Furthest Thoughts

Da Pres

2011-10-09T14:33:00.000-04:00

The Presidents Song Washington came first and he was perfect. John Adams kept us out of war with France. Jefferson made Louisiana Purchase. In 1812 James Madison kicked the British in the pants. James Monroe told Europe they could suck it. John Quincy Adams looked just like his dad. Andrew Jackson got rid of all the Indians. Van Buren served one term, but he wasn't bad. William Henry Harrison

Breathe In

2011-09-24T01:42:00.001-04:00

There was a time when you went outside to get “a breath of fresh air.” Yet, the city of Richmond has earned a reputation that makes that act an impossibility. In a recent story broadcast by Charles Fishburne we got a taste of an Environment Virginia study that called the air quality of the city into question. Ms. Corrie (of Environment Virginia) stated that Richmond is the 17th smoggiest

Moron Means Selfish

2011-08-27T18:34:00.000-04:00

Here's the thing about stupid people and natural disasters. When people lives in hurricane infested Kansas, it used to be they built a storm cellar underground. Now they live in mobile homes. When those get utterly destroyed and people die, we can't talk about it. Cause people died. And we have to throw a sadness party. When people choose to live on the coasts and participate in a broken system

Doing Your Chores

2011-03-28T16:27:00.000-04:00

I read something in an AFP article that I found startling. The Us give 3 billion dollars to the Israeli government every year. That's not counting the 250 million that President Obama just approved. Now, granted we perceive that Israel is a calming state in the otherwise -- which is debatable. I am no time traveler, I can't tell you what the middle east would look like now, but we do know the

Dealing with Dragons

2011-03-08T22:36:00.004-05:00

Mullin Forum Notes, Greensboro NC Dr. Brain K. Blount, Union Presbyterian Seminary One of the biggest themes in the talk was that of making a stand. Dr. Blount takes a non-literal view of Revelation and does a great job in using that message to apply to our struggles today with "dragons." Part of his point was that John of Patmos wanted the readers to know that accommodating the Dragon, or

Review This:: The Other Guys

2011-03-07T12:14:00.005-05:00

The Other Guys Rated PG-13 Directed By Adam McKay 2.5 Stars This seems like one of those movies that was so close to working but then just... didn't. (Read "The Spy Next Door") I feel like that is how a lot of McKay's films are, who had suck blazing success with Anchor Man and such limited return on a movie like Step Brothers. At this point Will Ferrel has already proven himself with flicks

look

2011-03-06T22:41:00.000-05:00

the hardest thing

2011-02-22T12:30:00.001-05:00

By Francis Robert open caskets are for suckers. i have attended a lot of funerals in my line of work. a lot. A ton of them have been open casket. I find it horrifying. I know a lot of people find it gives them a sense of closure or whatever, but to me, I just see a lot of meat sitting in a box. I have seen people I know, not intimately, not family, but people I knew. And it does not help. It

Old Article, Still Relevant...

2011-02-09T16:10:00.000-05:00

Divestment call 'bold and beautiful' Christopher M. Tweel, Greensboro, N.C., Reprinted from "The Layman" on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 The call to divest from multinational corporations with ties to Israel was one of the boldest and most beautiful moves the church in general has made for a long time. The action only strengthens my feelings that the Presbyterian denomination is one that is filled

Book Nooks:: Cresent

2011-01-08T21:48:00.003-05:00

Cresent by Diana Abu-Jaber(c) 2003 W. W. Norton and Co, Inc 4.5 Stars This is something of a divergence for me. I don't usually read love stories, and I don't usually read things set in the present day (another flight of fancy was "The Bronze Horseman" another excellent read). This book caught my eye. Mostly because I was at my uncle's house and had nothing to read and found this on a table.

In Corpus Domini

2010-12-27T16:38:00.004-05:00

Was watching something the other day that said in the wake of the 14th Amendment the corporation through a process of 288 court cases established itself as a "person." Meaning that the rights of a person were transferable to this Corporation.So that is weird. But I was thinking that if each corporation is a person, then, if a corporation is owned by largely Christian members, that Corporation

What do you Really Want...

