Chick-fil-A: Right or Wrong?

If Christians boycott Chickfila for no longer giving to Salvation Army and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, where are they going to eat? Every other restaurant’s social/political stance is at best far less christian than CFA. If you want good fresh hot food and fast/friendly/great customer service, where are you going to go instead? Some companies are downright anti-Christian.

Wouldn't it be prudent for the third largest fast food company to make long term charitable giving plans, and to review and tweak them annually - making changes only when previously arranged giving agreements expire?

Earlier this week it was reported: the Salvation Army does not discriminate. Sad that CFA made a slight adjustment to where they give their $32 million because it was limiting growth. Protesters rarely deal is actual facts. Once a company is labeled a certain way its almost impossible to change what people think - especially in this soundbite driven world of social media.

 

Now a majority of the headlines and stories are inaccurate already, Everything is sensationalized. Nowadays truth varies from person to person. Proves the old expression: Christians are the only army that shoot their own soldiers. Excellent unbiased recap in Relevant magazine.

 

In the past couple of weeks I’ve won three sweepstakes: $20.00 gift card, an incense burner, and a small vegetable slicer. Not the grand prizes I was shooting for.

 

Very productive Friday. Since it was raining I worked from 745-1145. Stopped by Taco Bell and Dollar Tree on the way home. Went upstairs to change clothes and pretty much stayed, sorting through clothes and organizing. C and I took apart A’s old bed and moved it downstairs to M’s bedroom. Got another bed out of the attic and set it up in A’s old room. Got winter clothes out of the attic as well as things we’d had that can be tossed or thrown away. Got a whole bunch done.

Since we were worn out we went out to eat at Moxie Burger. We both got chicken sandwiches and shared fries. Afterwards I drove down to Lenox Square. Since I was tired I almost stayed in the car, but instead walked around. Lenox has Christmas decorations up. The great tree is set up on top of Macys but not yet or decorated. Was after 930 when we got home but we watched a little TV before bed. 

Small group at Chickfila. Really should start sharing notes. Back home for College Gameday. Watched AL/Miss State and another game. Did some laundry and more work upstairs, but all the dust had finally gotten me sneezing bad so I had to rest. Lunch and supper was chicken salad on toasted croissants. Watched GA/Auburn and a little GT/VT and Clemson/Wake Forest. Was watching OK/Baylor but fell asleep before the exciting end.

 

JFBC was having one big service for Bryant’s last sermon. Instead we attended Passion City Cumberland campus, held at the beautiful North Atlanta High School on Northside Drive north of Mt. Paran Road. Louie Giglio was there. He delivered a powerful sermon from James. Later I’ll share the notes. I really think he and Andy Stanley are similar to me: more introverted than extroverted.

 

Still wasn’t feeling well. C fixed pizza for lunch. Watched the Falcons beat the Panthers, then the Pats beat the Eagles in the wind. Did some laundry. Grits for supper. Watched a movie with Ceil.

 

Monday: left work shortly after five. Ceil cooked chicken stir fry with fried rice. Watched The Neighborhood and Abeshola, and some KC/SD. Packaged two shipments: a book and a pair of sneakers.

BOB UECKER [SABR Bio] was the healthy, well-rested Hall of Famer who never got off the bench in a wild, nationally-broadcast 16-15 walk-off slugfest. Not technically a Hall of Famer, Uecker was honored by the Hall of Fame in 2003 with its prestigious Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career. Even Mario Mendoza out-hit him. Mario, of the infamous “Mendoza Line”, actually had a career batting average of .215, Uecker retired at exactly .200. Uecker’s statue was unveiled inside a nearly empty stadium. The Brewers “honored” Uecker on April 25, 2014 by placing his statue in their ballpark’s worst possible seat location.

 

Never known for his foot speed, Frank Howard once still managed to hit a bunt triple. On 02-Sept-1964, seeing the Pirates’ 3B wisely playing at his normal depth for the intimidating right-hand hitting Howard—about five feet out on the outfield grass—Frank laid down a surprise bunt. Pirates’ pitcher Joe Gibbon came over and almost fielded the ball, but it just trickled past him. In a state of frustration, Gibbon threw his glove at the still-rolling ball—and hit it. Per Baseball’s Official Rulebook, that was deemed an automatic triple—one of the shortest in the history of the game.

 

On an off day from Spring Training in March 1987, with the permission of Manager Sparky Anderson, Gibson co-piloted a Cessna 206 to a height of 25,200 feet—a record for that class of aircraft.