Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.

Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen "Crossroads"? Or "Damn Yankees"?

If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll.

You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best, Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

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"I’d just as soon freeze to death." – Actress Ashley Judd

This quote by Judd (a native Kentuckian and University of Kentucky graduate) was taken from a story she related of being offered a University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill jacket on a chilly movie set. – Lexington Herald Leader, August 15, 1996.

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My problem is the emphasis on growth as the be all and end all of pastoring.  For me, the be all and end all is faithfulness to our calling to follow Jesus.  If growth accompanies faithfulness, great.  But sometimes faithfulness means that we will not see growth and often experience decline.  Nowhere is this more evident than in Jesus’ own life.  David Hayward’s cartoon (see link below) readily illustrates this.

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