Good Decision on POT

I’m pleased with the decision. I’ve heard that many students get stoned often. I‘ve heard that students think that many smart people take this and it does not hurt them at all.
NIDA InfoFacts: Marijuana
http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

Marijuana has no medical use, FDA says
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002946072_pot22.html
FDA Says No To Legal Medical Marijuana
http://www.cancerpage.com/news/article.asp?id=9643
F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana
http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060421/ZNYT04/604210360/1051/NEWS01

SONGS AGAINST W A R

"I was waiting for someone to come along, some young singer 18 to 22 years old, to write these songs and stand up," Young said. "I waited a long time. Then, I decided that maybe the generation that has to do this is still the '60s generation. We're still here."
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002720.htm
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2006-04-22T020411Z_01_N21295317_RTRUKOC_0_UK-LEISURE-YOUNG.xml&archived=False
Neil Young's newly recorded protest album "Living With War," including a song calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush, will be posted for free Internet streaming next week, his label said on Friday.

INFUSION

At work this InformationTechnology Technician put his device into one computer and copied over all of my files to another computer. This motivated me to look up "infuse/infusion" as related to God. I'd wished I could have composed a poem regarding it. [ It also remined me of Spock's Mind Meld. Now you know I'm old.] Lately I feel distant from God and from people. If I could just get a Jesus infusion! Seriously.
Infuse Defined: To fill or cause to be filled with something
Philippians 4: 12-14 (amplified)
12 I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want.
13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].
14 But it was right and commendable and noble of you to contribute for my needs and to share my difficulties with me.
1 Thessalonians 3: 10-13 (The Message)
10 We do what we can, praying away, night and day, asking for the bonus of seeing your faces again and doing what we can to help when your faith falters.
11 May God our Father himself and our Master Jesus clear the road to you! 12 And may the Master pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from us to you. 13 May you be infused with strength and purity, filled with confidence in the presence of God our Father when our Master Jesus arrives with all his followers.

Decrease Risk for Alzheimers

I really like these Food Guide Pyramids from Mayo Health Clinic:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-diet/NU00190

Increase fruits, vegetables, legumes, and cereals; have some fish and alcohol, and less dairy and meat. (I personally believe that nonfat dairy is healthy).
The Mediterranean diet may reduce risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a community-based study conducted in New York.
http://www.seniorjournal.com/NEWS/Alzheimers/6-04-18-AlzheimersRisk.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/18/content_4444342.htm
http://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/health/feeds/hscout/2006/04/18/hscout532142.html
http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060417/full/060417-2.html
The Mediterranean diet is known to be high in fruits, vegetables, cereals, but low in meat and dairy products. A group of 2,258 non-demented individuals from the Washington Heights-Inwood Columbia Aging Project participated in the study. They were instructed to be on the diet for an average of four years.
During the course of the study, 262 individuals were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.........
The Mediterranean diet has also been linked to a lower risk for cardiovascular disease, several forms of cancer, and overall mortality.

F O R G I V E N E S S

I was thinking about Jesus Christ dying for me.
Can you believe he wanted those who hurt him to be forgiven?
How hard would that be for me? Impossible?
We all hurt Him. No one culture race religion was to blame.
Enjoy the song lyrics.

Hope to Carry On, Rich Mullins
http://www.kidbrothers.net/btm.html#htco
I can see Jesus hanging on a cross
I can see Jesus hanging on a cross
Oh, I can see Jesus hanging on a cross
He came looking for the lost
And love has come Love has come
Love has come And given me hope to carry on
I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive (Father forgive)
I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive (Father forgive them)
I can hear Jesus saying Father forgive
And what a thing He did
Love has come
Love has come
Love has come
And given me hope to carry on
And I can see love
Love is all I want to see
It can make a beggar rich
It can set a prisoner free
I know He can do it for you
God knows He did it for me
And I can see love
And love is all I want to show you Love
Love's the only way to go And love
But love is all a man might need to know
This I know
And you know Peter put away his sword
I can see Peter putting away his sword
Well I can see Peter put away his sword
He won't fight no more Love has come
Love has come Love has come
And given me hope to carry on
To carry on To carry on

Tabula Rasa (Clean Slate), Al Denson
http://www.ccmlyric.com/ID/62ac812a-f253-4ba0-b2ef-e7b277bc2fbe/show.lyrics
Be here in my eyes
So others may see
The beauty and presence of Your love
In one who was blind but now believes
Be here in my heart
Flow through my blood
Strengthen my soul and wash me clean
A living example of what Your grace has done
I will walk beside You
I give You my life
And when others seek to find You
May I be a light that shines
Be here in my hands
Give me Your touch
Use me to comfort and to build
Shelter for those who need Your love
Breathe words to my lips
So I may speak
Echo Your truth and living words
Lord, make me all I can be
I will walk beside You
Jesus, I give You my life
And when others seek to find You
May I be the light that shines
Be here in my heart
Flow through my blood
Strengthen my soul and wash me clean
Lord, make me all that I can be
Lord, please make me all that I can be

STOP WORRYING

At the end of today's broadcast Greg Laurie said "Fear Not" is the advice most given by Jesus. There are so many things in this world we could be afraid of.

