I found this article online today and thought it made some good observations about connecting in our culture today and how Facebook plays a role in our ‘relationships’. It’s worth a read if you’re into social connectivity stuff…or just want to feel better about no one showing up at events you plan!
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Today on Greg Boyd’s blog he had a great write up about his feelings of Barack Obama being elected president. Here is the link if you want to read it on his site…
All Politics Aside — Today is a Good Day! » Blog » Greg Boyd (Christus Victor Ministries).
His words were good enough for us (Jen and I) to both copy them onto ours…I hope you don’t mind Greg! (like he reads my blog!)
Today is a good day.
I don’t care if you’re a Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Libertarian, Communist, Anarchist or even a Christarchist who feels called to abstain from the whole political process. I couldn’t care less. The fact that Americans have elected a black man to be their president makes today a very good day!
When you reflect on the centuries of bondage and abuse blacks endured as slaves who were bought and sold like cattle and often treated worse…
when you remember that blacks were once regarded for legal purposes as just over half-human…
when you consider the extraordinary illegal and immoral ways white politicians changed all the rules to keep blacks out of power following the civil war…
when you recall the dehumanizing injustice of the Jim Crow south, the horrors of the KKK, the heroic struggles for civil rights, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. as well as the on-going systemic racism that continues to marginalize and oppress blacks…
you can’t help but celebrate the day Americans elected a black man to lead them.
All politics aside,
today is a very good day!
Greg Boyd
I came across this blog a while ago and found it really funny…worth linking to at least: Stuff White People Like.
I’ve not read all the content, so can’t make any sweeping guarantees. My favorite articles so far has been: #111 - Pea Coats, and #110 Frisbee Sports…and #1 - Coffee istn’ too bad either…
*Paul, I think you would appreciate #107 - Self Aware Hip Hop References
Jen went blond again today. It’s been 5 years since she was blond. So when she walks by I have to remind myself that she got her hair colored and that it’s not another woman in my house or posing as my wife! But she looks beautiful (as always) and I’m sooooo, seriously…sooooooo happy she like her hair cut! Here is a cute picture I just have to share!
I celebrate when I hear stories and see live of people who are loving God and doing what they love. This is the spot that I think God wants us all to be in. Our friends Tony and Tina have opened up a Grocery Outlet in Oregon and the local news put up a bit about them online. I’m not sure it’s in print or not…I hope it is!
Here is the link: Grocery Outlet Owners are Community Minded
There are few great lines that get put into this article…here are a coupld of my favorite:
“Owning our own store allows us to give back,” Tony said. “If we were working for another store, our hands would be tied, but here our hands aren’t tied. We didn’t do this to get rich - we did it to give back.
“I knew I wanted to do community service,” Tina said. “It’s important for both of us to get out there and talk to people. I think we compliment each other. Tony is going to join the (King City) Lions. We feel God granted us this store to be involved in the community. Our goal is to give back 10 times more than we get.”
I think that these would be words Jesus would have said if He owned a Grocery Outlet…
Tony and Tina…I want to publicaly (to all 5 of my readers) say that I love that you guys are doing this and I pray that as you live out your dreams that God will give you wisdom and prosperity. Some of us start churches, and others of us start businesses…and each are equally important and influencial in the Kingdom! Thanks guys for your example!
I came across this article on ABC today and had to reread it because I wasn’t sure if it was saying what it was saying. It was just too ludicrous. Too unbelievable. Too bone-headed. But it is true. If you read this, try and think about if there was any ‘real life’ situation where this would be acceptable.
We just sent out a new prayer update thing…had some big and cool news in it. If you would like to see it, send me an email using the contact thing up above. I had a bit of a problem with my address book when I accidentally synced my phone’s addresses over my computer’s. Oops…so I lost some email addresses!
later!
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