When we went down to Colorado Springs last month for our anniversary we went to the Garden of the Gods. This afternoon we drove down with my mom and I got to take more pictures. I’ve uploaded some of them onto my Flickr.com account.
Autumn Leaves
Super saturated silhouette of one of the protrusions at the gardens
In this article Brandon Routh is Superman you can read that the filming of the next Superman movie will be taking place in Australia. I expect Phil Boardman to keep us all abreast of the latest Superman filming happenings since Australia is so small 😉 My only fear in all of this is that we’ll get a Superman movie that has Paul Hogan (Crocodile Dundee), Steve Erwin (The Crocodile Hunter) and a CGI Christopher Reeves (if you don’t know who this is then you’ve obviously not seen the news that ‘the original’ Superman died*) all with cameos.
* or that his wife cheapened his death recently by throwing his name around at a John Kerry rally – sorry about that, I was just disgusted by this lame political maneuver and what looked like a disrespectful action on her part.
Nick Bradbury, software author and RSS philosopher, at one point in time wrote a comic strip called ‘Dexter.’ As has recently happened in the last years movie studios have been clamoring for comic book and comic strip based movies. After the Fantastic Four, X-Men III, Beatle Bailey and Garfield II are released will we see Dexter the Movie? I think Nick and I would both agree that it would be better for them to bring Fawlty Towers back 🙂
I have not liked Third Day since I heard them the first time. I never could quite pin down what it was for some time. Then I discerned that Mac Powell’s singing was a major part of the problem. Then, after even more time today I realized that it was his modulation and the fact that he pronounces words like Sean Connery. If you listen to him singing you will hear shertain wordsh and shoundsh that just scream lishp.
They wear Balleret shoes. That’s a combination ballerina and ballet. My little girl cracks me up with her silly words, even if she says them with all seriousness. A day will come when she knows more ‘real’ words and we’ll be sad. Of course if she was still saying balleret at 15 I’d start to worry 🙂
In the English language we have several different moods a verb can convey two critical moods are subjunctive and indicative. It is important that you understand what those two moods reflect on the factual nature of a statement. A subjunctive mood implies a contingent or hypothetical nature for the statement. For example the statement, “I might have said that,” implies uncertainty and is very non-commital. Indicative is very fact based and attempts to state things with a definite feeling. This doesn’t make the sentence true by itself but it does convey some sense of certainty. You might here someone say, “I didn’t say that,” and give a feeling that the statement was not correctly quoted.
Now, why do I care about grammar? Greek class for one, but also because the politicians are heaping great amounts of trash onto the bonfire of American politics trying to use smoke and jeerers to position themselves higher in innacurate polls and public opinion. What I’d suggest, other than attempting to actually listen, even if it’s to the party you don’t favor, is that you diagram sentences, analyze what is being said/spewed and listen for words that are indicative or subjunctive. Not only will this help you here and now with the upcoming election, but if you get selected for a jury you’ll be extra cool and you can wow the other jurors with your slick hair and grammatical pontifications.
Mark Twain was the master of humor in his time. Dave Barry is the Mark Twain of now. But, worse than all of that: he’s taking an indefinite sabbatical. Bye, Dave. We’ll miss you. At least I’ve got several of your books next to my toilette just in case.
