My Secret Is Out
Jul 31, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Good
.:itunes:. Top by Live
Brett took some great pictures of the ground breaking at Riverview this weekend. Unfortunately, in one shot he spoiled the secret of how I remember message notes…
Here are the rest of his pics:
Pray for the South Korean Hostages
Jul 31, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Sad
.:itunes:. Dig by Adam Again
It seems like there has not been much media coverage about the 22 Christian South Korean hostages who are being killed off one at a time in Afghanistan.
Please read this story (via Michelle Malkin) and take a minute to pray for the hostages.
Police in central Afghanistan at daybreak Tuesday discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage slain by the Taliban, officials said…
…The victim’s body was found in the village of Arizo Kalley in Andar District, some 6 miles west of Ghazni city, said Abdul Rahim Deciwal, the chief administrator in the area.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, said senior Taliban leaders decided to kill the male captive because the government had not met Taliban demands to trade prisoners for the Christian volunteers, who were in their 12th day of captivity Monday.
“The Kabul and Korean governments are lying and cheating. They did not meet their promise of releasing Taliban prisoners,” Ahmadi, who claims to speak for the Taliban, said by phone from an undisclosed location. “The Taliban warns the government if the Afghan government won’t release Taliban prisoners then at any time the Taliban could kill another Korean hostage.”
Al-Jazeera showed shaky footage of what it said were several South Korean hostages. It did not say how it obtained the video, whose authenticity could not immediately be verified.
Some seven female hostages, heads veiled in accordance with the Islamic law enforced by the Taliban, were seen crouching in the dark, eyes closed or staring at the ground, expressionless.
The hostages did not speak as they were filmed by the hand-held camera.
C.S. Lewis – Calminian?
Jul 31, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Chosen
.:itunes:. A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton
Thanks to fys for this telling interview with C.S. Lewis. It paints the picture of paradox all Christians face when coming into relationship with Jesus. Does God pick us or do we pick him? My answer (and Lewis appears to agree with me) is both.
On 7 May 1963 C.S. Lewis was interviewed by Sherwood E. Wirt of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Wirt: In your book Surprised by Joy you remark that you were brought into the Faith kicking and struggling and resentful, with eyes darting in every direction looking for an escape. You suggest that you were compelled, as it were, to become a Christian. Do you feel that you made a decision at the time of your conversion?
Lewis: I would not put it that way. What I wrote in Surprised by Joy was that ‘before God closed in on me, I was in fact offered what now appears a moment of wholly free choice.’ But I feel my decision was not so important. I was the object rather than the subject in this affair. I was decided upon. I was glad afterwards at the way it came out, but at the moment what I heard was God saying, ‘Put down your gun and we’ll talk’.
Wirt: That sounds to me as if you came to a very definite point of decision.
Lewis: Well, I would say that the most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action. It is a paradox. I expressed it in Surprised by Joy by saying that I chose, yet it really did not seem possible to do the opposite.
Blog of the Week: The Dawn Patrol
Jul 30, 2007 Uncategorized
.:medical condition:. Sore Back
.:itunes:. Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ Roses
Blog Name
The Dawn Patrol
Blog Author
Dawn Eden. From her bio:
I used to work in the New York City newspaper world, as deputy news editor at the New York Daily News and, before that, a copy editor for the New York Post (one of my Post headlines won the 2004 New York State Associated Press Award). I left the Daily News in June 2007 to become the first director of the Cardinal Newman Society’s Love and Responsibility Program, a multipronged effort to reestablish chastity as the cornerstone of Catholic campus culture.
What is this blog about?
Dawn is the author of the book
“The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On” (Dawn Eden)
Her site goes along nicely with the book (I would guess…I haven’t read it yet). Basically, she is a prolife, prochastity advocate and author.
Why do I read it?
Dawn is very articulate and intelligent and I like her strong stance on issues not many people are taking a stand on, particularly chastity. She portrays abstinence as an intelligent and attractive option, while many others paint it as prudish.
Lust and Sexual Attraction
Jul 30, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Thinking
.:itunes:. Whiskey Lullaby by Brad Paisley Feat. Alison Krauss
OK, this is from an interesting blog I keep up with called Faith Dance. Read this quote (from Lewis Smedes), formulate your opinion on it, then read the rest of the article. Let me know what you think in the comments.
I’ll post my thoughts later…
“Eros, the longing for personal fulfillment, must not be confused with lust, the untamed desire for another’s body. Nor is every feeling of attraction toward an exciting person the spark of lust. It would odd indeed if the Creator put attractive people in the world and forbade us to notice them. But there is a difference between the awareness of someone’s sexual attractions and being dominated by a desire for that person’s body.”
Successory of the Day
Jul 30, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Good
.:itunes:. Elvira Madigan Piano C by Mozart
(via TallSkinnyKiwi)
The Real Ground Breaking
Jul 30, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Excited
.:itunes:. I Don’t Want Your Love by Duran Duran
[UPDATE: Nate has posted some pictures here]
So yesterday after our last service, we had our official Ground Breaking for our facility expansion. I’ll post some pictures as soon as I have them.
Today, I pulled into the church parking lot and saw the Real Ground Breaking happening.
It was one lone tractor scraping dirt:”
Here we go!
NoelHeikkinen.com now iPhone Friendly
Jul 26, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Optimized
.:itunes:. When the Roll is Called Up Yonder by The Mars Hillbillies
Thanks to this tip from iPhone Central this site is now iPhone friendly.
That means that everyone who reads it on an iPhone will have it automatically zoomed in to the right size.
In other words, whenever I read my own site.
Anyone else reading this site on an iPhone?
Kanye vs. Zach
Jul 26, 2007 Uncategorized Hodge Podge
.:mood:. Spectacular
.:itunes:. Jesus I Mary Star of the Sea by Zwan
Thanks to Best Week Ever for making my day with this amazing Kanye West video featuring Zach Galifianakis.
He does drop an f-bomb, though, so watch out for that.
Click on the image for the video:
Quote of the Day
Jul 26, 2007 Quotes
.:mood:. Tee Hee
.:itunes:. Cleaning Windows by Van Morrison
(via Best Week Ever)
Regarding Barry Bonds:
Most fans aren’t buying the “His head grew 1 1/2 cap sizes because he was reading a lot of literature” argument.
