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| am i a Lutheran? |
| 09.23.05 (6:40 pm) [edit] |
so my family and i have been attending a Lutheran church for about 9 months. we have littel by little starting doing Lutheran "stuff". for examples my middle daughter who recently made a confession of faith, and has already had communion, but is now taking a series of 5 classes for first communion. basically it is teaching about communion and how the Lutheran church views it. not a lot of theology, but for kids it's pretty deep. my oldest is in confirmation classes. actually our pastor has shared with us that it is confirmation in name only and for tradition sake is still called that. today, he says, it is more an affermation of faith class.
my wife and i are not into labels. we are believers and followers of Christ. we have never been involved with a traditional denom. except for our very brief attendance of a Southern Baptist Church. we love this church though. the people are real and very genuine. they are concerned with serving the community and each other, and the grace that is preached from the pulpit is tremendous. we like the traditional liturgy, and are just glad to be around other believers who are not constantly talking about the end of the world or some other "hot" topic issue that seems to plague the evangelical church.
so, it's got me thinking lately am i now a Lutheran? if so, what does that mean?
i know that we have been asked several times if we want to become official members and we have hem-hawed around the issue, usually by finding the nearest exit. i have not even really talked about it with any of the members at the church. i know that i do not want to sign any type of doctrinal statement becasue i know there are things that i will not agree with and i don't want to compromise my integrity just to fit in.
on the other hand we really love this group of beleivers and we have been welcomed with open arms, we would like to become even more involved in teaching Sunday school and other lay ministries, but if membership is a requirement then that is out.
it's a tough one for me, but i have faith that God has us where we are for a reason and i guess i'm trying to figure it out.
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| what to write, what to write...? |
| 09.18.05 (4:10 pm) [edit] |
how about a little about fantasy football? yeah, ok that sounds good. so, i like my team a lot better this week. last week i never wanted to see them again. i wanted to trade them all. McNabb and Owens were complete losers. together my first two picks got me a total of squat. i lamented the fact that i had squandered my first two picks on such untalented bozos.
then this week BAM!!! Mcnabb throws 5 TD's and Owens catches 2 of them. now i'm back on top of the world. this is what i had envisioned when i picked them. the glory of my top QB and my #1 receiver hooking up for a plethora of paneramic points. it's everything i could hopw for and then some.
so now i may be 2-2 instead of 0-4 (we play 2 games a week in my league) and .500 never felt so good. it's not in the bag i still have to wait for the results in tonights game and the monday night games, but as for right now i feel pretty dang good about my team.
funny how a little thing like fantasy football can have such an effect on a person. i know that it is not real, and in my league we don't play for money, just a little trophy and bragging rights for the entire off-season. i guess it really boils down to the fact that you try to interprit statisitics and probabilities based on information that is at best sketchy and then you put your "knowledge" into trying to be smarter than your opponents.
it is a tremendous waste of time and effort, but man it is so much fun when you win. when you lose it can sting, but the fact is that it is only a game, and in the long run, big picture it is not important at all.
so the lesson i continue to learn is roll with the punches, sometimes your the windshield and sometimes your the bug.
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| am i just not getting it? |
| 09.10.05 (10:23 pm) [edit] |
tonight after watching Texas beat THE ohio state university i flipped through the channels. on MTV i saw a show called "my sweet sixteen". from what i saw, and to me it was sickening, it is a show dedicated to showing spoiled girls who are planning their 16th birthday party. the amount of money their "loving" parents spend on these parties is staggering. the one i saw the party cost over $100,000. did you read that $100,000 for a birthday party!!
i love my kids more than any other people i know, and i try to give them wonderful birthday parties. i have never though spent even hundreds of dollars on their parties.
what a waste. it made me mad. it made me furious that someone would foolishly throw away that much money for a few hour event, when there are people in their own city who don't have food to eat.
in light of recent events in the gulf coast and the outpouring of generosity from americans and internationaly, i wonder how these people can sleep at night. i wonder if they even think about what they could have done with that amount of money.
i guess i just don't get it, but wait i think i do. these people are selfish. hmm, that's a pretty good summation...but there is more.
i am selfish too. the funny thing is no one would ever say that about me, but it is very true. i could do much much more for people, but i don't because (insert lame reason here).
so the reason i guess i am writing this is to reaffirm to myself that i am just as selfish as the guy who blew a tenth of a million dollars on his kids birthday party. i don't have his dough, but if i did i wonder if i'd do the same.
i so not mean to put a guilt trip an anybody. what you do with your resources is between you and God. all i really know is that i could do more, and i wish it didn't take a hurricane or stupid tv show for me to think about it.
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| i did a horrible thing |
| 09.05.05 (7:09 pm) [edit] |
i am a coboys fan. i'm not the #1 fan, but i am a real fan. over the weekend though i committed a heresy. i picked 2 eagles to be on my starting line up in my fantasy football league. i feel dirty and used and corruptted, but i'm gonna win so it's well worth it.
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| Howie !!!! |
| 09.02.05 (9:37 pm) [edit] |
i don't have the words to express my sympathy. i don't have much but what i have is yours.
check you tblog inbox.
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