We have a United States Post Office delivery person (is that Politically Korrect enough?) who is friendly and thinks Abby’s cute. Therefore whenever something arrives 7th class mail and says, “To XXXX or Current Resident” he kindly scratches out the resident’s name and circles ‘or current resident’ and then places things that might be of interest to Abby in our mailbox. This cracks me up as we have gotten a huge number of catalogs for children’s toys as well as a bunch of samples. While I know that this isn’t the normal course of action I have to say that the companies couldn’t have better focused marketing as this guy knows his route well enough to know that Jane Doe (retired) is less likely to want the mass mailing catalog for Toys ‘L’ Us. The other side of this is that we have a cupboard full of individual samples of diapers that we won’t be able to use until kiddo #2 comes. Oh, and he also dropped off quite a nice razor that was shipped out as a sample for me… I don’t know if that’s a hint or he figured that the woman who was the initial recipient didn’t want the mens razor. Seeing as how I don’t shave my legs I don’t know if it matters what gender your razor is 🙂
If you’re not familiar with an Arnold Palmer, sometimes called an Arnie (but not in reference to the the Governator), it is a drink. It is half Lemonade and half Iced Tea (with capital letters, apparently). Well, I have been drinking within the last 6 months or so a similar concoction which is one quarter to half apple juice and the rest being Iced Tea (with capital letters, apparently). However, I don’t have a good name for it. So, what I’m asking for is a name for this ‘new drink.’ What should I/we call this tasty libation? By the way, some flavors of Iced Tea (with capital letters, apparently) do not work with apple juice, that is a warning in case you find yourself suffering from a headache after trying peppermint Iced Tea (yeah, yeah, you get it already) with apple juice in it. Or, if you try this drink and you get diarrhea, dry or itchy nose, drowsiness, heartburn or inflamed feet as medical side effects, it wasn’t my idea.
So, what would you call it? Remember Texas Iced Tea is already taken and Colorado Iced Tea sounds lame.
I’m listening to the new Roper album and the song ‘Day of Pigs‘ really struck me. This song is about how we can work ourselves up into a frenzy and get good feelings basically by out of drive or desire in the flesh. I used to be rather charismatic (though I’ve had charismatic friends who’ve doubted that) as a teenager. I was convinced that ‘being a Christian meant that I had to be holy.’ While this sounds good it falls so short of what we’re created to be in Christ. The key is ‘in Christ.’ You see, one of the major things I’ve learned since moving to Denver is the fact that I’m in Christ. If you look at Ephesians and Colossians you will see that all of your holiness is Christ’s holiness imputed (credited to your account) to you (Ephesians 4:24). All of your good works are His good works planned out for you to do (Ephesians 2:10) and no matter what you do in this life you are hidden in Christ (Colossians 3:3).
What motivates you when you are doing good works? Is it the Holy Spirit? Is it you abiding in Christ and He in you? If it is a deep, pashionate love for your God, then you will, in love abide in Christ. Don’t be drawn to new, more amazing levels of experience. Don’t be drawn to new ideas, but instead be drawn to the principles that are written in scripture. Rather than look at life as mountaintops and valleys (of which I’ve seen plenty in the Sierra Nevadas and the Rockies) but instead look at life from the heavenlies where you are positionally seated!
Instead of praying that you will go tell the world the gospel pray every day that you will abide in Christ and that His Holy Spirit would open doors for you to preach the gospel, the good news. And then, when you have met a young, hungry Christian heart, do the untraditional thing, do the biblical thing: disciple them. Stop right there and live with that person (in a figurative sense) until they are equipped to go disciple others. Then you can go onto the next person the Lord brings into your life. At that point in time there will be two disciplers… and then 4… then 8 and so forth. But make sure that your disciples are grounded in God’s word. Make sure they understand clear, concise bible interpretation. If you have not been discipled for any length of time (more than a 6 week discipleship group class) seek an older, wiser, godly elder (your church does have elders doesn’t it?) and ask them to disciple you. Titus 2 calls the older men to teach the younger men and the older women to teach the younger women. This is critical for continuity within the church as well as for good doctrine to be preserved.
It is not that emotion is evil, but that an equipped saint is 1,000 times a brighter light than a strobe light. When we try to go from high to high, or fire to fire we flash, we spark but are we a beacon? I encourage you to seek discipleship. If you’re looking for some good material or want some pointers I recommend disciplers.org which is the material that I was discipled with by my Dad. For further information on spiritual growth I also recommend the books at mjsbooks.com. The Green Letters will challenge you and will give you lots to think about as you grow in your relationship with the Lord.
Passion? I’m clothing myself in Christ, it’s fashion 😉