So with Disney buying Lucas, here's the highly contested question among some of my Upstreet 2nd grade girls and adult girl princess lovers...
Monday, July 7, 2014
Friday, May 9, 2014
NFL Draft Is Like Christmas and Why I Still Love the XFL
It's like Christmas this weekend with 3 days of the NFL draft to suck me in, much to my wife's dismay. The NFL is becoming more and more of a year round entertainment beast. I think rumors of the NFL's looming demise are exaggerated, it may come back to Earth like the NBA did after the Jordan days or golf after Tiger's dominance, but it will be a force for the foreseeable future. I've always supported the challengers though from NFL Europe to the XFL to Arena football to the UFL (I'm too young for the USFL), competition is good. It provides the opportunity to try new rules and create a minor league of sorts giving players more opportunities and allows athletes the opportunity to showcase skills without faking interest in academia in the college game (like some high school baseball players going straight to the minor leagues and others to college). I went to an XFL game and even played in an XFL fantasy league, good quality football can be entertaining no matter the name on the front or back of the jersey if you truly love the game.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From the Frontiers of Resuscitation Medicine - Wired Science
Consciousness After Death: Strange Tales From the Frontiers of Resuscitation Medicine - Wired Science
New book says near death experience essentially universal. A Hindu describes a Hindu god, an atheist doesn’t see a Hindu god or a Christian god, but some being. Different cultures see the same thing, but their interpretation depends on what they believe. Overall they have peace and no longer fear death. Makes you think.
New book says near death experience essentially universal. A Hindu describes a Hindu god, an atheist doesn’t see a Hindu god or a Christian god, but some being. Different cultures see the same thing, but their interpretation depends on what they believe. Overall they have peace and no longer fear death. Makes you think.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
A Welcoming church?
Saw this tweet and picture the other day:
Adrian Bott @Cavalorn
Well, this is a first. A notice on a church door that actually made me want to pay them a visit: pic.twitter.com/bSG0VStRqm
Made me wonder how many churches really feel this way. I think this was the kind of person Jesus was as they were always hanging around him, but unfortunately not all our churches. I think a lot of leaders of our modern evangelical churches feel this way, but not all the attenders, I'm afraid this often leaves those who attend even the best of churches leaving sour. I guess they say the worst advertisers for Christianity are Christians. If we aren't the type of people or churches that would make the type of people in the above not feel welcome we should probably look in the mirror as we're not being like Jesus.
Adrian Bott Well, this is a first. A notice on a church door that actually made me want to pay them a visit: pic.twitter.com/bSG0VStRqm
Made me wonder how many churches really feel this way. I think this was the kind of person Jesus was as they were always hanging around him, but unfortunately not all our churches. I think a lot of leaders of our modern evangelical churches feel this way, but not all the attenders, I'm afraid this often leaves those who attend even the best of churches leaving sour. I guess they say the worst advertisers for Christianity are Christians. If we aren't the type of people or churches that would make the type of people in the above not feel welcome we should probably look in the mirror as we're not being like Jesus.
Monday, March 11, 2013
The Good American Girl Doll
I have lots of fun with my 1st graders at Buckhead Church UpStreet. It's fun to see their reactions to the postcards I send them when I travel and to see how they interpret the Bible and the world we live in. It's also a weekly excuse for me to be silly for an hour.
I try to do "market research" and know what's cool with kids so I can relate to them. You gotta stay current because fads come and go, but one that seems to have stuck is the American Girl Doll craze. The kids love it when I make-up stories for them and I usually try to incorporate them as characters and sometimes am even good enough to relate it to the Bible lesson we're doing that week. I'm nowhere near Orange material, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut once and a while. This week's Doug made-up story was about Hannah's American Girl Doll named Kit. As the story goes, Kit was laying on the sidewalk all battered with stuffing coming out everywhere and her head half falling off. Many people walked by Kit and did nothing. Mr. Doug saw kit and bandaged her up so she wouldn't lose more stuffing. He then put Kit in his car and drove her to the American Girl Doll store at Northpoint Mall. There he gave her to the doll hospital with some money and said that if it wasn't enough, when he returned he would give them more. The end (of course with some details and fun thrown in). Yep, the Good Samaritan told about a doll in a way that hopefully a first grade girl won't soon forget what it means to love your neighbor. It's fun to make this stuff up.
One of the reasons I also love UpStreet are the catchy little songs and phrases we learn that I find myself humming throughout the week. I remember last month was the "Patience Song" or, as I sang all month, "P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E, you gotta wait for it!" Although they're meant for kids, I know in my heart that having those refrains coursing through my thoughts is more than healthy.
Well anyway, here's a song from @buckheadkids @buckhead church guaranteed to get stuck in your head "Books of the Bible" from KidStuf! Click on the pic to go to the video and enjoy!
I try to do "market research" and know what's cool with kids so I can relate to them. You gotta stay current because fads come and go, but one that seems to have stuck is the American Girl Doll craze. The kids love it when I make-up stories for them and I usually try to incorporate them as characters and sometimes am even good enough to relate it to the Bible lesson we're doing that week. I'm nowhere near Orange material, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut once and a while. This week's Doug made-up story was about Hannah's American Girl Doll named Kit. As the story goes, Kit was laying on the sidewalk all battered with stuffing coming out everywhere and her head half falling off. Many people walked by Kit and did nothing. Mr. Doug saw kit and bandaged her up so she wouldn't lose more stuffing. He then put Kit in his car and drove her to the American Girl Doll store at Northpoint Mall. There he gave her to the doll hospital with some money and said that if it wasn't enough, when he returned he would give them more. The end (of course with some details and fun thrown in). Yep, the Good Samaritan told about a doll in a way that hopefully a first grade girl won't soon forget what it means to love your neighbor. It's fun to make this stuff up.
One of the reasons I also love UpStreet are the catchy little songs and phrases we learn that I find myself humming throughout the week. I remember last month was the "Patience Song" or, as I sang all month, "P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E, you gotta wait for it!" Although they're meant for kids, I know in my heart that having those refrains coursing through my thoughts is more than healthy.
Well anyway, here's a song from @buckheadkids @buckhead church guaranteed to get stuck in your head "Books of the Bible" from KidStuf! Click on the pic to go to the video and enjoy!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Shrinking Tumor!!!
Just talked to Dad and his tumor is shrinking rapidly, really rapidly. He's looking healthy and his numbers across the board are improving. More later, but feel so blessed right now!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Bible Trivia on Xbox
Pam and I have a few games we play together. Most of them are on the Wii, but this is the one and only game I can get her to play on XBox. It has really tough old testament trivia with cool mini-games and an awesome christian soundtrack. Think some Toby Mac while running through the parting of the Red Sea or some Chris Tomlin while being chased by lions. We've been known to have a marathon session of this and both have our favorite games. There's also a "zonk" in each round called the "wrath of God" that makes you lose all your points from that round. We suck at the trivia, but some of it is really about some really obscure characters in the Old Testament. I got this game years ago at Best Buy for $5 and was the best entertainment expense I think i ever spent. Hope they come out with more games like this!
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