Posts from December 2008

Faith, Observation

Marley’s Message to Scrooge – R.C. Sproul

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This excerpt is from R.C. Sproul’s blog. It is an excellent and well thought analysis of some issues surrounding the celebration of Christmas.

Every generation has its abundance of Scrooges. The church is full of them. We hear endless complaints of commercialism. We are constantly told to put Christ back into Christmas. We hear that the tradition of Santa Claus is a sacrilege.

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General

Burnsville Apartment Fire Victims Receive Anonymous Gift of $1 Million

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I found this headline this morning on my RSS reader:

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (WCCO) – People who lost everything in a devastating apartment fire in the south metro get some very good news. An anonymous donor decided to give $1 million to the apartment tenants who lost everything.

Read more here…

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Faith, Sports

Cheering for the other side

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Thanks to a friend, Deb, for the link on this heartwarming and uplifting story.

They played the oddest game in high school football history last month down in Grapevine, Texas.

It was Grapevine Faith vs. Gainesville State School and everything about it was upside down. For instance, when Gainesville came out to take the field, the Faith fans made a 40-yard spirit line for them to run through.

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Faith, Politics

Profession of mush: Joel Belz of World Magazine opines on President Bush’s appearance on Nightline

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On Worldmag.com, Joel Belz offers his opinion on the recent appearance by President Bush on ABC’s Nightline:

If you didn’t wince a bit while President Bush attempted last week—on national television, no less—to give an account of his Christian faith, well then maybe you too ought to go back and take a refresher course in Christianity 101.

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Reviews, Software

Web App Review: Jott

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I am constantly in search of the “Holy Grail” of productivity tools and software. In fact, I probably waste a lot of productive time looking for the next best thing when it comes to managing my time and “to do’s”. About a year and a half ago, I stumbled upon Jott at jott.com. I used the free app for most of that time and I really only used it occasionally even though I found it to be a very useful application.
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Apple

New Apple Mac vs PC Christmas ads

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I love watching these ads. The animated ones remind me of the Ranklin and Bass TV Christmas shows I watched as a kid and still watch with my kids each Christmas time. These posts are from YouTube and you can find the Get a Mac ads on Apple’s site here

I Can Do Anything

Trimming the Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CHP8UyKwhV8

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Family

Milestones – The coming of age in the life of a man

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Well here it is. The day my oldest son reaches official adulthood. Oh, we have sort of been there before – like when he reached the age of 18 or when my second son reached the 18 year mile marker. But this is different. Zack is now recognized by his community and government as a full fledged adult on this day at approximately 12:15 p.m. → Read the rest

Family, General

Sweet Sixteen

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image of birthday cakeMy daughter turned 16 years old today. Amazing – where have the years gone. It seems like almost yesterday that we were racing down County Road 42 from our home to the hospital pacing through my wife’s contractions. Then just a short time later, our one and only daughter arrived into our lives. Twice, we had experienced the birth of a son, and three times later we would again share that similar experience (though each one was unique and special) but this was something totally different.
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