Breaking Free from Worry by: Greg Laurie
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/A_New_Beginning/Article.asp?article_id=581
Have you ever been gripped by fear? You know the feeling. A shiver downs your spine. Your stomach has a sinking sensation. Your mouth goes dry. Maybe it happened when you were in a life-threatening situation, or at least you thought you were. Some people actually thrive on fear and will spend their hard-earned dollars to be scared out of their minds. They will go to a movie because they have heard it is really scary or go to an amusement park to ride the most extreme ride. But like it or not, fear is a very real emotion that most of us would rather avoid.
Unfortunately, fear has a friend called worry, and the two work in tandem. For example, maybe something frightens you, and you begin to think about the worst thing that could possibly happen. What if this happens? What if that happens? You can worry yourself into a state of panic.
Medical research has proven that worry can be physically harmful. It can affect our nervous systems and make us less resistant to disease. Experts have stated that excessive worry can shorten the human life. It is ironic that we worry about our lives, but in doing so, we actually can shorten them.
I am glad that the apostle Paul took the time to address the subject of worry and give us God's antidote for it:
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. (Philippians 4:6–8 NKJV) When Paul wrote these words, he was not living in an ivory tower, spinning off impractical theories. He was in some very difficult circumstances. Paul wanted to go to Rome to preach, but instead, he ended up there as a prisoner. Now he awaited his fate. His case could come up any day. He didn't know whether he would be acquitted or beheaded. Paul had plenty to worry about. But in the midst of these circumstances, Paul offered three steps that will help us break free from worry.
The first step is right praying (verse 6–7). When we are gripped by fear and worry, we need to pray. If you want to be free from worry, then you need to be a person who prays. Jesus taught us to pray, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:9 NKJV). When you put God's will above your own and start praying and thinking about His greatness, then all of your problems start shrinking, not because they are getting smaller, but because you have begun to realize how big God is. It puts your problems in perspective.
Second, we need to take the step of right thinking (verse 8). Maintaining personal peace involves both the heart and the mind. If you want peace in your heart, then you have to get your thoughts in order, because what we think about ultimately affects what we do. We want to nip in the bud any thoughts that would be impure or spiritually destructive. Isaiah 26:3 promises, "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You" (NKJV).
The third step is right living (verse 9). You cannot separate outward action from inward attitude. When you live a wicked life, you are constantly in turmoil, because sin always results in unrest. In contrast, when you live right before God, you have His peace. Isaiah 32:17 says, "The work of righteousness will be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever" (NKJV).
Are you a person who is gripped by worry today? Before you can know the peace of God, you need to have peace with God. But this is only possible through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. To learn more, simply go to http://www.knowgod.org/.
If you're reading this today and know Jesus Christ, then you don't have to worry about tomorrow. God is in control of your life. You may not know what tomorrow holds, but you know who holds tomorrow. Friday, September 19, 2003

E I N S T E I N

New model simulates Einstein's vision of black hole mergers
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2006-04-18-einstein-black-holes_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
The types of black hole mergers predicted by Einstein's general relativity have been accurately simulated in a computer model for the first time......
Black holes are regions of space where matter is packed so tightly that the resulting gravity ensnares matter and even light.
Einstein's general relativity predicts that when black holes merge, they will emit gravitational waves that distort the fabric of space-time like ripples spreading across a pond......

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12372352/
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2006/418/2

DINOSAUR MORE THAN 40 FEET LONG

Enormous Meat-Loving Dinosaur Found
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060417/meatdino_din.html
April 18, 2006— Remains of an enormous species of carnivorous dinosaur, which was longer than all other previously identified meat-eating dinos, have been found in western Patagonia, according to a news conference held there on Monday.
Researchers announced that the newly discovered meat muncher, Mapusaurus roseae, belongs to a group of gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs called carcharodontosaurids. This group includes Giganotosaurus, the largest meat-eating dinosaur to ever walk the earth.
The discovery is published in the latest issue of the journal Geodiversitas.
Paleontologists say Mapusaurus exceeded 41 feet in length and had a shinbone that was longer than that of Giganotosaurus. The current record-holder, however, retains its "largest" title because Giganotosaurus would have been wider and heavier than Mapusaurus.......

A Meat Eater Bigger Than T. Rex Is Unearthed
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/18/science/18dino.html
A new dinosaur species, one of the largest known carnivorous dinosaurs, has emerged from the red sandstone of Patagonia, in Argentina, where reptilian giants seem to have thrived 100 million years ago.

Huge meat-eating dinosaurs roamed in groups in Argentina
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/discoveries/2006-04-17-big-dinosaur_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
NEW YORK — Scientists are learning more about what appears to be one of the biggest meat-eating dinosaurs known, a two-legged beast whose bones were found several years ago in the fossil-rich Patagonia region of Argentina.
One expert called the discovery the first substantial evidence of group living by large meat-eaters other than tyrannosaurs like T. rex.

SINGER AGAINST WAR

New Neil Young song protests war
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-et-quick18.5apr18,0,3770950.story?coll=cl-music-features
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran rocker Neil Young has recorded a protest album featuring an anti-Iraq war track with "a holy vow to never kill again" and a song titled "Let's Impeach the President," the singer said on Monday.
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1851941&entertainment=true
Less than a year after the release of the quiet, reflective songs of his most recent album Prairie Wind - an album released in the wake of both his father's passing and his own brush with death after a brain aneurysm - Neil Young is about to release a heavy metal protest record.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/04/15/234057.php

Neil Young writes anti-war album
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4915672.stm

TRUE WORSHIP

http://www.harvest.org/devotional/index.php/1.html
......True worship is not merely the singing of worship songs. Rather, it is living our lives in a way that is pleasing to God. In fact, our singing and our prayers are just the outward manifestations of a life daily lived for the glory of God.What is God looking for today? He is looking for true worshipers. He is seeking such to worship Him. Greg Laurie

http://www.preachersfiles.com/worship/000752.htm
..........Someone once wrote: "To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God; to feed the mind with the truth of God; to purge the imagination by the beauty of God; to open the heart to the love of God; and to devote the will to the purpose of God."
Truly, everyone of us need to grow in quality, meaningful and true worship...........
Conclusion:
1. Jesus taught concerning true worship and true worshippers, but such implies false worship and false worshippers.
2. To better appreciate the true we must clear away the false
3. Think about these questions as we conclude:
1) Am I growing each day in the grace of gratitude?
2) Am I seeking to honor God in all that I do?
3) Do I greatly anticipate and look forward to each time of worship?
4) Do I bring the right heart as I engage in worship to God?