2010-12-23T16:19:00.001-05:00

During worship while we were praying we did something so powerful that it actually made me stopped praying in order to really focus on what we were saying. The prayer said that we were asking Christ to change our world and our lives. It struck me that we pray this sometimes without fully being prepared for what the answer to that prayer might entail. A few months ago there was a speaker in

Solving our Differences

2010-12-02T10:15:00.001-05:00

William UryTEDx Midwest Talk October 2010Solutions to peace: actions as a surrounding community to any conflictLiving with Saan Bushmen One person hides the poison arrows The community comes together and talks for days until there is resolution or reconciliation Or people are placed with family in order to cool offThe Third Side : the surrounding community (Them v. Us + Community) Remind the

Space Grace

2010-11-10T21:50:00.002-05:00

What is it that captivates the mind of our nation these days? Is it possible that something aside from sports or the latest “Hoarders” episode could draw the national attention to a single focal point in this age of over stimulated instantly accessible viral videos? The unification of our country was once more than just a collective vote on the latest “American Idol.” There was a time when almost

not by me

2010-11-09T13:44:00.001-05:00

The creaking boardsBeneath my shoes talk backAs I dance upon them.They shout they are in painFrom years of lying hinged against nails and begFor mercy as I twirl and spinYou join in with my step and catch my hands and clasp my waistSpin. Stomp, slap, hug,ReleaseThe circus of movement againstThe old boards provides harmonizingNotes of heels stomping and the boardsReceiving the blowsAlthoughThey

Got REAL Milk?

2010-11-07T22:32:00.002-05:00

Milk still does a body good. Though, like any food, there is such a thing as good milk and bad milk. Sadly, for some reason, consumers have taken this miracle drink for granted and allowed industry to take control of it.I think it’s interesting that Katie Scarvey’s recent article failed utterly to ask one simple question: Why are our children and babies having these allergic reactions to milk?The

verb-ose

2010-07-14T22:10:00.002-04:00

You are the “she” And the “her” and the “you.” My grammatical insanity pleads for your ownership Of all its pronouns. and now "I" can't exist without the "they" "we" became when the "us" that we are overcame the "me" that was there The “it”, is, well, easy; As are “his” and “him” “those” are the arms meaning ownership meaning plural, meaning mine entwined “that” is "my" wonder meaning

his name is Robert Hodgell...

2010-03-16T15:38:00.001-04:00

Amazing work. I love it. I saw it at a methodist church in Clover, SC. I can't eem to find hem on the netin an easy way. How spoiled we are! Ha.

The Sequel

2010-03-10T20:56:00.003-05:00

Davidson Forum on Reformed Theology

2010-03-02T14:42:00.001-05:00

Dr. Otatti, Matthew’s Lord’s Prayer to “ ..father who is in secret…” understood to be an instruction as well as an actual prayer Luke, Ch. 2-4 After “teachings” in other areas Prayer then is also a teaching on how to pray Heidelberg Catechism (2nd Gen) Lords Prayer Important because Part of our

I try to have a little cheese every day

2010-01-07T23:31:00.003-05:00

From Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, quite possibly one of the best shows created in recent years...

...its better that way

2010-01-06T13:24:00.004-05:00

"Roll your leg over, Roll your leg overRoll your leg over it's better that way..."As one of five men in your trailer we knew you were ready for usCause we saw the wide smile--beneath your abused clitoris.If all the young lasses were as lusty as youThen all men alive would need not one cock but two.A bride for Frankenstein's monster is how you got your startBut, you being so ample they couldn't

Rumi-nation

2009-12-07T09:40:00.001-05:00

Your way begins on the other side.Become the sky.Take an ax to the prison wall.Escape.Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.Do it now. …Die, and be quiet….Your old life was a frantic runningfrom silence.The speechless mooncomes out now.

Vetern's Day...

