Ridiculous

I cant believe people would do this - are you freaking kidding me? "Haha, you thought you were gonna get your head cut off by the anti-Christ"

"Watch us next week where we kidnap a couple's newborn baby and tell a mother that her son just killed himself! Hilarity (and possible lawsuits) will ensue!"

I seriously had "assault with a deadly weapon" flash through my mind when that guy winks at the camera at the end.

Crazy

Check it, then stayed tuned while i wreck it (not really, i just wanted that to rhyme):



Yeah, i know this wasnt sung in a worshipful manner and the producers or whoever decided to put this song in the show might have just put it in as an example of another genre of music (seems they like to have varied genres - but what do i know, i never watch it). Watching this though made me think about how freakin awesome it would be if this is what our primetime television consisted of on every channel. The whole nation gathering around their tvs for a collective worship service. Yeah i know that this could never happen in our country due to the freedom of religion thing (dang forefathers). The only feasible way this could happen would be in a theocracy. LET'S DO IT!!! Ok, maybe not. Given our times and how we can never agree on what God is saying to us, we would all kill each other and claim God was on our side (He is on mine). Whoa, where did this political commentary come from?...sorry, got carried away - i guess all i am sayin is that for a second it was really cool to think about millions of people watching and worshipping the true God instead of the false gods of success, beauty, and talent.

PS - not saying American Idol is bad, just contrasting it with American God (any good?....maybe God Idol?, American Idol=God?...too obvious?) for dramatic effect

We've moved!

Yeah, i like blogger better than myspace. For a while i debated about posting a blog at all - i wanted to make sure that my motivation for posting a blog wasnt for validation from people or in hoping people would be impressed by my musings. As i read more and more blogs, however, it seems to me that blogs are like private journals. People arent really trying to influence or impress people so much as interact with them over particular subjects. i like the idea that blogs could be what CS Lewis had with his close friends - a place to get together and talk about the day and what is on their minds. CS Lewis' friends lived close by and they had a pub to get together in, but in my case, a lot of my friends are far away, so this blog could be a means of getting their thoughts on my perspective. I have enjoyed my friends' blogs that are already on here for the same reason. I may not leave a comment (which i am trying to get better at), but i read the blog and think about what they wrote - and i do like knowing what is going on in their lives. Another reason for blogging is that writing gives me an outlet. I intend to do more writing overall - both privately and publicly. Writing privately will help me in remembering my thoughts and prayers and writing publicly helps me get better at communicating with people. John Piper, when asked what advice he would give an aspiring preacher, the first thing he said was "to write". He says that writing helps order your thinking and speaking. Incidentally, the Desiring God blog posted pointers from CS Lewis on writing and speaking that are pretty good

I know this was kind of a rambling post, but expect that in all future posts of mine as i havent really mastered the art of writing, speaking, cooking, or landscaping.