Archive for October, 2009

Kingdom of God Ethic #2

     I asked the question the other night in class: why is it so tempting to always hit back when someone does something to us first?  (I jokingly said I never struggle with this so I wanted to know from them)
     Something has happened to us where we have given ourselves the excuse to not [...]

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A Kingdom Ethic #1

     Jesus is known for making this proclamation but it was God’s plan always!  The more I follow Jesus and watch him as he moves among the poor, the sick, the downcast, the outcast and listen to him teach the religious, the righteous and the like the more I recognize the validity of his statement: [...]

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When do you get penalized for piling on?

     As I watch the Monday Nighter (I used to be a big Redskins fan over 25 years ago–now I am solidly a Broncos fan followed by the Bears) I notice how the penalty for piling on is rarely called.  I have to imagine that it would be a pretty brutal gang-up for one penalty [...]

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And You Say You Have a Bad Taste in Your Mouth….

     I was listening to the radio the other day and I came across the curious case of James Wannerton–what piqued my interest was the fact that this guy says every word has a distinct taste that goes along with it.
    There are some girls he could never date.  For instance the name Helen brings with [...]

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I’ve Been Invited to a Knife-Throwing Contest and I’m the Target!

     Who would you take with you into battle?  That’s a good question to consider–in my short time when I have been in a ‘responsible position’ I can think of a few that I have asked to be present or be by my side at times when I think I could find myself vulnerable to [...]

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Appreciating Something Different

     Last night Sara and I had our first date for a while and it was a night out with her mom, and uncle & Aunt and two of their friends.  (Do I know how to treat her or what?)
     Let me ask you a question: why is it so difficult to appreciate something not [...]

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Carrying Your Team

On the Biggest Loser tonight–the contestants were divided into two teams.  What made it difficult is that some teammates (they used to be in pairs) were split up.  Now, one of the contestants won the right to choose the teams and she made it clearly lopsided for her benefit.
They had a competition where each team [...]

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Thankful in Canada

     It is that time where everyone in Canada (well almost everyone) gets a day off because of some holiday called ‘Thanksgiving’.
     I am worried that being a thankful person is becoming a lost art!  So many live in the mindset of ‘needing to get everything they want when they want it’ that it takes [...]

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People in Pain

     The other night was a night of rocking with Miley Cyrus.  Sara and I took the girls and enjoyed her concert trememndously.
     There were two songs in particular that stand out for us (well, actually 15) but one is her most famous one: the Climb and the other is a newer one that will [...]

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What Humans are Capable of!

I wonder if Mr.& Mrs. Woodland & Silver ever thought their sons would impact the world the way they did?  You see today is a special anniversary for the retailers of the world–57 years ago, inventors Joseph Woodland & Bernard Silver received the first ever patnet for the bar code: a method of automatic identification and [...]

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