2009-11-11T10:00:00.000-05:00

by Siegfried SassoonI knew a simple soldier boyWho grinned at life in empty joy,Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,And whistled early with the lark.In winter trenches, cowed and glum,With crumps and lice and lack of rum,He put a bullet through his brain.No one spoke of him again.You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyeWho cheer when soldier lads march by,Sneak home and pray you'll never

towriteagain

2009-11-02T11:02:00.002-05:00

i fathom despairing feathersthat lace along the waters edgekeeping time with the deep color of the currenta rush of air then lifts them higheryour blessingsmy easy goodbye--what is the word . . .?I needanother word for goodby that means"oh-how-i-hate-to-see-you-leave-and-feel-the-cool-distance"a word that meansi love you so muhour parting makes me come justa little apart, when i too, turn to

up in an airplane

2009-09-15T11:52:00.004-04:00

flying in an airplane actually forces you to draw closer to god weather you want to or not. In some way you expect part of it, that is depending on how morbid you might be in expecting your untimely demise. But there is something about the gripping fear that takes a small moment of faith and expands upon it. It had the potential to make something wonderful. We're all so... terible really. We need

Abandon Everything

2009-09-10T11:41:00.001-04:00

Matthew 19:13-15 13Some people brought their children to Jesus, so that he could place his hands on them and pray for them. His disciples told the people to stop bothering him.14But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and don't try to stop them! People who are like these children belong to God's kingdom." [b] 15After Jesus had placed his hands on the children, he left. Deuteronomy 11:13-

The German

2009-08-31T22:23:00.002-04:00

4 oz Chocolate Ice Cream2 oz cream2-4 shots of KhalouahTop with whip creamdrizzle with dark chocolate

PanGalactic Gargle Blaster

2009-08-03T10:19:00.002-04:00

1 oz vodka (that Ol' Janx Spirit)1 oz Clamato (oh, those Santraginus fish)1 oz ice cold gin (Arcturan Mega-gin)4 oz Zipang Sparking Sake (Fallian marsh gas)1 oz Creme de Menthe (Qalactin Hypermint extract)1 Jalepeno (tooth of an Algolian Suntiger)Sprinkle with lemon zest (Zamphuor)add an oliveWARNING: Drinking Pan Galctic Gargle Blasters may cause serious damage to the rods and cones in the human

Saggitarian Spritzer

2009-08-03T09:14:00.002-04:00

5 oz. Prichard's Rum2 oz. soda waterHandfull of Rasberry (puree or muddled)Dip the rim of the serving glass in sugar and then fill with crushed ice. Fill carefully with spritzer. Lance rasberry with toothpick and serve.

fractured raptured

2009-07-27T12:23:00.003-04:00

fatally raptured rhymingcanticle of deathwhat started out as song now drive some bitter sweet and melencholy harmonyall my wonderings, pointeless wanderings,make me wonder if I have gone tone deaf stone deaf after alli have intrestin remaking myself into myselfbut get lost in the endless and pointless excersiseeverything is decaying versus the wonder of the fight being worth itlonger and longer

You May Fear Us...

2009-07-27T12:01:00.003-04:00

Because we stick to darkness....

un even

2009-07-27T11:00:00.002-04:00

trying without sucess not to talk to myselfi'm looking into a storm and seeing instead the land of promiseun even lanes aheadsearching my recent past in a move of desparationtrying to build it upblow it upsmash it back down to peicesso inspired it all ends up on what scraps i can muster quicklyslowly realizing i don't even need my sunglassesas two points of a line race divided against a continent

Choices Choices Choices

2009-07-10T22:35:00.005-04:00

We live in a dualistic world. We can have two kinds of wisdom. Earthy and spiritual. What we sow we reap. Sow in peace, reap righteousness, "right ness" with God, OR we can choose to sow discord and reap unrighteousness. We have a choice. Some people might say its not fair to have the burden of it on us, but it is. It might seem daunting, or hard, but that is our responsibility to perform. And

I already framed it once...

2009-07-09T11:56:00.001-04:00

Really?Is this the product of Public schooling?

Wall Nuts

2009-07-09T11:54:00.003-04:00

There is something about the approval of our fathers we all crave. What ever enzym deeply rooted in our heritage takes root in us at the earliest of ages. In sad ways some people seek the approval that will never come, or for the wrong reasons, but I cannot explain why I still feel great about myself when my dad says, "well done."We are our father's children after all.

the high minded social network discussions

2009-07-06T14:30:00.002-04:00

RemoveCT wonders how it is that rats know when it is time to leave the sinking ship?2 hours ago · Comment · Like BRC at 12:45pm July 6Hanging out down in the bilge, they get an early warning when the water starts to rise. Which applies to rats both literal and figurative. CT at 12:56pm July 6but if the ship is sinking can we really make the rats out to be bad guys? And if they aren't bad

