The Office
Mar 31, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Awesometastic
//NOISE: Quiet
The best part of “The Office” last night was the amazing “The More You Know” PSAs which I almost TIVOed past. Now you can see the ones that aired and more on NBC.com > The Office.
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Shirt of the Day
Mar 31, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Laughing
//ITUNES: When We Dance from the album “Very Best Of Sting And The Police” by Sting
(Via Monday Morning Insight Weblog)
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Blogging and the Wisdom of Solomon
Mar 30, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Good
//ITUNES: Feel Good Time from the album “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” by Pink
Here is a great piece from Challies Dot Com called Blogging and the Wisdom of Solomon. He basically applied the wisdom of the book of Proverbs to bloggers. The article is much longer than what I am posting here. I am only posting his headers and the accompanying verses. For an in depth treatment, read his whole post.
Great stuff to think about.
Think before posting.
“Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him (29:20).”
Avoid the foolish.
“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself (26:4).”
Help the foolish.
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes (26:5).”
Know when to walk away.
“If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet (29:9).”
Watch what you read.
“Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool (26:8).”
Be humble.“Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger and not your own lips (27:2).” “One’s pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor (29:23).”
Avoid the arrogant.
“Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him (26:12).”
Mind your own business.“Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears (26:17).”
Don’t be a troublemaker.“Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling (26:27).”
Examine why you write.“A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike (27:14).”
Be careful what you teach.
“Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, and the blameless will have a godly inheritance (28:10).”
Be a friend.“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy” (27:6).
Meditate upon what you write.“As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man” (27:19).
Walk with the Lord.
“Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered (28:26).”
“Can’t Touch This!”
Mar 30, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Yee Ha
//ITUNES: Gravy Chain from the album “Tom Tom Blues” by Seventy Sevens
In honor of Hammer’s Birthday:
Quote of the Day
Mar 30, 2006 Quotes
//MOOD: Spectacular
//ITUNES: Love Somebody from the album “Escapology” by Robbie Williams
“The only thing Christianity cannot be is moderately important.” – CS Lewis
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It’s MC Hammer’s Birthday
Mar 30, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Festive
//ITUNES: You by Mustard Plug
I would like to put out a call to all my readers to go over to MC Hammer’s Blog to wish him a happy birthday.
Reality Church
Mar 29, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: Wow
//ITUNES: The Rub Of Love from the album “Chagall Guevara” by Chagall Guevara
I just read the most amazing article. Dan Kimball wrote it and it’s called Reality Church? It’s about the stages many of us go through regarding our churches.
I seriously can’t excerpt it here, because that would be dang near impossible to do without skewing the message. So instead, I am going to quote his caveat he added after the article. Hopefully it will make you want to read the whole thing.
* Due to the rather large amount of emails I am getting from people about this post and asking questions – I wanted to say this is not an entirely real situation, but one made up from lots of different experiences and stories. Nor do I think everyone has to go through all these stages. Nor do I think everyone always ends up back at their original church. Sadly, some churches should never be returned to!
I am just thinking of the churches that people leave that really are OK, and just trying their best and making some mistakes along the way. Pondering some of the unrealistic expectations we make sometimes of church and church leaders. I’m glad it is stirring up some thinking and from the emails, sure seems like a lot of people have personally experienced some of these stages. – Dan
Bottom line: if you are a church leader, or attender, or member, or you have ever been to a church or left a church or started a church, you need to read this article.
Well done, Dan.
Click here if you missed the link earlier. And do it now so you don’t forget. Maybe I’ll add this to my podcast lineup. I may even try to interview Dan on this one.
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Quote of the Day
Mar 29, 2006 Quotes
//MOOD: You tell me
//ITUNES: World Leader Pretend from the album “Green” by R.E.M.
Abigail has a great post on the message I gave about how God owns all the frosted mini wheats. I would just link to it, but then you might miss the most important sentence. So, instead, I thought I’d link to the article and quote the important line:
“…she thinks our 30-something year old pastor with a wife and kids is pretty hot.”
Theological truth at its peak.
Google Ads
Mar 28, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD:
//ITUNES: Tolerance from the album “Our Time in Eden” by 10,000 Maniacs
OK, so this might be the most random Google ad to ever hit my site:
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Outstanding
Mar 28, 2006 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
//MOOD: tee hee
//ITUNES: Tolerance from the album “Our Time in Eden” by 10,000 Maniacs
Thanks to Monkeys For Helping for this beaut:
