“Never Gonna Happen” Dinner
Jul 24, 2007 Uncategorized
.:mood:. Invitational
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Normally, I don’t do these things, but I like this one from ysmarko:
If I could invite 6 people (alive or dead) who i have no real chance of dining with to dinner, who would they be?
Here are the rules…
- the person has to either be a) dead, or b) alive, but no way you’ll ever have a chance to have dinner with them.
- real people only. no fictional characters.
- it’s not 6 individual dinners. it’s a dinner party with 6 people (plus you). think of the mix.
- assume no language barriers. in other words, it doesn’t matter if they speak or spoke another language than you and your other guests. you have magic instant translation technology.
- jesus doesn’t count. it’s a dinner party. therefore, 2 or more are gathered. therefore, jesus is already there.
Here are my 6 people:
Robert Webber - Read the link to see why.
Jonah - Contrary to everything I ever learned in Sunday School, I don’t think this nut job ever repented. I want to hear his story in his words.
DL Moody - One of my heroes, Moody saw everything through the filter of evangelism. He shared the Gospel through this fancy new invention: Sunday School. He also worked with soldiers during the Civil War, in Saloons with drunkards and thieves, and in the YMCA.
Noel - After doing missions work in Africa (18 years ago), I learned that my interpreter and his wife named their son after me. I’ve never met him and I don’t know how to contact the family.
Kurt Vonnegut - I would like to hear his thoughts on his life, career, and writings now that he has died and seen the afterlife.
Kim Jong Il - Why? I just want to see him in the room with these other people, that’s all.
Your turn.
July 24th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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July 25th, 2007 at 1:18 am
I love it how so many people start their meme posts with “Normally I don’t do this, but…”
July 25th, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hehe. Meme.
Okay, without giving this too much thought, here’s my list….
1) C. S. Lewis. I think he’d be fun to share a pint with. My personal hero.
2) Tony Dungy. My other personal hero. A guy that is totally unafraid of being vocal about his faith, but does it in a humble way, which is particularly inspiring in the macho world of football.
3) Barnabas. He doesn’t get much face time in the Bible, but what little is said about him makes him seem like a pretty cool guy.
4) Adam. Now THAT guy would have some stories. Also, I’d be interested in what someone created in the image of God looked like.
5) Srinivasa Ramanujan. One of the world’s most brilliant mathematical prodigies. His amazing mind was partially the inspiration for Matt Damon’s character in Good Will Hunting.
6) Joseph Smith. I’d just like to see the looks on Jack Lewis’ and Barnabas’ faces after he started talking about golden plates and reformed egyptian.
July 25th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hmmm, I think we’d be having tacos for dinner, so keep that in mind.
1. Johnny Cash- well duh, can you imagine the stories you’d hear in that gravelly voice?
2. Paul- then you could find out what the thorn was, and get a better feel for the kind of man it takes to evangelize the known world.
3. Apollos- put him on the other side of the table from Paul, find out if the haters were right.
4. Steve Jobs- b/c I’ll never actually meet him, and if he has dinner with these cats, he’ll have no choice but to repent. And then he’ll give me an iPhone in gratitude.
5. Henry Rollins- if anyone would be dumb enough to go toe-to-toe in a debate with Paul, it would be Rollins. Plus he has some cool stories too.
6. Elijah the Prophet- mostly because I don’t think he got many good meals in him when he was on earth.
July 25th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Here’s my 6:
http://jaxworld.blogspot.com/2007/07/never-gonna-happen-dinner.html
July 25th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
Bravo on Steve Jobs.
BTW, I just got a forward from my dad that started with the words, “I can’t believe I am sending this to my family.”