Hey, Baldy...

BALD EAGLE HATCHES
in California for first time in 50 years
By Andrew Gumbel
Published: 15 April 2006
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article357769.ece

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING

Thank you, from Little Miss Sunshine(Filed: 17/04/2006)
A girl who made medical history when her heart transplant was reversed after 10 years paid tribute yesterday to the "very nice man" who saved her life.
Hannah Clark, who was two years old when she was given a donor organ to "piggyback" her own, spent a decade with two hearts in her chest after a procedure by the renowned heart specialist Prof Sir Magdi Yacoub.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=P8&xml=/health/2006/04/17/nheart14.xml

Heart good as new after transplant
BRITISH doctors have revived a 12-year-old girl's dormant heart and removed a donor heart which she had started to reject.Hannah Clark, who lives in south Wales, underwent the operation in February in London by surgeons advised by specialist Sir Magdi Yacoub who came out of retirement at the request of the girl's parents.
Hannah had enjoyed good health until November when, in a routine examination, a cardiologist found her body was rejecting the organ which Yacoub had transplanted 10 years ago.
She then had been suffering from cardiomyopathy, which made her heart double in size and (the heart) threatened to fail within a year.
"We are delighted that Hannah is doing so well,' a spokesman for the cardiac team at Great Street Ormond Hospital said. "We believe this combination of circumstances is the first in the UK.'..........

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/13/uheart.xml&sSheet=/portal/2006/04/13/ixportaltop.html
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-04/18/content_4438125.htm
http://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=12439

A DIFFICULT JOB

So many people are so quick to judge. I think the job of pastor is very hard. I think we need to give grace to our pastors. Help them as we can. Be truthful. Encourage them. Pray for them. Be Patient. Be kind. Talk to them, not about them. Be willing to accept that just because you did not like the sermon, that sermon may have been just what most of the congregation needed to hear!
If you have ideas that could help your pastor improve worship and church programs share them! Be willing to help make changes. Pray before during and after the pastor's sermon that God's will would be accomplished through the message. Pray for people to accept God's challenges of growth toward Christ.

Excerpts from: THE OFFICE OF PASTOR:
http://www.teachingpages.co.uk/minilesson/pastorsduty.html
From this we see God expects His pastors to -
==>seek Him
==>inquire of Him
==>require Him - which is to petition Him in prayer.

We also see that He expects, as a consequence of doing this, that they will -
==>conduct themselves wisely
==>ensure that the flock stays together in unity.

God's expectation of pastors
Ezekiel also provides us with a similar understanding of God's expectation for His pastors. He writes,
"Thus says the Lord God to the shepherds: 'Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?'" Ezekiel 34:2 - NKJV.
What does God expect from His shepherds, His pastors? He expects them to spiritually feed (that is, nourish) God's people.
Ezekiel continues,
"The weak you have not strengthened, nor have you healed those who were sick, nor bound up the broken, nor brought back what was driven away, nor sought what was lost; but with force and cruelty you have ruled them." Ezekiel 34:4 - NKJV.
From these two verses from Ezekiel we see that God expects his pastors to -
==>feed the sheep
==>strengthen the feeble
==>heal the sick
==>bandage the hurt
==>bring back those driven away
==>seek those who are lost.

So from this we see the pastor - who is the overseer of the flock - must watch out for his members' souls. This is bound to involve at times exhorting against sin. Exhortation usually involves correction - a call to dispense with the bad or less than best in order to take hold of God's best for you. Correction isn't easy to take but it is necessary. Those who accept it and are improved by it will receive a good reward. Heb.12:9-11.

A promise of pastors
God clearly expects a lot of His pastors but He doesn't leave them to do it on their own in their own strength and sufficiency. (Phil.4:13; 2 Cor.3:4-6)
In Jeremiah God gives a wonderful prophecy,
"I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge (of God) and understanding (of His ways)." Jeremiah 3:15 - NKJV. [Words in parenthesis are mine]

Other roles for the pastor?
You also asked me about the boundaries of the pastor's duties. I think God's job description of the office of pastor - as we have seen it here through scripture - sets well the boundaries of his duties.
In a given church situation, however, the pastor may have to take on other roles besides that of pastor. His challenge is then to maintain the effectiveness of his pastoral role in the face of the pressure on time made by the other roles.
At times the congregation may have to be confronted with the time and role problems a pastor may be having and together they'll have to look for a solution. In such a case, you have a situation very similar to the one we see faced by the apostles and the church as it is recorded in Acts 6:1-7.
May the people of God be blessed with pastors according to the Lord's own heart!

EASTER POEM

EASTER REFLECTIONS by Helen Steiner Rice

With OUR EYES we see
The beauty of Easter
as the earth awakens once more...
With OUR EARS we hear
The birds sing sweetlyto tell us
Spring again is here...
With OUR HANDS we pick
the golden daffodils
and the fragrant hyacinths...
But only with OUR HEARTS
can we feel the MIRACLE of GOD'S LOVE
which redeems all men...
And only with OUR SOUL
can we make our 'pilgrimage to God'
and inherit His Easter Gift of ETERNAL LIFE

Easter Song for Children's Choir

EASTER BELLS RING
by Chris Elias Feb. 2001
for New Life Singers Choir
Canoga Park Presbyterian Church

C G C C G C F C
CHRIST IS KING! EASTER BELLS RING--EARLY IN THE MORNING.
C G C C G C F G C
CELEBRATE! DON’T BE LATE--TO PRAISE OUR RISEN KING!

