CONFESSIONS OF A STARBUCKS PASTOR

Football Commissioner Roger Goodall (who reportedly earns $44M annually) stated in a press conference that "we all make mistakes". This was in reference to his initial limited penalization for Falcon tight end, Ray Rice's arrest for punching his now-wife in a hotel elevator and rendering her unconscious. The Football industry is a big deal to our country, taking in a whopping $9 billion each year. Goodall wants to make that $25 billion in the next dozen years. No Mr. Goodall, your improper response to an act of violence was not simply a "mistake". It was gross negligence. With your income and the billions of fan dollars at your fingertips, you fall far short of your pay grade. Now that at least 3 other players have either come forward or been exposed for child and domestic abuse, the Commissioner is more than alarmed. He says that every walk of life is exposed to such violence regardless of status or income level. Is that news to you? He proceeded to outli...

With the exciting announcement about the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize going to its first ever Pakistani who also happens to be the youngest recipient, I thought a brief study was in order. Alfred Nobel was an industrialist and the creator of dynamite. Once he saw his invention being used for destruction, a year before his death he signed a will (1895)  declaring that most of his fortune be invested and annually awarded to those in the world who " conferred the greatest benefit on mankind ." There are six award categories, one of which is the infamous Nobel Peace Prize.  It is awared every fall around this time and is the only category award presented in Oslo, Norway. The other 5 prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. The annual process to nominate and select NPP recipients begins a year before the final decision and undergoes several deadlines as the list of nominees is whittled. Initially over 6,000 invitations to nominate are extended to selected insituations. Approxima...