Tis the season for confessions again folks. This year, churches are set to be open all hours (a midnight madness, so-the-speak) to herd-in the sinners, free them of their sins and set them on their way for another round.

Did the big guy himself conduct such ceremonies/rituals or was it a later addition to…?

What was the purpose behind it? How has it changed over the years?

Isn’t it great to have a “get out of jail free card” or to know that regardless of the sinful act you can always wipe the slate clean simply by confessing?

For years, I have been unsuccessfully attempting to encourage people around me to share their fortune with the less fortunate. In fact my last attempt was only two days before the latest earthquake hit Haiti.

I would now like to thank the nearly 200,000 who gave their lives, their families, the survivors and the media, all of whom without there would never have been such an out-pouring of donations.

Perhaps the “creator” made the biggest donation with it’s decision to end those 200,000 miserable lives. The quake has also given the rest of us pause; forcing us to reflect on our busy lives here, albeit temporarily.

I also realize that nearly all of the money donated was guilt-money, however, in light of my very little success getting folks to give over the years, I will take it.

I also know that we will not see donations of this magnitude until the next disaster strikes. Here’s hoping it isn’t this year for many will not loosen-up their purse-strings twice in the same year.