Bag of Randomness

  • I saw that the Grammys had an award for both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.  What’s the difference?
  • Not only did I hear Belinda Carlisle turn 50 the other day (men that grew up in the 80’s cry) but she will be on Dancing With the Stars.  More shocking, the former crushing New York Giants Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
  • I’ll never look at the new Pepsi logo the same ever again.  Link
  • I had a college English professor that refused to give me an A on any of my papers.  The highest grade she gave me was a B++.  She said it wasn’t good enough to be an A-, but too good for a B+, with her major issue being that I was “too folksy” in my writing.  I wonder if Mark Twain ever heard something like that from one of his instructors.
  • It’s tough to live in NYC on only $500K.  Article
  • I’m still surprised a phonebook is delivered to my door.  I can understand why some people may want them, but if there was a way to opt out of them, I would.
  • Former eBay CEO and high-profile surrogate for John McCain’s presidential bid plans on running for governor of California.  That should be an interesting race to watch.  The race for Texas governor should also be interesting if Kay Bailey Hutchinson decides to run.  Texas if a very Republican state, with a Republican governor that plans on staying in office.  If forced to choose, I would probably vote Hutchinson over Governor Good Hair.
  • The author of “The Shack” will be speaking at noon and 7 p.m. on Feb. 23 at Lake Highlands Church in Dallas for those of you that are interested.
  • Cynthia Izaguirre is a local news anchor that became popular on YouTube for a hilarious slip of the tongue when she worked in New Mexico.  Ever since she has been on the air in North Texas, I always do a double take when she says her name because she really rolls the r.  There’s nothing wrong with it, but I always wondered why she said her name one way, but on her commericals the voice-over guy says it without rolling the r’s.  Well, recently she posted a video stating that she will pronounce without rolling the r’s to make it easier on the public, but I feel like in this video she is talking down to us.  And you may notice that the video is on Macie Jepson’s old webpage, who was recently layed off.
  • For the librarian in your life, maybe she would like some Libarian Perfume.
  • Helen Thomas looked like she lost a lot of weight.
  • WifeGeeding was laying on the couch with a pillow at the end of her feed.  DogGeeding couldn’t jump on the couch because the pillow was in the way, so he used his mouth to pull it from the couch and then he jumped on.  It was the cutest thing.
  • I believe the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue comes out today.  I can’t recall ever buying one on my own other than it coming in the mail when I was a subscriber, but sometimes WifeGeeding will pick one up for me out of the blue.  I appreciate her self confidence and her trust knowing that she’s the true beauty in my life, and it’s nothing more than just a silly glammed-up magazine.  But I also know there are couples that are sensitive towards that sort of thing, and I certainly respect what they think is best for their relationship.
  • Regarding that issue, you just don’t know what you’re getting anymore.  Back in the day, those photos were pretty much legit . . . no Photoshop or cosmetic surgery on the models.  Today, not so much.  So I guess I have a greater appreciation for the models of yesteryear.
  • Amazing mummy photos from National Geographic.  Link The hands and feet are really interesting, and the last photo of the two-year-old will stick in your mind.
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I Feel Revived

I’m really eating up this whole Mainline church thing, and have never felt this refreshed, enlightened, accepted, and loved by God so much in my life.  I wish I would have found you sooner, oh Mainline church.  Seek and ye shall find, I guess.

One of my readers was nice enough to tell me about a United Methodist in Kansas, called Church of the Resurrection.  It has about 16,000 members, and silly me, but I thought only Baptist and Bible churches could be called a mega-church.  That reader also pointed out to me a series of sermons that might be to my liking.  I have to admit I didn’t give it much thought at first, mainly because I don’t have much time in my day to dedicate to listening to sermons or podcasts, but since I had a series of tasks today at work that enabled me to listen to them and there wasn’t much on the sports radio scene, I decided to give them a try – and I couldn’t be happier.

The sermon series the reader recommended is titled When Christians Get It Wrong, and below are the topics of each sermon in that series.

  • When Christians are Unchristian
  • When Bad Things Happen
  • When Talking About Other Religions
  • When in Conflict with Science or Married to Politics
  • In Dealing With Homosexuals
  • When Christians Get it Right

I think some of my Evangelical friends may shudder at some of the things said in these sermons, maybe not, but for me, I found the sermons refreshing, elightening, and contemplative.  It all just make me think of the concept of grace in a much more beautiful way.

I also decided to dig through the sermon archives and found another series to my liking, Windows on the Gospel: The Denominations of Christianity, with the following sermons as topics:

  • The Orthodox Churches
  • Catholicism: Ritual, Reverence & the Power of the Eucharist
  • Lutheranism: The Protestant Reformation
  • Presbyterianism: The Sovereignty of God
  • Episcopalianism: Lex Orandi: Lex Credendi
  • Baptists: Bible Study, Evangelism and Conversion
  • Pentecostalism: The Power of the Holy Spirit
  • Methodism: Grace, Holiness and the Via Media

Considering how much I’ve studied denominational differences as of late, this could possible be a godsend.  I plan on downloading a lot of these and saving them on the laptop and transerring them to my Treo so I can listen to them during any free time.  Here’s hoping a few of you will give them a try and find them just as meaningful.

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Church Booted Out of Elementary School for Flier

The Rev. Dave Nelson just wanted to talk about sex. And porn. And homosexuality.

But he won’t be doing it at Nash Elementary School.

The Great Lakes Church, a new church which has rented space at Nash for four weeks, lost its permit late last week after sending a colorful flier that proclaimed, “Thank God for Sex.”

The flip side listed Nash as the location for the service, and a series of topics scheduled over the next five weeks, including:

— Great Sex (Bedroom: From Battleground to Playground)

— Sexy and Single (Why God Doesn’t Care About Your Virginity)

— Sex Secrets (Porn, Homosexuality and Stuff Like That)

The Kenosha Unified School District called the flier obscene, disruptive and a violation of Policy 1330, which covers renting Unified space to private organizations.

Nelson said he was stunned at the outcome, and was just trying to attract non-church-going Christians to a new kind of service, while dealing with topical issues. The flier also advertised “loud music, a casual atmosphere, short services, and fun for kids.”

Read the full Kenosha News article here.

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