C G7 C G7 C
EASTER IS NOT ABOUT--MY NEW DRESS AND SHOES;
dm am dm am dm
EASTER IS NOT ABOUT--MY NEW TIE AND HAT;
C G7 C G7 C
EASTER IS NOT ABOUT--ALL THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM;
dm am dm am dm
EASTER IS NOT ABOUT--BABY CHICKS THAT HATCH;
C F G C
LISTEN TO WHAT WE SING:
F C
(**) JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR ME AND YOU.
G7 C
IT’S NOT A STORY IT’S REALLY TRUE.
F C
READ IN THE BIBLE MATTHEW MARK AND LUKE
G G7 C
HE DID NOT STAY IN THE TOMB. NO!
G G7 C
HE DID NOT STAY IN THE TOMB! ( ** Repeat)

C G C C G C F C
CHRIST IS KING! EASTER BELLS RING--EARLY IN THE MORNING.
C G C C G C F G
CELEBRATE! DON’T BE LATE--TO PRAISE OUR RISEN—
C G C C G C F C
CHRIST IS KING! EASTER BELLS RING--EARLY IN THE MORNING.
C G C C G G F G C
CELEBRATE! DON’T BE LATE--TO PRAISE OUR RISEN KING!

Church on Easter

If you go to church tomorrow, Easter,

do yourself a favor.
Really seek to meet Jesus Christ. Participate.
Pray or Sing or Think or Read the Bible.
Don't just watch for the pastor

to make a mistake,

or take in how wonderful (or not)

the choir sounds,

or judge the people around you.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to minister

to you right then. Don't wait.
Listen and Obey the (soft quiet true real firm) voice of God

speaking to your heart mind and soul.
"God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them! No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son.
The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light. People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done. But everyone who lives by the truth will come to the light, because they want others to know that God is really the one doing what they do."--John 3:16-21

REMINDER / EXAMPLE

Reminds me of when Jesus prayed:
" Father, forgive them; they don't know what they're doing."
--Luke 23:34
Man sent to prison, but he has 5 year old girl’s forgiveness
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/14346786.htm
“What you done to me was wrong,” she said to the man seated 10 feet away. “But I still forgive him.”

Movie for Good Friday

Just watched "The Passion of the Christ" for the 3rd time.
Cried a lot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/quotes
Memorable Quotes from The Passion of the Christ (2004)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/awards
Awards for The Passion of the Christ (2004)

What motivated Mel Gibson to make a movie about Jesus' final hours?
In an interview that appeared in the February 2004 issue of the Knights of Columbus magazine Columbia, Mel Gibson said the following about deciding to make the film, "About 13 years ago I came to a difficult point in my life, and meditating on Christ's sufferings, on his passion, got me through it. ... And when I did that, through reading, and studying, and meditating and praying, I began to see in my own mind what he really went through. ... The story, the way I envisioned the suffering of Christ, got inside me and started to grow, and it reached a point where I just had to tell it, to get it out." http://www.chasingthefrog.com/reelfaces/passion.php

Riddle 4

WHAT ALWAYS WEIGHS THE SAME NO MATTER HOW BIG IT GETS?
http://www.brownielocks.com/riddles.html




read answer right to left:

eloh a

HEALTH CONCERNS

SODA LINKED TO LEUKEMIA
http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=134746
CHOLESTEROL LINKED TO PROSTATE CANCER
http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=US1124236M&news_headline=cholesterol_linked_to_prostate_cancer
Drug companies 'inventing diseases'
http://www.irishhealth.com/?level=4&id=9324

Riddle 3

WHAT DO YOU CALL SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS WIRING FOR MONEY?
http://www.brownielocks.com/riddles.html



read answer right to left:

naicirtcele na

MARS IN FULL COLOR

http://news.com.com/2300-11397_3-6059530-1.html?tag=ne.gall.pg
This is the first color image of Mars from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, taken during a turn round the planet on March 24......

LEAVE YOUR LAPTOP AT HOME!

Internet cafés are becoming dangerous places for notebook PC owners, San Francisco police told a city newspaper Saturday.
In a San Francisco Chronicle story, city police noted that laptop robberies had jumped from 18 during 2004 to 48 in 2005, and are currently on pace to crack 70 this year.....
http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184430280

OH- schloß oben! = l'OH ha chiuso in su! = Oh, shut up!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3781466.html
April 8, 2006, 10:48PM Theory has Jesus walking on ice, not water
By JIM LONEY Reuters News Service
MIAMI - The New Testament says Jesus walked on water, but a university professor thinks there could be a less miraculous explanation — he walked on a floating piece of ice......

GO CHRIS!!!!!

37th Annual GMA Music Awards - Gospel music's biggest night!
http://www.gmamusicawards.com/
Among those who received Dove Awards was Chris Tomlin.....
My Husband, Youth Minister and Choir Director turned me on to his album:
"ARRIVING"
http://www.google.com/musicl?lid=qINUPcEQmbG&aid=7kZVRYtx02F

GOOD QUOTE

"The fruit of the spirit only grows in the garden of obedience." Pastor Greg Laurie

1 John 5: 1-5 (the message)
1 Every person who believes that Jesus is, in fact, the Messiah, is God-begotten. If we love the One who conceives the child, we'll surely love the child who was conceived. 2 The reality test on whether or not we love God's children is this: Do we love God? Do we keep his commands? 3 The proof that we love God comes when we keep his commandments and they are not at all troublesome. 4 Every God-begotten person conquers the world's ways. The conquering power that brings the world to its knees is our faith. 5 The person who wins out over the world's ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God.

FAST "TURKEY"

New Dinosaur Resembles Large Turkey
SALT LAKE CITY -- Fossils discovered in southern Utah are from a new species of birdlike dinosaur that resembled a 7-foot-tall brightly colored turkey and could run up to 25 mph, scientists said Tuesday.......
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040401674.html
Fossils from a new species of birdlike dinosaur resembling a 2.1 metre brightly coloured turkey and which could run at up to 40 kmh have been found in southern Utah......
An artist's conception of the bird-like feathered dinosaur Falcarius utahensis.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/found-turkeysaurus/2006/04/05/1143916582015.html

WE LOSE SLEEP TONIGHT!

