Conversation with a Two-Year-Old

With Rebecca in Saratoga Springs, NY

NEIL: Well hello there, Rebecca.
REBECCA: Hi.
NEIL: Are you having fun with your Uncle Neil and Papa Steve?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: You're...not?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: Do you want to take a nap?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: Do you want something to eat?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: Rebecca, do you answer 'no' to everything?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: I see. Well, do you...find the criticisms of Obama's stimulus package to be contributing to a sound and productive dialogue on effective fiscal policy?
REBECCA: No.
NEIL: Ah. Well at least we share support for progressive economic plans.
REBECCA: Cookie, please.
NEIL: Exactly.

Invitation to Prayer

On the Upper West Side in NYC

On September 23, 1857, a businessman named Jeremiah Lanphier ignited what became a spiritual revolution in New York City. It all began with a simple prayer meeting in the financial district. Within months similar gatherings were being held throughout New York and across the nation. Tens of thousands of lives were transformed.

Lanphier's story affirms that one person, in humble obedience to God, can make a profound difference.

It also affirms what a person made of bronze looks like when they're about to fart.