God, Allah, The Elephant With the Arms, et al...

In a sociology class, we had to answer all these questions about how religion has changed in the United States. Growing up with it shoved down my throat, the only change I saw was that when I lived in bigger cities, people just didn't care as much. Sometimes it still takes me by surprise to see some Muslim women wearing hijeb (the headscarf) or the burqua (the full-body covering). I try not to stare, I really do, but I still can't look away. I respect them so much for having the balls to be so different in a country where we publicly denounce their religion.

Speaking of Muslim women, I saw this beautiful girl with her two children (although I wouldn't have guessed her being older than 19) as I was walking into Sam's Club. Living in a bigger city gives me all sorts of photo opportunities, it's just a matter of opening your eyes to the differences that surround you. But I couldn't help thinking, if she would have strolled into Super Dooper Wal-Mart where I’m from, time woulda just stopped, and you would hear little smacking sounds from all the mothers scolding their precious white children for looking at such heathens.

I went home for a weekend recently, and it just seems like everybody’s on the world wide web. I haven’t checked out the site yet, and I don’t know why, because I sure am curious what churches other than Landover Baptist put on their websites.