Today in class we discussed the Psalms. I thought I would share my three favorite Psalms. Yes, I know---a totally original thing to do. Watch now as the creativity flourishes....what's your favorite psalm?The first favorite is the first written. In my early faith days it was important to me to learn about everything I had been missing out on. The day and night thing I tried to work on. I found out that doesn't always mean reading.This...
I can relate to most of the list. Funny.You know you're living in 2009 when:1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 4.4. You email the person who works at the desk next to you.5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have email addresses.6. You pull up in your own driveway and...
Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives.Among them were:* His obnoxious brother...............................Please Gogh* His dizzy aunt.....................................Verti Gogh* The brother who ate prunes..........................Gotta Gogh* The brother who worked at a convenience store.......Stop’n Gogh* The grandfather from Yugoslavia.....................U Gogh* The brother who bleached his clothes white..........Hue Gogh* The cousin from Illinois............................Chica...
The Southwest Texas Annual Conference has recently redesigned its website. Whew! I was never a fan of the constant flashing of images at the bottom of the screen. Their site again is umcswtx.org.Stay blessed...j...
Every so often I check Oak Haven’s site statistics. I have been interested (when I have had the chance!) in who has been visiting and what they have been doing. For these statistics Statcounter has been my choice for the past two years, but I recently (months ago) employed GoogleAnalytics; some of the drawbacks I found in Statcounter are made up with google’s tracking.It was a sunny day when I was looking at how visitors got to the church site. For the...
This is a ten minute video. It is a great take on some of the things I have wanted so desperately for churches to realize about their relationship to young people. Those of you who may have had to endure that spill a few times will know how this really jerks me. The video is good though; I think it would be something good to offer volunteers and others who work with youth. A few pastors might even benefit from it. Stay blessed...johnIgnatius...
I purposely try not to do this too much. Let’s face it there are some things that are too good (really, that are just too universal) to pass up. Gloria usually comes out on the “winning” side if/when I do let one of these slip—sure I’m a lot of things, but outright dumb is not one of them. So, you pastors out there: how much do you let home stuff creep into sermons and lessons?+thewildern...
Wow! It all makes sense now. No need to finish the last two years of seminary now...
Here's a post appropriate for our Lenten season. It talks about giving stuff up for Lent. Actually, it is about giving up giving up something for Lent. Make sense? My only issue is with the #2 Chocolate Ain't a Cross theory. Read it here and enjoy. Stay blessed...j...
It's the Jesus Lamp! I'm wondering if these can be adjusted. Something to go right behind the pulpit would work a little more for me. But I would still be certainly willing to use it for studying. This could be for the saint who is having the bad day. You can still keep up your image for all to see!+Interior Design1 Peter 1:15-16But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all youdo; 16for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." As I was writing...
So this isn't the faithful dedication of one's day to God that I have in mind when I hear this prayer. But it's pretty funny. "See you in the morning...maybe...I don't know." Hilarious.+Crazy Christian Cl...
I wonder if my church members think they need something like this for some of our sermons? It looks like it could be a great tool. But how will I learn how to loose 106 lbs in two days or pay off my debt on someone else's credit if we get rid of all the junk around what we're reading on a website?+swissm...
From an email: Little Tony was 7 years old and was staying with his grandmother for a few days.He'd been playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked her:'Grandma, what's that called when two people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?' She was a little taken aback, but she decided to tell him the truth.'It's called sex, darling.'Little Tony said, 'Oh, OK,' and went back outside to play with the other...
This guy was big when we were in school. Things haven't changed too much. I'm happy for him and and excited that Galveston is getting this. Let's think: are these the biggest sports names that the island has had at one time? I think so. This will be a great event!Gloria and I have been wanting to get there so bad to help do something. I will say that volunteers and agencies like UMCOR (I'm not sure which others...
We’ve participated in the Flat Stanley adventures. Last year Ashlei’s class was given the project. Stanley traveled to McAllen to visit our family down there. I don’t think his time in the Valley was anywhere near the excitement he found in New York:“Hello Gina, It's taken me a long time to write … I went to New York! Here are a couple photos when I visited Times Square. It's full of lights and big billboards. Then I saw the Empire State Building. Amazing!...
Movie bloopers are fun to watch. Initially, if you waited for the credits to run after the movie you would be able to watch the gag reels. Suddenly, bloopers and outtakes are common features to any movie on DVD. There’s something human about watching our favorite actors stumble through lines and scenes. The final productions play out so perfectly that sometimes we forget it took months, sometimes years to get through all the blunders, mishaps and other...
