By law, every blogger is required to make some remarks on the passing of Michael Jackson; at least, it seems so to me. This will be my one and only, with only a couple of items to mention.

I thought nothing could top the mis-direction of patriotic* worship services until I saw this (HT).

A lot of gushing praise has been poured out on Michael Jackson. Most of it (actually, all of it, in my opinion) is pure nonsense. A lot of negative things have been said as well. We’ll never know how accurate many of those things are. Without a doubt, there is much we have not understood, and never will understand, about this eccentric (to put it mildly) man. That being the case, it is prudent to simply keep our mouths shut and refrain from speculating about what we don’t know. Otherwise, when or if the truth is discovered, open mouths may be the mark of fools. For example , this.

*I’m not at all against patriotism. I’m very much a patriot myself. But when the church gathers together, it does so as citizens of a kingdom not of this world.