Tuesday, March 28, 2006

"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

Monday, March 27, 2006

RIDDLE

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?


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

Sunday, March 26, 2006

"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

Thursday, March 23, 2006

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.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

GRACE

What is GRACE ?

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

Jill Bristol

Monday, March 20, 2006

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

Friday, March 17, 2006

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...........

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

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

Tuesday, 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

Friday, March 10, 2006

"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.

Thursday, March 09, 2006

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

Monday, March 06, 2006

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/

Sunday, March 05, 2006

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!"

Friday, March 03, 2006

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

Thursday, March 02, 2006

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.