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I really wanted our church and youth group to do this, but it just never happened. At least now we know it would be okay. The NFL will allow church groups to show the Super Bowl on large-screen televisions, reversing a policy that drew criticism from elected officials. In a letter to U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league will no longer object to "live showings -- regardless of screen size -- of the Super Bowl" by religious organizations, The Washington Post reported. An earlier story in The Post about church groups canceling Super Bowl parties over fear of legal action by the NFL led to protest by some lawmakers and conservative leaders. At the center of the issue is an NFL policy which holds that organizations showing public viewings of its games on televisions larger than 55 inches violate the league's copyright. Sports bars are exempt from the policy, but last year, the NFL sent letters to two church groups, advising them of th...

Now, you know me (perhaps), and you know I'm not one to criticize others. But the latest Southwest Airlines episode will have to be an exception. I don't know the whole story; I don't believe I care to. But just on the surface, it would seem the rest of us don't realize the world revolves around people like the two young ladies who were supposedly banned for life from the airline. And! I don't like to call anyone names. So, I'll let you read this quote and you can. “I think they were just discriminating against [us] because we were young decent-looking girls," Williams told TampaBays10.com. " I mean, ( this is where I fall out of my office chair laughing ) nobody else on the plane looked like us except us . [The flight attendants] were like older ladies. We were younger. Who knows, they could have been just jealous of us because we were younger.” I'm done being critical--even though I think this is an example of what is wrong with our cultur...

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Boys II Men are my favorite, and Brian McKnight is a very good vocalist and musician. Here both of them are having a good time with a great song (one of my favorites). Does anyone have a copy of the original from Cooley High? I'm not sure our local video store (yes, just one) would have that movie so I could record it that way. Anyways, enjoy. Song Video Stay blessed...john

I've been arranging things for the 30 Hour Famine; it's coming this Friday! In that process I have had to go into our storage room. I thought I would show you what I did with some of the excess I found. Now, we'll have fun putting that all back Saturday evening. Stay blessed...john

Our church is looking to finish paying off the Fellowship Hall within the next year and a half or so. I wonder if there's anything like this lying around our campus we could get a couple of bucks for. Of course, my other thought is...I can't even hang stuff on my walls! Dwindling donations to the Living Word Christian Center in Brooklyn Park have prompted its high-profile pastor, Mac Hammond, to put his private business jet on the market. Church spokesman the Rev. Brian Sullivan says Living Word has also cut its hour long Sunday morning television broadcast to 30 minutes to save money. He says the church has fallen $40,000 to $70,000 short of its weekly budget in recent weeks. Sullivan says the church is adjusting its budget accordingly. The remainder of the article can be read here: Financial Woes Force Church To Sell Private Jet See, having the stuff is not the blessing (unless the next owner gets a really good deal :)). Being blessed beyond belief is more about this: Psa...

For those who look forward to seminars and Annual Conference...because you get to stay in hotels.

This website is worth What is your website worth? This is something that has come to mind over recent weeks. No, not the value of this blog. But the value of each our contributions to the Church. I'm thankful for all those people who have decided to contribute their energy, time, creativity, skills, insights, opinions (careful) and work. Even beyond that it takes a lot, I believe, for someone to be willing to just try something new. Someone tried a pre-school in our church. Look what happened there. Someone tried to use their computer skills to maintain a newsletter. Someone tried to get women from the community together for fellowship and study. Look at that result. Right now people are try ing to jump start the men in our church. Others are trying to organize others to see our church's future. Some are trying to figure out how to get more people involved in the life of the church. And still others are just doing what they believe God has called them to do. I love h...

We've launched our youth group's (Generation X) new website. It's called What Monkeys Can't Do . Of course, it's a place for our youth group members and friends can hook up and share stuff, but it's also a place where you (yes YOU, where YOU are) can send your youth members without having to worry about what they might see. It's also fun for me because it'll give me a chance to post more immature things than I would here. For example: And just to keep the good news coming....I have just heard the crow of our church rooster. It seems he has returned! I hadn't seen or heard from him in a while, but we can all rest at ease; he is okay. He just crowed three times; I hope that doesn't mean anything. Stay blessed...john (that's What Monkeys Can't Do )