A.B. Simpsons words to us all!

whoda thunk that a 1800s pastor and theologin would be so postmodern!!

"I am reminded of a woman I once met in the course of a pastoral visit and to whom I tried to tell of the love of God to poor sinners. She met me with a blank amazing statement that she did not comprehend what love meant. She had never seen nor felt any such thing. Her life had been a fight for existence. Her hand against everyone, everyone else against her. She was perfectly sincere and responsive but utterly helpless to understand the Gospel. I ceased preaching to her and invited one or two of the tactful women of the church to institute a school of love for her benefit by showing such delicate attentions as won her heart and awakened the lost sense of love. One day she said to me with considerable feeling, "I think I understand now what love means and I will be glad to have you tell me something of the love of God." She became a humble and devoted Christian but she had to receive first the new faculty of love. The reason that many do not enter into the blessed ministry of the cross and the atonement is because our hearts and lives are too selfish to comprehend that sacrifice. If we would live out more fully the spirit of the atonement, we would have fewer doubts about the doctrine."
words of A.B. Simpson

this kills me

you need to see this
http://www.richpraytor.com/blake.wmv

soup and a sandwich

I am at the church tonight waiting for C&C to start and being very much aware that I am an extrovert! I am alone. I hate that I love being with people. And there are none! Dangit.
I always get jittery (spell check that!) right before a function that I am responsible for. It is a combination of things I think. It is the basic fact that it is easer to do nothing than something. It is that I always want the function to be great! It is that some people are difficult to be with and if you know that they will be there then you become anxious, at least I do. But it is also that with a church function, we are almost always going to “Bring it” when talking about God! At least we should be! If we are prepared then we have the opportunity to see some life change. Even if we are not as prepared God can choose to uses us. I would prefer to seek Gods will regarding what he would have us “Bring” to his children. I wonder how many times I have been in the room when someone is totally unprepared for what they need to do and God totally saved them. I have been there when I have not prepared well enough and had God come through loud and clear! I remember one bible study I did in the 10 minutes before we started at a youth group in sask. People were changed there and I was total crap! By Gods grace alone was the evening salvaged.
Tonight I am jittery because I want it to be great! Also I am hungry! That never helps. Maybe soup and a sandwich.

why are there ninjas on my lawn?

I am sitting at the dining room table feeding my son breakfast when a thought hits me like a truck, I need more screws!! Wood screws in particular! See, all car guys (perhaps everyone who enjoys working with there hands) have a junk drawer, a drawer with every nut bolt screw strap ball bearing battery and screw that accumulate over time. Mine is a series of penut butter jars all with lids. I don’t have any drawers in the shop so this will suffice for the time being. Every time I strip anything I keep all the hard where and sort it into one of these jars so when the time comes when I need a fastiner for whatever, it is likely I have it! I also have a large magnet that came off an old subwoofer with a string tied around it so I can drag it arrowed the floor to pick up any and all that hit the floor. Because of the sheer quantity of fastiners I have accumulated, it is just faster and easer to get a new one rather than pick up the old ones.
Anyhow, I have realized that although I have a large quantity of bolts and sheet metal screws, I have no wood screws! Now I feel that I need woodscrews in order to round out my supply of junk fastners. The emphasis is on junk! They must be odds and ends. This causes a dilemma because it is a matter of pride that my supply has cost me nothing! Just remnance of old projects that are long gone. So what should I do? Do I go buy some screws? This would cost me money and therefore not fit into the theme of the junk drawer or jars! I don’t very often work with wood so I don’t have any leftovers. How is a guy supposed to have a well stocked junk supply if he doesn’t have access to wood screws? Now some of you faithful readers will be asking “if you don’t work with wood then you don’t need wood screws, now, do you!” To you I say pshawaa! I reject your reality and substitute my own!
As I see it my only option it to hang around my brother-in-law Darrell and steel him blind! He has a basement finishing business and as such uses screws! I can then rest assured that the screws cost ME nothing

Wikkidcool
Seeyaalllatter!

pepto

So I have an unhappy belly! I don’t know why but it has been unhappy all night. This sucks.
I saw some of the movie Pach Addams tonight. I like that movie. I also watched most of an episode of Rosanne. It was also good. A good night for dumb TV. A bad night for my belly. But on another note I might have found my next hotrod! We will see. It is a 1950 ford 2 door. Body good motor is missing. I didn’t want the motor anyway so this is a good thing. That is some work I would not need to do. I guess that’s all for now. I just took 4 Pepto-Bismol pills.

