace at all.

I haven’t blogged in a few weeks… and I’ve been pretty busy, but not busy enough to put off as many things that I have. I’m dealing with quite a few things spiritually and such. I have quite a few different journals for classes, and it’s stressing me out thinking about how much I am going to have to write about my spiritual life the next few months. For one class I have to write out my spiritual plan for the semester–how I plan to develop over the semester and such. My plan is to deal with the spiritual warfare inside of me. I have been fighting the devil in many parts of my life, and although my relationship with God is good, I’m still struggling. It’s kinda like we’ve been married for so long, that our relationship has lost its luster. I want to be passionate again about my relationship with Him. So over the next few weeks, I will make sure to post what I’m doing and what not on here :)