memorial day...

Most of you may know that Lisa's brother spent two tours in Iraq with the Air Force. He's finished his service now, but I have never been the same or seen the war in Iraq the same way since I spoke to him after he returned. I cannot imagine living through some of the things he was exposed to over there. I take this day to remember those that have made the ultimate sacrifice in order to protect our freedom. The majority of those who serve are young men and women. My prayers go out to those still over there and elsewhere around the world. In this world of senseless violence that buys into the myth of redemptive violence, may we turn to follow Jesus' other way...

Check out Lisa's blogspot; she has a great memorial youtube video link for today...

http://lisaslittlebitofeverythin.blogspot.com/

Peace.

another article...

Since we were talking about Revolution by George Barna, I thought this was an interesting post to see how many different impressions people can get from reading the same book...


http://www.theooze.com/articles/article.cfm?id=1411

and now for something completely different...

When hair clippers attack...man, I'm never gonna live this one down...how long does it take hair to grow back?!

must read...

You all have to read this article...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20070510/ts_csm/cbelief_1

I actually found out about Henderson when I read his book A.K.A. Lost.

green is the word...

Great convention that I attended in San Antonio. I came upon two links that I thought I'd share for those that are interested. The first is a letter to humanity from a ton of scientists written back in 1992 that got zero press. The second is a link to the website of a scientist, David Suzuki, on real ways that we can reduce our carbon footprint.

http://www.worldtrans.org/whole/warning.html

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/NatureChallenge/


Although these individuals may have a different world view than most of us, I choose to react to the facts rather than ignore them, since one of the first and most basic tasks we have been given is to be good stewards of what we've been given, starting with God's creation...

dos de mayo trivia...

Any guesses as to why Jesus' knees are bloody in this statue?

(HINT: I don't know the answer but I have some thoughts of my own)

REVOLUTION!!!

Oh and by the way, I finished this one before diving into Sex God. This is a MUST read...join the revolution!

travel, Sex God and work...

So, I'm here in San Antonio...what a beautiful city. The riverwalk is amazing. The pic above is our hotel.

So I was in airports and planes most of the day yesterday and I finally got to dive into Rob Bell's book Sex God.

Once again, Rob delivers with his amazing way to make you rethink everything you ever thought you knew, stretch those boundaries and feel like you are learning everything new for the first time. I got through the first three chapters and as most of you have probably read the first chapter, the next two certainly don't disappoint.

Don't worry, I won't give anything away, but Rob redefines the word sex based on the Latin root and you will never look at, use or think of the word the same way after reading this. One of Rob's best abilities is to find the spiritual in everything and the connections he makes are astounding. Just like in Velvet Elvis, he intertwines scripture to back up his statements and personal stories to drive home the point. If I had to summarize the book so far with one word, it would be "connection". I can't wait until Monday (my next travel day) to finish it off...

And now back to work...