Turn your clocks one hour ahead 4/1/06

so you will be on time to church or work on 4/2/06!!!!!!!!!

I really wish an agreement would be made to stop changing

our clocks ahead and back again!!!

Does it really help anything in 2006?

IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME!

HONG KONG Apr 1, 2006 (AP)— Jackie Chan
says he's still in pain from a recent chest injury sustained while filming his latest movie, "Rob-B-Hood."
"It's still swollen. It really hurts," the
51-year-old action star
told reporters Friday at the opening festivities of a Hong Kong rugby tournament. Chan, whose screen credits include roles in the "Rush Hour" movies, said an X-ray showed no broken bones but cartilage injury.
"Breathing hurts. … It hurts to draw my fist. It's been hard filming fight scenes these past two days," he said. Chan was injured March 23 when a stuntman wearing the wrong shoes kicked him. He has suffered numerous injuries performing his own stunts.
On the Net:
http://www.jackiechan.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1794015&entertainment=true

( Only) TEEN EMOTION (?)

[I'll be tired today. Woke up 1.5 hours too early and could not go back to sleep due to anxiety (bad dream?).Searching Internet found this poignant poem. How many adults have truly recovered from teenage sadness, abuse, judgement, fear, low self-esteem, addictions, guilt, neglect, rejection, bad memories, disappointment, lack of direction?]
"why i can't sleep at night" by Sandy, age 15
Look at me i'm on display
harsh public inspection
all cuz i dont got any direction
looked down upon cuz im not your average girl
don't really care about my image
im just me..don't care about much else
too many things to worry about
so many reasons to be average
reasons I never understood
don't wanna be your good litte girl
don't want to give in to being one thing
too many things to think about
too many reasons to be down
push them down till you feel like youre going to explode
throw the pillow
pound on the door
Till u realize your sorrow is drowned out
By accusations of teenage normalcy
Just cuz I cant figure out what I need to be happy
fake smile..too many dawning thoughts
you feel unwanted, misunderstood
as your hope slowly rots
http://teenwriting.about.com/library/submissions/poetry/blsandy-why.htm

THANKS GIDEONS

Luke and I were each given a small book including
New Testament, Proverbs and Psalms
outside of his Middle School today.
THANKS GIDEONS!
http://www.gideons.org/

"A LIFE POEM" (good advice)

"A Life Poem" posted by Heart and Soul Group 2/25/2000
http://www.storybin.com/builders/builders125.shtml
Life can seem ungrateful and not always kind.
Life can pull at your heartstrings and play with your mind...
Life can be blissful and happy and free...
Life can put beauty in the things that you see...
Life can place challenges right at your feet...
Life can make good of the hardships we meet...
Life can overwhelm you and make your head spin...
Life can reward those determined to win...
Life can be hurtful and not always fair...
Life can surround you with people who care...
Life clearly does offer its Up and its Downs...
Life's days can bring you both smiles and frowns...
Life teaches us to take the good with the bad...
Life is a mixture of happy and sad...
So...
Take the Life that you have and give it your best...
Think positive, be happy let God do the rest...
Take the challenges that life has laid at your feet...
Take pride and be thankful for each one you meet...
To yourself give forgiveness if you stumble and fall...
Take each day that is dealt you and give it your all...
Take the love that you're given and return it with care...
Have faith that when needed it will always be there...
Take time to find the beauty in the things that you see...
Take life's simple pleasures let them set your heart free...
The idea here is simply to even the score...
As you are met and faced with Life's Tug of War

I believe in Angels...

[Have you ever been delayed or decided to drive a different route home just to pass a horrific accident right where you should have been? I have. Often.

I try to remember to pray for the victims and thank God for the paramedics and also thank God for protecting me and my passenger(s), usually one of my sons.]
I WATCHED THE WHOLE MIRACLE by Richard Macwilliam
I watched the whole miracle;

The child on his mother’s arm, walking home,
The teacher, leaping in a frenzy, shouting and calling,Running across the crowded playground, middle-aged speed.
I watched the whole miracle: Saw her chase and catch the boy, Hold the Mum, return the toy, And as I walked closer heard fragments of their breath. I watched the whole miracle. Moments later The car smashed where they should have been. I watched the whole miracle -

She took a day’s rest.6/10/99
http://www.richardmacwilliam.com/miracle.html
This poem is about a little miracle I witnessed from start to finish, with a teacher talking to a toddler in a classroom then jumping up a few minutes after he and his mother had left, clutching a toy he'd forgotten and charging out as fast as she could.She was in time to stop them both, to chat for a moment, and whilst they chatted a car driven by one of the local drugged-up yobs knocked down a lamp-post, precisely where they would have been.They were the only ones who ever walked on that bit of pavement.This teacher was full of energy, full of life and personally I believe that 'God' somehow spoke to her directly, short-circuiting her in some way. Next day she had to take a rest. I was the only one who actually 'saw' the miracle - it seemed to pass everyone else by, including the teacher, including even the mother who I had a brief chat with some time later. The fact that she would have been there and been dead, yeah she realised it but it still didn't register - well, what can you say? (R.M.)

I believe in Miracles...

(I thought she was dead.)
Jill Carroll, U.S. Reporter in Iraq, Freed by Captors March 30 (Bloomberg)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000082&sid=aala0EmQiaRs&refer=canada
U.S. journalist Jill Carroll has been freed after almost three months in captivity in Iraq, her employer said.......Concern for Carroll's fate increased after the body of Tom Fox, an American kidnapped with three other Christian peace campaigners in Baghdad in November, was found earlier this month. Sunni leaders including al-Duleimi called for Carroll's safe return.......
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&u=/nm/20060330/ts_nm/iraq_carroll_dc_7
......"I'm just happy to be free. I just want to be with my family," Carroll, wearing a headscarf, told Baghdad Television, adding she had had no warning she was being freed.
"Never hit me. Never even threatened to hit me," she told the channel, which run by the Iraqi Islamic Party, the Sunni Arab organization to whose officials she was released......

