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Invisible Rope Prank II - Watch more Funny Videos "Things wouldn't be so much fun if" comics how to make rainbow pancakes Here are 40 Seriously Funny Print Ads you might like. Get your kitchens ready with these 12 cool products. Are you in need of clear answers to common questions?  Visit the wisegeek. I check this website out every once in a while.  It's called Christian Nightmares.  Let me know what you think. A Plan for the Improvement...

Just a reminder: there's always somebody watching! Anyways...how about a nice way to show someone you love them? Speaking of love, this dancing typography is the best way to share it. Who's right?  Is it soda, pop or coke? How "urban" is your city?  Take a look here and see. How good would life be if women controlled the world? I'm halfway through the summer semester.  Any attempt like this to make class that much less enduring is appreciated. Stay...

For the most part, every other week I take time to unashamedly listen to my most recent sermons. Actually, I do this to evaluate the sermon and to share in the burdens of my congregation. That I can usually handle. But the first time I watched myself preach is something else! I had the opportunity to do just that—three times!—last semester for a preaching class. My initial thought was to bring out the ab-roller. Right after that I wondered when my dad’s...

Growing up, I never played basketball. It wasn’t because I didn’t like the game. In fact, I loved playing. In my mind, however, I was never good at it. Later I realized I might have been better than I thought. You want to know what my problem was? Surprisingly, at hard as I tried, I never made every shot. Ridiculous? Maybe, but my young eyes saw every professional shot go straight through the hoop. How could I ever play a game like that? Just the...

I don't know how we compiled this list, but here is our family's Netflix queue.  Any additions? I Hate Valentine's Day The Boys Are Back Facing Ali Carriers Lost City Raiders Good Hair More Than a Game Aliens in the Attic CJ7 Where the Wild Things Are Extraordinary Measures Invict...

Girl Power! There are many good things to appreciate about the Internet.  Just the same, there are annoying aspects, at least 50.  I know they mean well, but Christian Chirp?  Really?  When I saw the site the top group was "Making Money Online as a Christian".  Yep, apparently there were more Christians interested in money than "Prayer Requests." This is the coolest clock I have.  What does that say about my clock collection? Don't...

A few projects I'm working on. Would like to finish pressure washing the sidewalk at the church Scholarship Apps Constructing an email newsletter template to use at Oak Haven. Putting together a Pastor's Wish List for an upcoming edition of Under the Oak. A special UMW project how to get Oak Haven involved in Imagine No Malaria VBS preparation What am I missing?...

Which topic is most likely to make you lose your religion first? Pick a controversy, any controversy. Immigration? Health Care? Abortion? Homosexuality? Textbooks? Global Warming? World Hunger? You name it; it’s your religion. Okay, not all of us are willing to go Yosemite Sam on someone who disagrees with us over any of these topics, or any others I have left off. Heck, I can’t even grow a normal mustache, much less one like his. Passion is one thing,...

Tomorrow (June 8, 2010) Gloria and I are celebrating 14 years of marriage.  Happy Anniversary! What I am not, she is.  She doesn't compliment me.  She completes and teaches me to be what I am not. So, with love and kisses in the air, the Music Monday selection is a song my dad wrote for our wedding.  It is entitled "Following the Ways of the Lord....

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Do you care? It’s been scheduled for quite a while. We didn’t know everyone who would be there or what they outcome would be. We did know, though, it would happen and it’s happening right now. No, I’m not talking about the Stanley Cup playoffs. Who watches that (/grin)? United Methodists in many places are meeting for their Annual Conferences. Have you prayed for them? Have you prayed for their decisions? Stay blessed…j...