http://www.christiancourier.com/penpoints/googleGagOrder.htm

A balanced, serious site has Biblical teaching on homosexuality. They have advertised on Google for some time and submitted an ad on human cloning. Their ad was refused and their account closed. Google won't let you criticize homosexuality.

The times they have changed.

Who hasn't made the rounds of free email accounts? Me, too. Yahoo, Hotmail, Netscape. Big guys, little guys, specialized domains, the works.

No more migrating, no more address changing. I found my email home.

If you're looking for a lightning-fast, options-loaded, human-supported (!), absolutely-no-cost email account, you'd better check this out.

http://www.nandotimes.com/opinions/story/689639p-5122347c.html

Terry Mattingly describes the poll taken by the Religious Newswriters Association on the top 10 religious news stories in the USA in 2002. No big surprises, except perhaps in the ranking. (A quick registration required to access articles of The Nando Times.)

http://www.cnsnews.com/Commentary.asp

Alan Caruba takes pot shots at media scare tactics and groups screaming it's the end of the world.

One nice way to end the year: aside from a handful of poems published in several magazines, today I had a photo published on a family-friendly site.

You can see the photo here, during this week.

http://www.arborwood.com/Photo_Week/thisweek.cgi

After this week, it goes to the photo archive.

On this site, we have The Encouragement Forum. Why not pop in and say hello there as well.

http://arborwood.com/forums/encouragement

Have a great Christmas with friends and family, and let us thank the Father of all lights for the gift of his Son.