OK, seriously!?

About a year or so ago, the president of Iran (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... or, let's just refer to him as 'Tim') was invited to speak in New York.  Amazingly, he accepted the invitation, and was subsequently skewered in public based on his human rights record.  Specifically, when challenged on his treatment of homosexuals, he simply offered this gem: "There are no homosexuals in Iran."  Following the uproarious laughter from the attendees (and the cancelation of San Francisco's bid to become Tehran's "sister city"), I found myself thinking, "he's really convinced himself of this!"

As ludicrous as that sounds, I recently met with a pastor who told me that, "we don't have any lost people in our church."  He wasn't referring to their exquisite skills with MapQuest. Rather, there was an assumption that all who had entered this "wide gate" were believers.  That would be nice except for that whole Matthew 7:14 thing...   No, there are lost people.  And there are lost people in our church.  I think the hardest thing to do is to give someone a drink who is convinced that they're already water-logged.

Here's to making folks thirsty.