"TODAY'S JOY" poem

Today's Joy Was Born Of Yesterday's Sorrow

Who said the "darkness of the night"
Would never turn to day ...
Who said the "winter's bleakness"
Would never pass away ...
Who said the fog would never lift
And let the sunshine through ...
Who said the skies now overcast
Would nevermore be blue ...
Why should we ever entertain
These thoughts so dark and grim
And let the brightness of our mind
Grow cynical and dim ...
When we know beyond all questioning
That winter turns to spring ...
And on the notes of sorrow
New songs are made to sing ...
For no one sheds a teardrop
Or suffers loss in vain,
For God is always there to turn
Our losses into gain.
And every burden born TODAY
And every present sorrow
Are but God's happy harbingers
Of a joyous, bright TOMORROW!
~ Helen Steiner Rice ~
http://my.homewithgod.com/lanell/TodaysJoy.html

Riddle 2

What goes around the world but stays in a corner?




[ read answer right to left
pmats a]

SHARING

The early Christian Church shared what they had.
What a "novel" idea!
"The group of followers all felt the same way about everything. None of them claimed that their possessions were their own, and they shared everything they had with each other. In a powerful way the apostles told everyone that the Lord Jesus was now alive. God greatly blessed his followers, and no one went in need of anything. Everyone who owned land or houses would sell them and bring the money to the apostles. Then they would give the money to anyone who needed it."
Acts 4:32-35 (Contemporary English Version)
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts%204:32-35;&version=46;

"MONEY" poem

Money, Money, Money by Neil Harding McAlister

Money, money, money!
Mammon Almighty!
We drive to the Outlet Mall
Where we can worship thee,
Seeking second-hand fame
From designer brand names;
Programmed consumers
On a spending spree.
Money, money, money!
God looks down glumly.
Slaves of illusion
To golden calves we pray,
Negligent of others,
Careless of our brothers.
Blind acquisition
Soon must pass away.
Money, money, money!
Junk food aplenty.
Buy a bigger pair of shorts
Our buttocks to contain.
Kids in Third World nations
May die of starvation;
Casual gluttons,
We more weight shall gain.
Money, money, money!
Drowning in plenty,
Who can value anything
When nothing is denied?
Foolish ads we all heed,
Then buy things we don’t need,
Driven by greed that
Can’t be satisfied.
Money, money, money!
Fives, tens and twenties.
Can’t we see that who we are
Is not the stuff we buy?
Souls cannot be measured
By the goods we treasure.
Fashion’s a blink in
Time’s eternal eye.
Amen.
http://www.durham.net/~neilmac/money.htm

THANK YOU ITALY!

Afghan Christian Granted Asylum in Italy
http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1781010

......Rahman was put on trial last week for converting 16 years ago while he was a medical aid worker for an international Christian group helping Afghan refugees in Pakistan. He was carrying a Bible when arrested and faced the death penalty under Afghanistan's Islamic laws......

(I'm proud to be 1/2 Italian right about now)

"STORM" verse

"If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking. But when you ask for something,
you must have faith and not doubt.
Anyone who doubts is like an ocean wave
tossed around in a storm. If you are that kind of person,
you can't make up your mind, and you surely can't be trusted.
So don't expect the Lord to give you anything at all. "
James 1:5-7 (Contemporary English Version)

"STORM" poem

"STORM"

"The rain will wake me even as I dream,
and carried into clouds unfolding in the bay,
there will be the herring swimming through the fields,
and the salamanders climbing up for air,
pulled from dirt, from silence,
like single words of praise,
and the knocking of our children's boots
along the dock, and their standing out,
half-dressed, beneath the threaded sky.
Then their joy will wake me too,
to how we lay our lives
like a finger
against the earth's rapacious pulse,
until the world returns in kind,
bending low
just to touch the spirit
as it struggles to survive the flesh,
and how the flesh, grown mute with grief,
must be carried back to greed,
must be brought to bear
the fluid weight of love,
our window cracked an inch for air,
the sheets thrown back in heat,
rain calling out the roof, the trees,
the children calling forward,
calling back along the shore."
COPYRIGHT 2002
Mothering Magazine
COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_2002_Jan-Feb/ai_100807018

"RAIN" verse

"Ask the Lord for rain in the spring,
and He will give it.
It is the Lord who makes storm clouds
that drop showers of rain
so that every field becomes a lush pasture."
Zechariah 10:1 (New Living Translation)

"RAIN" poem

"Rain" by Meghan Flood

"I sit here thinking alone in the rain,
thinking of my sorrow, misery, and pain.
I sit here listening to the thunder crashing down,
knowing my life is better when you’re around.
As I sit here watching the storm roll on,
all I think about is you, and how you are gone.
As I look at the dark clouds above,
I sit here and wonder whom you’re thinking of.
It’s like the sky is crying and I am too,
thinking of how I’m missing you.
I miss your hugs and gentle touch,
and the way you tell me you care for me so much.
I miss the way you kiss me and make me feel,
I hope when you come back your feelings are still real.
Now as I look up at the clear sky above,
I’m thinking of you, and I think I’m in love."
http://www.netpoets.com/poems/love/0183003.htm

RIDDLE

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?


http://rinkworks.com/brainfood/riddles.shtml
[read answer right to left:
lewot a]

"FEAR" GOD

We are not supposed to have a spirit of fear but we are supposed to fear God.
How do you explain that to little kids?
What I taught my elementary church kids yesteday is that we need to honor respect obey and trust our Awesome God.
http://www.700club.com/spirituallife/CBNTeachingSheets/Fear.asp
http://www.torahbytes.org/63-17.htm

LIFE IS SHORT / MAKE EVERY DAY COUNT

"Popular Holy Cross chief anesthesiologist killed in crash"
By Josh Kleinbaum, Staff Writer
http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_3625559
Pray for Peace, Comfort, Justice, Forgiveness, Healing
(I know the driver of the Ford Explorer)
Drive Defensively.
Drive Safely.
Please--don't drink and drive.