Half way done begun

2009-06-24T13:39:00.003-04:00

Driving in my car I listen to tapes. Of music, essays, comedic farces, but so many of them are halfway through. Tape decks in cars are notoriously slow. You know? Like there is some government mandate that says this must be so. The economic collapse will continue and the terrorists win if the tapes in cars rewound at a reasonable speed. But because of this slowness, I don’t rewind. I just

Drop leafs and return envelopes

2009-06-24T13:39:00.001-04:00

In some country, that may as well have existed on the moon, the government –of the moon people—blanket the cities with leaflets. This really happened. In Russia I think. I envision an old WWII bomber filled with staunch faced goons throwing armfuls of pink and white paper out of the belly of the flying beast. Farmers below looking up athe fluttering mess, this floating whispering montage of

Offensive Usage of Wiper Blades

2009-06-24T13:38:00.002-04:00

Some people just cant stand to have their wiper blades on. I, really, hardly notice. Sometimes in life that is how it is. We see tings close to us, like wiper blades, and depending on our moods they can bother us or not. Sometimes we see the wiper blades, sometimes we are able to see past them. Peering at the road. Then sometimes we see the water sloshing. The rubber squeaking. And all of it

This Old Poor

2009-06-24T13:38:00.001-04:00

Poor house. I watched family after family move in a nd out. Like creatures living in an old oak. Like grubs really. Like parasites in some fashion they burrow in bring with them all manner of relatives, of things, clothes, toys. Then they leave. Poor house is left with just a little more old. Until you finally look like a man wearing down on his last legs. You sign more. You creak more. Each pop

Why Did the wise men come?

2009-01-05T13:08:00.002-05:00

What caused priestly Zoroastrianists to come to worship Christ? Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar, Hor, Karsudan, Basanater, Kagpha,Badadakharida, Badadilma -- What ever names you want to give them -- why would forigen non-believers come to see one who was supposed to be Jewish Messiah? Would Mary and Joseph let them in to see 2 year old Jesus if they knew that they weren't seeking the Messiah but

3P1C Fail

2009-01-05T13:05:00.002-05:00

If the Jews had been sucessful in their adherance to the Will of God, would Jesus have still been required to die, or would he be allowed to continue to teach as the Son of God? Was the occupation the of Romans the failure that triggered the comming of the Messiah? Do we have control over the prophetic triggers that God has placed on us?

Siegfried Sassoon

2008-11-25T15:25:00.001-05:00

Siegfried Sassoon. 1886–1960 Aftermath HAVE you forgotten yet?... For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked a while at the crossing of city ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Like clouds in the lit heavens of life; and you're a man reprieved to go,

poetry night

2008-09-09T09:35:00.000-04:00

it's the tie that binds.waters dare not quench, but i forget the rest.no gift can reunify, reignite, nor rebuild.Fear tells me all the what ifs are true.gestures mock, words decay, intentions slide back beneath the surface.they are dim mirrors of what was real.the leaves are here.i see the leaves and i hear them and they are with me.You are the leaves, but you seem distant high above me, speaking

Living in the Sand

2008-07-31T13:00:00.003-04:00

Deuteronomy 11:18-21 Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, so that your days and the days of your children may be

Middle East Pop Quiz

2008-07-17T14:03:00.001-04:00

by Charley Reese It's time for another pop quiz on America's favorite region of the world – the Middle East. Let's get started with the subject of nuclear weapons. Which country in the Middle East actually possesses nuclear weapons? Israel.

To give or not to give

2008-07-17T13:39:00.002-04:00

Random thought for the day...Acts 20:35"In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "Interesting line, that is only from Paul quoting Christ. It's not even in the Gospel of Thomas as far as I could read...If we are Blessed by God though, we are blessed with

Father Bother

2008-07-15T17:51:00.000-04:00

I used to baby sit in High school. Statistically there aren’t that many guys who do that, but I had a pretty special case with a few of the kids in my church. There was one family of three girls who were so very near and dear to my heart. The youngest I actually saw being born through her mother sharing the video with out youth group. Babysitting in so many ways taught the lessons of fatherhood

