Author Archives: Randy Peterman
Evie Rocks the Casbah
Evie cracks me up
Overheard: A Funny Dance
I just dropped Abby off at school and overheard two staff:
“Is there an official dance to it?”
“No, I just saw it on the Internet last year. It’s just called the Hamster Dance.”
This Last Weekend I Had A First
This last weekend I had a first. I don’t have a lot of firsts in my life any more because of my age, though last September I had a thirty-first. Sunday I taught on my dad’s behalf as he was in California looking after things there with his family. I have taught adult Sunday School many times, but its the first time I’ve ever taught in front of my brothers and sisters in Christ in the main service. I taught on the passage and some possible applications of Titus 2:2-8. Since that’s not a commonly taught passage I’ll post the text here:
| Tts 2:2 | Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. |
| Tts 2:3 | Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, |
| Tts 2:4 | so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, |
| Tts 2:5 | {to be} sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. |
| Tts 2:6 | Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; |
| Tts 2:7 | in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, {with} purity in doctrine, dignified, |
| Tts 2:8 | sound {in} speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us. |
I have put a lot of time into thinking about that passage and I hope you find it edifying on its surface. Further it is a great passage to use for looking into how we can grow together as a body. Who has God put into your life for you to grow and have as an example?
Check out the recording of the lesson here. And the handout that is referenced here. Feel free to post any questions or comments below in the comments section and I’ll get back to you with answers (assuming I have them).
There is a Special Place in Hell for Virus Coderz
I just wanted to let you know that I’m not dead. This weekend, aside from celebrating with the family the resurrection of Jesus the Christ, I helped some friends with their computer. After about 10 hours of funk, trying this, trying that and generally hating malicious people who write viruses I was able to remove it from the machine and then set it up to be more secure, a wee faster, and hopefully useful for them in the months to come.
Hell has a special place for virus coderz and I’m pretty sure they only serve caffeine free diet soda there.
127.0.0.1 Depot
What on earth is up with home depot selling laptops? The pictures on this post arrived via email and were snapped on my iPhone:
Prejudiced? I Can’t Tell
Today I was listening to a pop artist because I had heard her name enough times that I had to find out why people were listening to her. For those of you keeping score: it’s not Britney Spears. YouTube had a number of her videos online so I listened to them on the y’ube and got a feel for the style of her album(s). I did not watch more than about 10 seconds of her video but I’m pretty sure I’m prejudice. The reason I say that is that with computers and software being what they are even I can sound relatively decent so I want a genuine artist writing from their heart about things that matter to them. I need something deeper than dulcimer tones.
Am I prejudiced against the pretty faced girl who sings like an ‘angel’ (pardon me while I puke in my mouth after writing that)? I think so. What if the unnamed country-pop star is really a great, talented gal who writes real songs from her heart? I’m scared if she does because she’s got to have a large chunk of bubble-gum lodged in there and its coated with banjos [this makes her songs authentic country, I believe]. Definitely enough to have a need for heart surgery. If she likes country music and enjoys singing about love, broken heartedness and incestuous relationships like traditional country musicians that’s great, but it just doesn’t show up in the lyrics and the videos are more about her hot young body than they are about her personality. Or, as my sister, who likes country, likes to say: her qualities [a reference to the Bachelor TV show].
Help me find a really, really good country artist who writes quality songs, has depth in lyrics, music stylings, and isn’t just a celebrity for appearance sake.
Gut Check
My stomach feels like it is an anaconda sqeezing itself. Crazy muscle cramps are making this thing feel really nasty. I don’t think I’m sick, but I don’t feel well. Well, that’s a deep subject.
St. Partakes Day
Abby just asked,”What is St. Patrick’s day?”
Me: An excuse to start drinking after Mardi Gras.
Abby: blank stair.
Jessica: “The Catholics like to do that to their holidays.”
Bright
“Daddy, two light bulbs in the bathroom are not light bulbing.”-Evie
Evie puts on Sunglasses and says, “This way the sun can’t see my eyes.”