For Christmas Eve we have a band prepared of 2 instruments. It should be really sweet. It can be a desire of many churches to put on a big production with a large band and lots of performance songs. This year we decided to go with the opposite. 2 instruments, a few singers, and a…
Losing Purpose
I mentioned yesterday that this has been a boring week. I thought about that a little today. I said this mainly because this week has been totally out of the ordinary. I’m done with school and haven’t had the usual week of work. Because of my busy schedule during school I don’t have a lot…
Weird Week
And it is getting weirder. I’m not sure what it is about the Willamette Valley of Oregon, but just about any snow or ice causes things to go haywire. School has been out all week despite the fact that most areas around Portland have gotten less than 4 inches of snow all week. At Sunset,…
Gay Marriage, Newsweek, The Bible and Postmodern Relativism
I’m sticking my head out there again, as if I didn’t enough HERE and HERE. This past week Newsweek magazine came out with a cover story about how the Bible supports gay marriage. I read one blog this week that said if the Bible is causing Christians to argue whether gay marriage is good or…
5 Reasons I Love "It's a Wonderful Life"-Remix
Just over a year ago I blogged about my love for the classic Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life. Since then I’ve heard too many people say they just flat out don’t like the movie. They say it is boring, or they can’t stand black and white, or any other excuse there is. I just…
Survivor: Gabon
Last night was the finale of Survivor in Gabon. It is my favorite tv show. I can’t exactly pin down why. I think it is because human interaction is so interesting to me and Survivor does a perfect job of pitting human interaction/culture shock/competition all into one show. Here are some thoughts on the finale…