Snaps PLease

2008-06-12T09:58:00.001-04:00

My ferocious.At do withdrew, numerous.Is frequently plural? To former in cheap solemn.Be it fulfill hemisphere intrusive.That hereditary? For the audition bags.So this is some junkmail I got the other day... It is, I assume, some word generator they have created to try and bypass the filters. But... it comes out sounding like beatnik poetry in some small way...."My Feriocious." I like

Perf-ect

2008-04-21T12:15:00.003-04:00

Tiny perf you’re short for something Words that get chopped consider where goes the rest A tiny graveyard made just for them The character we invent to be the task master of this imagined penal colony… fax inforesDo you keen for your ending mates? The other parts the completeness you never knew you missed?

What Happens over Jazz

2008-04-21T12:10:00.005-04:00

Words fly and are the measure of manTake stock of your syntax, your sinful desireSee what you areWhat you wereRealizing that the past was a sum total of an equation you forgotSitting, languishing in a book bag never cleansed.Intrepid reason collides with plebeian emotionTrying to out do each other, the dare comes outThe double dog, the triple, can you handle that?Graded heads bowing and bobbing

Burned on a Saturday Night

2008-04-21T12:10:00.001-04:00

Hot milk – steamed bliss Running out of that marvel machine – hiss… Comes from a cow, but don’t tell me how You make it sound only like so much… well From boy to grown man, is there anything better? The smoothness of cream, the sweetness of butter A love affair that began at state fairs 4H you are the one true god Melatonin, melatone-down my life It’s a mad mad mad mad cow disease

Our Welsh flowers Bloom Anew

2008-01-28T14:49:00.000-05:00

What happens in the intermittent? The space between the spaces we thought we could control? Flesh flies and feelings turn and double and triple Back around to a place they started that’s not the same point as before. Some masochistic equation that needs yards of board and chalk to even attempt to resolve. Solve for x Solve for me. Hours and hours a day turn to wisps of memory and

Well.... Hell.

2008-01-04T11:53:00.000-05:00

Hey guess what? The creator of the universe? Yeah, he doesn't need to to start a Facebook group about how scientists in Siberia drilled a hole to Hell and then tell everyone that if they don't want to be tortured they had better sign up for teh Christian bandwagon.http://www.snopes.com/religion/wellhell.aspFour seconds of research tells you it isn't true, and then what does it do? It makes

In a one horse open Slay

2007-12-05T16:00:00.000-05:00

In this time of Christmas we are reminded as Christians of the place of Christ's birth, that little town in Bethlehem. It still exists in apartheid ruled Palestine. A zionist, not a jewish, government holds the land in a stranglehold even after 50 years of conflict.For the past half century the people of the people who live in that place that was once the site of the Holiest night have not known

Grindyerball and Dumblewhore

2007-10-25T19:47:00.000-04:00

or, I could make a subtitle: J.K. Rowling is raving jackass. Seriously folks. Gay Dumbledore? First of all, your seven book is done lady--could you be any more desperate for attention at this point? And second. No. You don't get to go back and add things to characters after the novels have all been released. You want to change the orientation of someone? Then do it in a book.

Choosing Well

2007-10-13T22:27:00.000-04:00

Luke 17:11-192Timothy 2:8-15This past week I was watching TV, and came across a show on the Home and Garden channel called Deserving Design. If you haven’t ever heard about it, the show’s host, Vern Yip, takes a deserving family and re-designs two rooms for them. One room they help plan to a certain point and the other is a total surprise for them. The episode I caught focused on a husband and

Who Needs Math? No You're Never gonna Get it...

2007-09-09T01:23:00.000-04:00

Philemon 1-21Luke 14:25-33One of my degrees in undergraduate studies is in Sociology. Being a Bachelor’s Degree we never got very far into specific fields, and so took a lot of different classes as far as the different schools of Sociology went. I did take the extra electives in Criminology however. It cost me a little extra time but it was worth it really. I was absolutely fascinated by it.

Flight of the freakin Awesome...

