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First of all, thanks google to redirect me to this clinton-vdc.com.!! its an amazing page!!
Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your weblog and wanted to say that I’ve truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. In any case I will be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again very soon!
Here is a video I’ve complied of our recent Alaska Vacation. It’s over 13 minutes in length, so give yourself time to view it. We took many more pictures and videos than what is seen here, so consider this a trailer. Enjoy. Tracy Henness [...more]
I just returned from an Alaskan cruise and wanted to share this video with friends. It’s a shot of three orcas that surfaced near the ship and then swam away. Hope you enjoy it. [...more]
I just returned from an Alaskan cruise and wanted to share this video with friends. It’s a shot of three orcas that surfaced near the ship and then swam away. Hope you enjoy it.
Recently I caught an episode of the comedy series on CBS called “Big Bang Theory”. I can’t say I’m a fan, I didn’t even note the date and time, in fact I even had to do a search to find out which network just so I could write this blog. If you’ve never seen an [...] [...more]
Recently I caught an episode of the comedy series on CBS called “Big Bang Theory”. I can’t say I’m a fan, I didn’t even note the date and time, in fact I even had to do a search to find out which network just so I could write this blog. If you’ve never seen an episode you’re not missing much. I can’t really present a valid critique of the series since I’ve only seen such a limited quantity of the show, but I do want to state something I found interesting.
I’m as guilty as many others who subscribe to creationism and intelligent design as the explanation for how we got here in the first place. We pre-form an opinion from the title and decide that we want to send some kind of message to the networks and writers by refusing to watch such garbage. But on this particular instance I was sitting in my recliner with my laptop on my lap playing solitaire, and the remote was clear across the room when this program came on. So I didn’t get up to change the channel. So there it was, and I probably focused more on the cards than the TV, but nonetheless it was infiltrating my senses. Here is my analysis of what I perceived from this episode.
The show has little or nothing to do with the “Big Bang Theory” other than that involves a small group of guys who presumably have higher than normal IQs; have an interest in math, science, and sci-fi; and the catchy title gives the cutesie theme song a reason to exist. The general premise of the show seems to center around this clutch of “geniuses” who can’t seem to comprehend the realities of life that revolve around them. In a very real sense they echo the words of the Apostle Paul in Romans 1:21-22: “Because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
So, as a comedy the show tends to be ridiculous. We see the intelligentsia as eccentric, pathetic, blind, and foolish. Perhaps we come away from the experience with the thought, “the ‘Big Bang Theory’ is ridiculous”. And maybe we’re just referring to the show, or maybe we’re referring to the alternate explanation for our existence. The Big Bang Theory is ridiculous.
I just came from the polling place. I’ve voted for many years and I’ve never seen the polls so busy. I generally stop in to vote on my way to work and usually I’m one of the first 10 voters of the day at that location. Today I got there, a local Lutheran church, and [...] [...more]
I just came from the polling place. I’ve voted for many years and I’ve never seen the polls so busy. I generally stop in to vote on my way to work and usually I’m one of the first 10 voters of the day at that location. Today I got there, a local Lutheran church, and people were lined up outside waiting to get in. It was hard finding a parking space. Vehicles were parked on the lawn. One lady even pulled right up to the entrance steps to park. Obviously, this election was important to a lot more people than any other in my voting history.
Now, I’m not a political analyst, but there has been a lot of talk about how everyone’s vote counts, about how historic this election will be with the outcome being either the first black president or the first female vice president, and about how close the pre-election polls have been or not been (depending on your source). I’ve heard many people say they don’t like either of the major political candidates, some will vote for the lesser of two evils, some will vote for someone who doesn’t stand a chance in protest. Whatever each one standing in line used as their motivation for being there, one thing was certain, they would have just driven past this church after seeing such a line if they didn’t care about the outcome.
But what really bothered me is that I don’t see the church parking lot, and not just this church, full beyond capacity for a Sunday morning service, or even for Christmas and Easter. Sure, people will go to a church recognizing that this is a one time chance at affecting the very near future of this great country. They don’t similarly recognize that they need to go there to affect their own future and that of their families and friends and the world in which we live. Maybe there will be other chances for that, but they neglect their own immediate need for change.
Both of the major candidates ran on a platform of change, but the occupant of the White House cannot make as significant a change in America as the Son of God can when He occupies the hearts and homes of all Americans. Not every polling place is a church, but a significant number of them are. We pray that people will realize that they need to go there more often and for more reasons than to vote.
At the end of the day today there will not be newscasts about how many churches collapsed because certain people walked through the doors. That’s one less excuse for people to use for not going to church.