GRACE

What is GRACE ?

G => GOD'S
R => RICHES
A => AT
C => CHRIST'S
E => EXPENSE

Jill Bristol

I HATE WAR

Bush administration urges patience over Iraq 20/03/2006
......And two-thirds of Americans say the US is losing ground in preventing civil war in Iraq, according to a Pew Research Centre poll taken in the same period. That is up from 48 per cent in January.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=176579778&p=y7658x484

SCIENCE + FAITH = ?

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0603170333mar17,1,2655861.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed
Astronomer's quest to link science, faith wins religion award
$1.4 million prize goes to British professor
By Chris Herlinger Religion News Service Published March 17, 2006
.........."Many of the deepest and most engaging questions that we grapple with still about the nature of the universe have their origins in our purely religious quest for meaning. The concept of a lawful universe with order that can be understood and relied upon emerged largely out of religious beliefs about the nature of God."
Barrow's win continues a recent trend. While early Templeton winners were such well-known figures as Mother Teresa and evangelist Billy Graham, the prize in recent years has focused more on honoring those advancing the burgeoning field of religion, spirituality and science...........

Good Quote

"Do you know what I miss most about our country--
Not the loss of our civil rights as much as our Compassion Soul our Humility."
Boston Legal TV Progam March 14, 2006

WHAT ELSE DID GOD MAKE???

www.chinaview.cn 2006-03-14 14:09:28
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- "New Zealand researchers discovered a NEW PLANET 13 times as much as Earth in a solar system 9,000 light-year away, according to the latest Astrophysical Journal Letters..........It is the first time that such a planet has been found occupying the same region of a solar system as the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn do in ours."
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/14/content_4302663.htm

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200603/kt2006031417354568040.htm
Korean Astronomers Help Locate Distant Planet
"An international team of scientists including South Koreans has discovered a small extrasolar planet using new technology, dubbed gravitational microlensing. It brightens the prospects of detecting earth-mass planets.
The four-country team including scientists at South Korea, Israel, New Zealand and the United States Tuesday unveiled the breakthrough finding.
The planet, situated 8,000 light years away from the earth with roughly 13 times the mass of earth, is the fourth lightest one among 170-plus extrasolar planets ever identified...........
The new methodology finds planets by tracing their gravitational fields and parent stars when they act to magnify the light of a distant background star."
THE KOREA TIMES

"WHAT IS A PASTOR?"

SOURCE: http://perlaetus.blogspot.com/2006/01/i-am-not-monkey-dancing-bear-or-trick.html
Do you agree with this message?

Pastors need to be all about Jesus and the practices of Jesus.
Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.The sinful, broken, the lost should find great love and joy in being around you. The Pharisees should feel uncomfortable. Jesus ate at both kinds of peoples homes, but he had an annoying habit of exposing Pharisees hypocrisy every time he sat down with them. Translate that to the church: If the "righteous" are getting worried about our commitment to the "absolute Truth" because some gay people are coming to the church and being ministered to, then you're probably doing something right.
Pastors lead without apology.
I am not here to merely be "a face" that represents the sum of everyone's desires for church direction, methodology, programs, etc. and then synthesize them into some Frankenstein of ministry to "keep all the cliques happy". I will seek out counselors, but those that I trust do not have agendas, want my best and believe in me.
Pastors are here to give you what you need, not what you want.
Most people don't know the difference, and it's a big one, hence God's gift of a shepherd.
Pastors are not the filler of a void that is solely yours.
We aren't here to be the vicarious Christian testimony you can't seem to create or sustain yourself. Our relationship with God is not a substitute for yours. Our families being "successful" (code for: outwardly perfect) is not a free pass for you to neglect your own. We aren't here to make you feel better about your failings by preserving some sick facade of "perfection" that satisfy your personal political and cultural values that nobody is really living up to in the first place.
Pastors don't have to do things methodologically your way.
Barring clear cut evidence of doctrinal/moral transgression,(i.e. chapter and verse proof, contravention of Creedal affirmations or statement of faith, etc.), I put in the time, I get to do things my way.Just cuz it's not the way you would do it, doesn't mean I don't love Jesus or am not able to be respected because you didn't get your way. Stop whining.
Pastors speak for themselves.
I interpret me, you don't interpret me. Clear cut evidence of doctrinal/moral transgression is not based in your perception that such transgression has taken place. Grow up and just come ask where I am headed with something or what I think about something--don't presume to speak for me or understand me on first hearing.
Pastors are to be respected.
In the world, you might need to earn respect, but in the church "earning respect" is a foil to keep leaders off balance. Biblically, respect is bestowed by virtue of position and the affirmation of the spiritual authority of the elders. Heb. 13 has a command to follow the leadership of the church and to not make their work a burden (by virtue of your unteachableness and resistance). If you can't follow clear cut commands like that or Matt. 18, then don't come lecturing me about my perceived contraventions of Scripture that you concluded must be happening because of a gossip session you reveled in. If you can't get it together on this one, then please find a church where you can, go there and stop talking about me.
Pastors do not have to walk on eggshells.
We need to carefully define what is evil and worthy of being reproached: ACTUAL SIN. (That doesn't include areas of disagreement that are not clearly defined in Scripture and if you are going to make me choose between how you read Paul and the clear witness of the Gospels about Jesus--I'm going with Jesus. Even if you're right, 9 times out of 10 people bring that stuff up to control and maintain their own sense of "rightness" and that's a sin that you need to let go of. I'm here to help you do that by not allowing you to manipulate and control.)Being above reproach is not a call to be inauthentic in hopes of avoiding "offending" grey area convictions of more conservative members of the congregation. Avoiding the appearance of evil is a perspective for the outside of the community of faith, not a club for pharisees to beat their leaders into submission.Both those commands are about public witness to the world, not the perceptions of "image" by fellow believers with less freedom on non-essential matters.Those commands were written when Christians were accused of having secret sex orgies with the dead, being atheists, cannibals and longing for the destruction of public order.When you are being thrown to the lions for those kinds of lies, you need to watch your step.Those commands were never intended to be used as a tool for manipulation.
Pastors are to be busy doing works of love and service, not being glorified managers.
Our concerns are to be primarily spiritual. So yes, praying is part of my job, my personal devotional life is part of my job, taking time to be with people over coffee and food is part of my job. Being chained to a desk in an office guarantees less real ministry is happening.
Pastors need friends.
Just the other day, 2 friends went to dinner with me and we had a fantastic talk about a lot of things, we touched on concerns of being "above reproach", we sought out understanding and I knew that they did it because they loved me, respected me and wanted my best. Those are the kinds of people I can trust where they are coming from, and they are the kind of people that I want to surround me with the wisdom of the abundance of counselors.

