A Thursday Notebook

All the local news is about Steve Mcnair. As the facts come in, it is easy to become overloaded with questions and emotions.

Why. Why. Why? Why did she do it? Why did he get involved in the first place?

"The treating of worldly affairs is a great hindrance," says the Imitation of Christ. In others trivia dominates our lives. The news of the day compels us to speak up, in defense or just pure speculation. We have had our say, so to speak. But is not silence without comment a more useful component to our spiritual condition?

What are your reactions to our daily noises in our lives?