2007-08-28T09:08:00.000-04:00

I never liked their stand-up that much, but the HBO show is really great... some favorite lyrics...Foux Da Fa Fa J: Je voudrais une croissant J: Je suis enchante J: Ou est le bibliotheque? J: Voila mon passport J: Ah, Gerard Depardieu B + J:Un baguette, ah ha ha, oh oh

Hot Lips

2007-08-26T09:12:00.001-04:00

Jeremiah 1:4-10Luke 12:10-17 Jeremiah had a rough time of it. He begins his ministry at the ripe old age of thirteen. As a cause of that there are a lot of youth pastors out there who use the calling of Jeremiah as a jumping off point to inspire young people to take the call of the Lord seriously, and to not take lightly the ministries that they can undertake as young people. And that is a

Illustration Friday -- Captain

2007-08-23T15:15:00.000-04:00

avast ye! Ha. We all secretly want to be pirates...Illustration Friday

The Earth Will Kick Your Ass

2007-07-13T10:32:00.000-04:00

People seem to think that the planet is like this big puppy that we all have on this really short leash. Because we are I dunno, superior, or God-empowered to "subdue" it or whatever. And I don't mean to get on an "inconvenient" soap-box here, but that kind of thinking is really not right.Think of the planet like a huge slumbering dragon, who is tolerating all our bad behavior, but only for so

Easy Rider

2007-07-09T00:00:00.000-04:00

Luke 10Galatians 6 One of my good friends had a great grandfather in his family who was a circuit rider. His father still keeps his original saddlebags in excellent condition on display in the living room. His father ended up being a Methodist minister as well oddly enough, so the bags were of special significance. A circuit rider was the original

America!

2007-07-03T12:40:00.000-04:00

It seems like in the past few years there have been a lot of, well, let’s say disgruntled people, in our country. There has been the staunch divisions seen and revisited a hundred times. The feelings of unity that the country might have shared at one time seems shattered, and now as the National Holiday approaches I hear whisperings that we don’t have much to celebrate this year. In places

My Little Butter Cup

2007-06-06T15:03:00.001-04:00

My little buttercup has the sweetest smile Dear little buttercup, wont you stay a while? Come with me where moonbeams paint the sky, And you and I might linger, in the sweet by and by Oh Dear little buttercup, with your eyes so blue Ah little buttercup, you’re a dream come true! You and will settle down in a cottage built for two Oh Dear little buttercup I love you My little

Boondoks MLK Speech of 2006

2007-06-06T14:52:00.000-04:00

..he did what every great leader does when he sees his people are in need. He told them the truth. “Will you ignorant niggas please shut the hell up! "Is this it? Is this what I got all those ass-whoopin's for? I had a dream once. It was a dream that all the little black boys and little black girls would drink from the river of prosperity, freed from the thirst of oppression. But low and

Illustration Friday -- Your Paradise

2007-06-06T11:56:00.001-04:00

Illustration Friday

Mighty Casey

2007-06-02T23:49:00.000-04:00

Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 My father had a habit of making my brother and I memorize poetry. Well, I say that he made us, but after a while we were happy to it, a kind of game between my brother and I—who could remember more of what poems. My dad was a huge Longfellow fan, and both us kids too a shine to it as well, really enjoying sometimes to afternoons in recitation of Paul Revere’s Ride,

BFF

2007-06-01T08:42:00.000-04:00

Friendship is an odd thing. There are levels of course and there are degrees and all of that. True friends often are found at the end of grueling tests that come in one form or another. It's as if life is really against you having deep friendships and throws obstacles in your way. "Can you survive THIS?" Obstacles of time and distance sometimes make the difference. But then you have those friends

Nobody Know, Nobody Sees

2007-05-09T08:35:00.000-04:00

John 13:31-35Acts 11:1-8Revelation 21Lately I haven’t felt a whole lot like loving people. I don’t necessarily mean the people that we meet and greet and see everyday, I don’t really mean family, I mean, filled with that all reaching love for all our fellow people in the world. The kind of Love that Christ is talking about through this verse in John. Honestly, I’ve

Illustration Friday -- Neighbor

2007-05-07T12:03:00.000-04:00

I miss him. I miss that my kids probably won't ever have anything as good.Illustration Friday

Powerless

2007-04-17T14:10:00.000-04:00

Recently I've succumbed to the Powers of the almighty facebook. Just another facet in connectivity to all the spread out friends and family we all have these days.Though, in the wake of this VT massacre I had to stop and wonder if it was really such a great thing.What got me started was seeing a couple of Facebook Groups spring up today. "God be with V Tech", "Praying for VT", "VT Support" Etc,

The way it is...