PATHETIC

pathetic = "Arousing or capable of arousing scornful pity. "
I was EXTREMELY disappointed that a song about a pimp
won an oscar for best original song!
I thought the 3/5 performance was downright rude.
I just read that they did not even perform
the original lyrics since they were too offensive.
Come on. Who really voted for this song to win?!?
"We changed the lyrics up completely. I had to because my mom was watching. I didn't want to say any cuss words," said Jordan "Juicy J" Houston, who co-wrote the theme for the art-house pimp film "Hustle & Flow" with Paul "DJ Paul" Beauregard and Cedric "Frayser Boy" Coleman
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/music/article.adp?id=20060306014009990005&cid=525

Good Words For Parents

[I wanted to pass on some good words of advice I heard from
Pastor Alex Montoya on the radio. These really struck true to me,
a busy mom, wife, hospital worker, and church volunteer.
I stopped driving and took notes! Hope you find this helpful.]
Parents, are you getting enough sleep every night?
You need to average 6 -7 hours of sleep every night.
You need balance in your life.
I encourage you to EAT A MEAL TOGETHER.
Really cook. Turn off the TV.
Make your family a priority. Make this meaningful.
Take 2 hours to share with each other.
I encourage you to PRAY TOGETHER.
We are so involved with the work of God we don’t
have time to pray with our family! Find a verse for the day.
Find a thought for the day. It can be short.Families need Christ
at home. Make this a priority.
I encourage you to WORSHIP TOGETHER.
Some families only come to church every 5 weeks.
I encourage you to be consistent. Don’t let things keep
you from church. It is not by accident God chose
one day to be holy. We need to keep ourselves out of stress.
Rest and Grow. Give God your Sunday
and make it your day of rest and your day of worship.
Make this a priority.
I encourage you to LEARN TO PLAY TOGETHER.
Play games. Don’t be “too tired” or “too busy” to play
with your kids as you sit there and watch TV. Laugh together.
If someone drove by your house, what would they hear?
Sex is okay as part of marriage. Couples should go
on a date once a week. Allow your husband to romance you.
Date according to your budget. Share babysitting with
another couple, or ask family to baby-sit, or pay a church
or high school kid. Make it work.
I encourage you to WORK TOGETHER.
Job share. Share the house work.
A happy family honors God in your home.
We want Christ Centered Hearts and Lives.
Husbands take responsibility and Leadership.
Affirm and thank your church. Model Christ.
If you honor God, God will honor you.
Apply the truth of Christ’s heart to the life of your family.

PRETENTIOUSNESS = Oscars

For Years I've wished just one "star" would walk on the red carpet wearing a T, Jeans, and Sneakers.
Would they be kicked out???
Years ago my unpublished talented songwriter husband wrote:
"CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE MAN."
http://www.bradelias.com/

Stations of the Cross

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/stations/index.html
by Lucille Perrotta Castro
Introduction: "Stations are places where people wait while they are going from one place to another. A school-bus stop is like a station. People wait at train stations or bus stations or airports. Think of some stations where you have been.
Stations are also places where people take time to think about Jesus as he went to die on a cross. They are "Stations of the Cross." They show us how much Jesus loved us.
You do not have to think of all of the Stations of the Cross on one day. You may want to stay at one Station with Jesus for a few days before you move to another Station. Whatever you decide, Jesus is with you and he loves you."

HEART PRAYERS

http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/child/lent/index.html
Heart Prayers for Lent for children and their families

Introduction: "When we pray, we "connect" with God; we become aware of God's presence within us. One spiritual writer comments that we can think of our own heart as God's "family room within us". What a beautiful image of a place where we can just relax with God!"

Oscar-Nominated Original Song from CRASH

"In the Deep" From Crash

Music by Kathleen "Bird" York and Michael Becker

lyrics by Kathleen "Bird" York

Thought you had

all the answers
to rest your heart upon
but something happens
don't see it coming

now you can't stop yourself
now you're out there swimming
in the deep
Life keeps tumbling
your heart in circles
till you let go
till you shed your pride
and you climb to heaven
and you throw yourself off
now you're out there spinning
in the deep

THANKS KTLA

I just signed up for my own ktla weather page.
Thanks Mark.
http://ktla.trb.com/extras/ktla/myweather/ktla-myweather-default.html?track=nav

L E N T

I usually take Lent seriously, just don't give up things for it.
Maybe because I feel like I am not in control any more.
Maybe because I don't want to take the chance of failing.
Today I was talking to a friend and he suggested giving up worrying for Lent.
Excellent advice. I will be working on this.

ASH WEDNESDAY

I was blessed at work today.
As the chaplain placed ashes on my forehead
in the shape of a cross
he said "Christina, turn from sin, embrace the gospel, God bless you."

http://www.kencollins.com/question-02.htm
What's the reason for ashes?