I think it’s right on. It honestly makes you feel guilty about how a church operates in a lot of ways.
What do you think about this? Click “comments” down below and leave your thoughts. Tomorrow’s post will be “Lessons from Starbucks for the church.” Stay tuned.
I stumbled on this Francescan benediction the other day and God has really been using it to wreck me. Just thought I'd pass it along:
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy. And may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.
Thanks for all those who tried to guess my costume on here and on Facebook. However, no one was able to guess correctly. So without further ado, here is my costume for Fright Night 2008: As inspired by a Geico commercial, a grown up Cabbage Patch Kid!
I have to admit, it took a lot of effort and work by 4 or 5 people (with Will Wright and Robin Hunt doing a TON of work with me), but we actually finished it. The original plan was to make three Cabbage Patch Kids and Robin and Will would wear them as well. The problem was, we majorly underestimated the art of paper mache. It actually was really funny to see three dudes spending lots of time in the crafts department and trying to do paper mache.
One other funny thing to note. If we had made three, the plan was that one of the others would have been Asian and the other white. You know…we wanna be politically correct and all.
Tomorrow night is "Fright Night" at youth, and for the first time ever, I'm making my own costume. I will post pictures on Thursday, but here's a clue to what I'm making….here are the items I'm using to make it:
Large plastic ball….the kind that you shoot into huge bins at Wal-Mart when you're not supposed to.
Wow…I've been out of town way too much over the last few weeks, but I'm back! Just to catch you up on what's been going through my mind lately, I thought I'd share with you some links to things that have inspired, intrigued, or just simply made me laugh over the last few weeks.
These Leadership Quotes have really rocked my world. What's sad is most churches and organizations don't really have the…ehem…um…guts to do anything about it.
This Video is one of the funniest videos I've seen this year.
I think Steven Furtick hit the nail on the head with this post. It sucks to be my fault, but often it is.
Jesus is not only a friend of Sonseed (if you don't know who that is, watch this video , he apparently is also a friend of the David Crowder Band!
Check out how to make a homemade butt crack detector. I know some people that need to make one of these.
Absolutely loved this post about what people REALLY mean. If you don't follow Perry Noble's blog, you're really missing out.
What has been on your radar lately? Any interesting links?
I have to vent for a minute. I am sick and tired of this presidential election. It will be refreshing when this thing is finally over and I don't have to listen to all of the negative campaigns. However, it's disappointing to me that, out of all the people in our country, these two candidates are the best that we can come up with.
Last night, I realized that I have heard more about what these candidates are against, rather than what they stand for (kind of like some churches eh?). Think about it…every single debate a question would be asked of the candidates and they couldn't simply tell us what they were going to do. They honestly spent more time explaining what they don't like about the other one.
The main thing that I hear Obama say that he stands for is change. Mr. Obama, is that all you can come up with? Seriously, we all want things to change. No one wants a crappy economy. Nobody wants war. Thanks for stating the obvious. I really haven't seen major changes that you have been able to make in your past so good luck with your new endeavor.
Mr. McCain, I'm glad to know that you have experience, but people are fed up with what they've experienced from politicians. Besides, of course you have more experience. You went to college with George Washington. Who wants to vote for a president that looks like he could die at any moment?
In all seriousness, I have decided who I'm voting for. The sad thing is, I am voting for who I think is the lesser of two, extremely crappy choices. Just my two cents.
Sorry I haven't blogged in much over the past couple of weeks. I have been out of the country for a week and then had a week to try to get caught up so it's been crazy around here. I'm officially back in the routine now!