2007-04-06T10:42:00.000-04:00

So this is the way Christ works....Yesterday there were these few people.... Let's call them biddies. Who were on my case for basically nothing. and i mean that seriously, I know that I can be a slacker sometimes and forget thigns and leave stuff around. But, I made a real effort the day before to have everything squared away. And you know how crappy that feels when you make the effrot to do

Illustration Friday -- Snap

2007-03-30T16:06:00.000-04:00

Illustration FridayPoor Oily-phants...

Peace and Kitchen Pie

2007-03-28T13:03:00.001-04:00

Where does ministry take place? What is the heart of teaching in the church setting? I’ll tell you. Eating in the kitchen. That’s right. I’ve had more faith building experiences with students raiding the kitchen at church (or where ever) than I have in any other program. Some how I could see Christ raiding the fridge with Peter. Passing a couple pieces of cold lamb and fish around after

Walking On our Hands

2007-03-28T13:01:00.000-04:00

I was talking to a colleague recently about the ‘health’ of a ministry being the most important thing for that ministry. By that I meant that the mentality in any ministry, most especially one for youth, has got to be one that emphasizes the individual relationship with Christ and their walk daily with that faith. The old model that we may be more familiar with is one the puts an emphasis on

Illustration Friday - I Spy

2007-03-27T10:37:00.000-04:00

Illustration FridayThose are nerves, not tentacles...

Secure this.

2007-03-23T11:40:00.000-04:00

I don't understand the idea of security I guess. we have walls and fences and all manner of devices to keep us secure. We have armies to defend that security. It seems a little pointless really. Think of it like this: the best place to hide something is out in the open. So, by that there should be no walls. Walls mean you are hiding something, which makes people want to get in more, which makes

Illustration Friday -- Hide

2007-03-02T15:24:00.000-05:00

It hails from an Indigo Girls song, they've been in the playlist lately...Illustration Friday

Not THAT kind of show...

2007-03-02T12:48:00.000-05:00

So this show is freaking Hilarious. That's right. With a capitol H. And you don't necisarily need to be a fan of Britcoms, which am, to get all the jokes.It's awesome, fast paced, much along the lines of "Arrested Development" without the narration. Also, the idea is that almost all of the camera shots are from one of the character's points of view. Not one single charater mind you, but all of

Illustration Friday -- Communication

2007-03-01T13:51:00.000-05:00

this is the Hebrew word for "become light, to shine." A friend of mine was thinking about it for a tattoo, and i sketched something quickly for her. And I just saw Bee Season... pretty cool...Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia, a Spanish Jew--1240 AD

Crystal Light

2007-02-27T15:32:00.000-05:00

Soo... there are these skulls aparently. The history of them is pretty cooky. They belive this one to be made around a thousand years ago, and after it's rough shaping it was further shapped by sand (and human hands) for like 300 years. Bizzare. The lower jaw even moves...You've got to wonder amout some of this stuff i guess. Mu, lemuria, Nazca stones, all that. I mean, ther could be somethign to

Beatitude Adjustment

2007-02-11T00:28:00.000-05:00

Jerimiah 11:5-10; Luke 6:17-26 In the summer of 2000 I had the opportunity to travel to the Middle East with my uncle, my brother, and cousin with a few people from my uncle’s church. The trip was great, I loved traveling with my brother and seeing the sites with him. We went to a few places in Egypt, also toured around Athens for a day, but most of the trip was centered on Israel and

No Butts!

