Funny how it's all right to believe in anything (Sasquatch, Nessie, UFOs, astrology, global warming, Elvis still alive, Santa Claus, Bush-Rove chicanery and "conspiracies" responsible for every calamity that occurs, the tooth fairy) � except God � without threatening somebody else's beliefs.

Just before our adult Sunday School class was to begin one Sunday just before Christmas thirty-several years ago, somebody asked me whether our kids were excited about the forth-coming visit from Santa Claus. I answered that our kids hadn't been taught to believe in Santa Claus.

Then the class began, and for the next half hour, one lady glared daggers of obvious anger at me. On the way into the sanctuary for the worship service, she hissed at me as she passed �

"The Bible says that Jesus is coming again. I teach my kids that Santa Claus is Jesus coming again."

"Good enough" isn't.

Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.