It's Sunday night and I'm just checking out blogging from my cell phone. I've done this once before and was wondering if everything is still set up.I sent a test message that went through okay, so I'm hopeful that I can post short articles from time to time (<150 characters).We shall see...John <>&...
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Saturday, 28 May 2011
The Month Ahead
Posted on 14:50 by Unknown
I am not one to wish my life away, hoping for time to hurry past, but I am really looking forward to the month of June.June begins with a much needed vacation in ... yeah, you guessed it -- Mexico! Chris and I will be vacationing alone for the first time since we've had kids. Aaron will be in Ozark for a friend's wedding. We'll miss seeing him, but we're glad that Hannah won't be home alone. (It's hard to stop being a concerned parent, even though your kids are young adults!)As soon as we get back, I have an evening appointment at our...
Friday, 27 May 2011
What Happened to the Week? ...And Where Was God When it Happened?
Posted on 07:17 by Unknown
It's hard to believe that it's Friday morning. It has been a very unusual week in Southwest Missouri.The devastation from Sunday's tornado in Joplin has filled the news for the entire week. It has been the topic of nearly every conversation, the subject of many Facebook posts, and the story of the Ozarks. There are many collections sites throughout the area for donations of all kinds. Faith-based organizations are finally being let into the area to help with clean up and to start helping people recover. The stories of...
Sunday, 22 May 2011
No Napping on My Watch!
Posted on 12:51 by Unknown
Tuesday of this week will be the day for my annual trip to the "sleep lab" for the crazy Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT).If you haven't read about this crazy test in the past (and don't feel like reading it now), I'll give you the short version.The test is designed to see if you can stay awake in conditions that you would normally set up if you were trying to go to sleep. They wire you up so that they can monitor your brainwaves and know if you are sleeping...even for just seconds. Then they have you get into a...
Saturday, 21 May 2011
Left Behind?
Posted on 17:01 by Unknown
So it is now just past 6 pm CDT and it would appear that: 1 the rapture didn't happenor 2 it happened and nobody in my world got to go.I think that rapture is an odd word to use for the day that Jesus comes to claim His followers. It's not actually found in the Bible and I'm not sure where and when it was first used to describe the event of rescuing His followers from the impending tribulation (at least for all of you pre-trib rapture believers). The reason that I think it's an odd word to use (and I don't really like it)...
Friday, 20 May 2011
Religious survey
Posted on 05:33 by Unknown
I'm curious...What do you believe?And why?I really do want you to feel free to comment and I'm not looking for an argument or debate and won't post any comments that end up criticizing somebody else's comment. In fact, I won't post any comments that don't specifically grant permission to do so.If you're commenting on Facebook, well...you know those will be posted (unless you want to send a FB message) but I will delete any argumentative comments.Theist or atheist?Life after death or the eternal dirt nap?Heaven and hell? Or...
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Christianity...as a Hobby
Posted on 09:16 by Unknown
hobby (hob ee) --noun; an activity pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation.from Dictionary.comAs a magician, I consider myself to be a hobby magician. It's true that I perform at a level above the level of doing tricks for friends and family, but it is not at the level of earning a living at it. As a matter of fact, I seldom promote myself as a magician and do little to no marketing for jobs, but still manage to have quite a few paid gigs every year.I would have to say that I've invested in magic at a level far...
Monday, 16 May 2011
1st Week Fail
Posted on 07:38 by Unknown
Okay, so it's Monday and I failed at my first week of three posts per week!Actually, I'm cutting myself some slack since I've been without computer access this weekend and am still one of about two dozen Americans that are without a "smart" phone. My weekend (continuing today) has been great--lousy weather--but an enjoyable weekend.Saturday found us in the cold, windy drizzle of Chicago for my daughter-in-law's graduation. She is now a Civil Engineer and one of only a small percentage of college graduates that already has a job in her degree...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
The Resurrection
Posted on 11:48 by Unknown
A few weeks ago--actually it was Easter Sunday--a friend of mine posted this on Facebook: I have a pretty wide variety of friends, from very devout Christians to firm atheists- some of whom have been making zombie jokes all day today.Personally, I'm skeptical that Jesus rose from the dead, but I respect how important today is for my Christian friendsMy friend (a Buddhist) had already posted a Happy Easter wish to all of his Christian friends. I'm sharing this for two reasons. First, I really like that he recognizes that we...
Monday, 9 May 2011
Guilty
Posted on 07:18 by Unknown
I've been feeling guilty about the fact that I haven't written in quite sometime and that my posts are getting to be quite rare. It's not that I don't like writing--I do; or that I don't have anything to say--again, I do; it's just that I don't seem to make the time for it these days.In fact, I barely make the time to read the few blogs that I follow and am a little bit pleased that I am not the only one that seems to be posting less often, giving me fewer blogs to read through on a regular basis.So to alleviate my feelings of guilt over...
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