2007-02-07T13:01:00.000-05:00

Jerimiah 1:4-10; 1Corinthians 13:1-13 Accountability. That was one of the first ideas I went over with our Confirmation class this past week. It’s a powerful word, and once you realize that, can alter your life. When I was younger I vividly remember being told about the age of “accountability.” I don’t remember the actual words my parents used, but I remember thinking a long time about

They set us up... the harmless flashing sign

2007-02-01T18:42:00.000-05:00

I laughed hard. I laughed so hard.I'm so sorry. If you live in Boston and you were shaken by this publicity stunt then you are a douche. And a retard. i don't know how many ways i can say it. People please. Is there any possible way you could see this little sign posted somewhere and think that it was a bomb? What kind of 70 year old grandmothers do they have running the government in Boston. I

Thousands of Words

2007-01-11T15:46:00.000-05:00

I ran across this picture the other day going through some old albums.Does anyone else see something inherently wrong with this? I mean aside from the fact that this basic kid is standing placidly alonside all of those automatic weapons--really, that par for the course is just about every army in the world. But look closely at the kid's head. He wearing a yarmeluke. A symbol of faith. Some that

Wii certainly DO have problems

2006-12-20T16:10:00.000-05:00

You have got to be kidding me.f you aren't on the up-and-up as far as the new consoles go, there has been some talk about the new Wii controlers. Which are called... well numchucks. which is a stupid stupid name, but what are you going to do. The whole idea behind these wireless wonders is that almost all the gamesfor the Wii are motion sensitive. There for if you are plaing tennis you really use

Worse and Worse--Bombing for No Reason!

2006-11-08T15:24:00.000-05:00

Gaza town stunned by shelling By Matthew Price

great new bands

2006-10-19T22:32:00.000-04:00

Artist:mewithoutYouAlbum:Brother, SisterSong:In A Sweater Poorly Knitin a sweater poorly knit and an unsuspecting smilelittle moses drifts downstream in the Nilea fumbling reply, an awkward rigid laughI'm carried helpless by my floating basket raftyour flavor in my mind swings back and forth betweensweet rhan any wine and bitter as mustard greenslight and dark as honeydew and pumpernickel

Land of Giants -- From BBC News

2006-10-11T12:05:00.000-04:00

Giant camel fossil found in Syria Leg bone from a giant camel (l) compared with a modern one Archaeologists have discovered the 100,000-year-old fossilised remains of

Illustration Friday -- Quiet

2006-10-05T09:18:00.000-04:00

Illustration Friday

Shunnnnnnnn the non-believers...

2006-09-26T13:57:00.000-04:00

Charlie the UnicornOh, when you’re down and looking for some cheering up Then just head right on up to the Candy Mountain Cave When you get inside you’ll find yourself a cheery land, Such a happy, and joy-filled, and perky, merry land. They’ve got lollipops and gummy drops and candy rings Oh so many things that will brighten up your day. It’s impossible to were a frown in Candy-town It

God Fruit

2006-09-23T22:06:00.000-04:00

People think teenagers know everything. Or rather, we think that they think they do. We wonder sometimes where the change is; from the childlike excitement to learn to the attitude that almost everything is old news. In reality, what is happening is that as teenagers we begin to create our own, singular, self-image. Now, nearly everyone would like to be perceived as intelligent in one way or

Illustration Friday -- Change

2006-09-19T17:31:00.000-04:00

The process is wonderuss...Illustration Friday

The Israel Lobby

2006-09-18T10:35:00.000-04:00

The Israel LobbyJohn Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt John Mearsheimer is the Wendell Harrison Professor of Political Science at Chicago, and the author of The Tragedy of Great Power Politics.Stephen Walt is the Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. His most recent book is Taming American Power: The Global Response to US Primacy.For

Lies Rick Mathes Told Me

2006-09-15T09:34:00.000-04:00

Waaaay back in 2003 this bung-muncher named above printed this article, that I will reprint in a second, but through scrutiny the whole thing ended up to be lies. Granted it was an editorial peice, but the problem arises when I am STILL getting his chode-node article through e-mail. Usually sent to me by "concerned citizens" who want me to fully understand the Arab threat.So, let's being. First,

Illustration Friday -- Farm

2006-09-08T19:25:00.000-04:00

The sortid truth behind all the mad cows...Illustration Friday

Illustration Friday -- Safe

2006-09-06T11:13:00.000-04:00

Illustration Friday

A Spinning Ford

2006-09-06T09:49:00.000-04:00

I heard on the news this morning that Ford has made a old Boeing crony it's Vice CEO. Basically they are putting this guy in charge of "streamlining" the company to make it more competitive, blah blah blah. What really killed me though is that the guys said he wasn't going to take the position, until he realized that Ford's "Unique problems presented a challenge that he couldn't pass up." I call