movie magic

There is a time in any movie when you decide to yourself that you will either stay or leave. The problem is that on occasion you will stay through a movie you should really walkout on simply because it should have been so much better than it is. I have found myself sitting in a flick when it occurs to me that it is almost over and there is now no hope of it getting any better as well as it is now too late to go out and get my money back. I am often disappointed by big blockbuster movies. Perhaps this is just a reflection on my personal tastes. Do you remember when Independence day came out? Everyone loved it! Not me, I thought it was dumb. Now I get it that back then Will Smith was da bomb but I still thought the movie sucked. Everyone thought that envy was going to be such a good movie, but Jack Black actually published an apology for the movie, it was that bad! I sat all the way through soul plane…… we will never talk about that again! I saw “Stealth.” So bad, but it promised so much! It was kinda like a Chevy that way. I have seen all 4 Universal Solders, not a misprint, I said 4! There are only a very few people out there that know there are 4! What does that tell you? Black night was so so so so so so so bad! My wife still wants me to repay her an evening of her life. It was that awful. I saw a movie called Anacondas, it was hard to watch through the tears. There was not one redeeming part in the entire show. It was like watching someone buy a caviler. You just kinda cant look away. You know it will be bad no matter what but it is just mesmerizing! (sorry Rachael) ( yea, she aint gonna read this)(kinda like Chris)(boo Chevy)
I want to know why people see way bad movies and miss the really good ones? Why hasn’t anyone seen the cinematic gem, “barbershop?” It is so so so so good! Stay away from the sequel though. Why don’t war buffs see “The Thin Red Line?” It was far better than Saving Ryan’s Privates! Yet it was still missed. I even liked the tom Hankes movie bit it was not the best at the time and it received the most hype. Ahh well.
We should all go see a movie.
List of really bad movies
Elektra"
Undead"
.Doom"
Son of the Mask"
D.E.B.S."
Dirty Love"
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo"
The Legend of Zorro
" Bewitched"
Guess Who?"
Anything chev makes
The Man"
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous"
Stealth"
The Longest Yard"
Monster-In-Law"

no to tomato

So I am sitting at the kitchen table righting this and eating life cereal. I am not someone who normally eats a breakfast (at least not at the common time) but I felt like doing so today. My boy is in front of me right now consuming a pear and some toast with jam! Raspberry. Which brings us to the topic of this blog. Some people eat weird stuff!! I don’t mean other cultures or perhaps traditional foods (I for example quite enjoy hagus) but rather, I mean food combinations that just plane don’t sound like they could taste good! How, for example do people find out that jam and perogies taste good together?
I have heard of a girl who eats penutbutter and cheese together! YUCK! A particularly odd friend of mine (turtle turtle) eats cereal and applejuce together. I have a theory about him. He is someone who is not easily swain by the norm. He would rather do something unique than go with the flow, although he does it quietly so as not to draw attention to himself. I think he looks at milk as a cultural norm and as such needs to find another way of consuming sustenance that will still keep him nourished but at the same time differentiating himself from all others! (Curly)How about chocolate cake and cheddar. This can not be good. These people must be damaged some how! How can you like tomatoes raw? That’s just plane nasty. Mayo on french-fries, cheese wiz, ginger, tomato juice, v8 juice, banana slerppies, differently flavored mustered, rushin dressing, Catalina dressing, chilly sauce on bread, tartar, apple sauce on porkchops, fake cherry flavored anything, thousand island dressing, fish that’s not battered, as well as a plethora of others. People, lets unite and make this world a more palatable world by banning these taste atrocities! Lets make this world a better place for everyone. We all know that this food is only food in the most scientific science of the words. This substance will keep you alive. Nothing more join with me in changing this world for a better place! Chant.” Say no to tomato!” “Say no to tomato!” “Say no to tomato!”

Credibility and Vulnerability

Promises are odd things. We put very little emphasis on them until there are random ones that if ignored and not followed through on will crush us. My line of work is such that credibility will make or destroy my God given career. It is not like a person who works in a law office where if they lie and still get positive results, they are rewarded rather, it is the opposite. The results are not the point of what I do but rather the relationship is the critical element. Now some may argue that the relationship is the result but I am not altogether sure about that. What I do is quite specialized and as such the rules set out for other youth pastors do not always apply. The relationship in my case is apart from the result of my work and yet it is the same. So after that bit of nonsense… Promises can be boiled down to a persons perceived importance inn an event. If we choose to be honorable and Godly then we will follow through on our given word. If we chose to go back on our word then we do not act in a Godly manor.
This has been a hard day for me. I have had several promises given to me and then broken. I feel as though I have been punched in the face. Some will affect my career both directly and indirectly. Some are a breach of trust. All are from people who profess my best interests in there heart. This can not be true. There must be another agenda at hand. Do not think that this is a product of my inability to see the big picture. That is not what I am talking about. This is damaging stuff.
Today my heart is broken
There you have it………………………. For anyone who wants into my life
Part of credibility is vulnerability.
Credibility and vulnerability are powerful tools. Use them do not abuse them. You can not have one with out the other.

mmmmmmmm Turkey

My Christmas was very good. I had good food and didn’t through-up like Darrell did! I got good gifts and people responded well to the gifts I bought them! I had family time and friend time as well as sleeping time and defragging time. What else could you ask for in a Christmas!
I helped Chris Ulriksen move and got to see his new mansion errrrrrrr house! And I now I await lunch! Life is good

SO ………….. Doug Trendiak is funny and We watched lots of Corner Gas. This is a very good show.
And now I am hungry

See ya