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Sunday Update

Today has been a pretty low-key Sunday, which I like. There was the light issue at church. The lights at the front weren't working properly; at one point during the singing, they were jumping between colours (which was interesting to watch, but probably disconcerting for the guy leading the singing and anyone prone to seizures or migraines). Mike preached in odd lighting, where we could see the shadow of his head on his chest as he preached. It was distracting at first, but quickly became normal.

Today's sermon was good. We finished Ephesians 4, talking about how to live as new men and women in Christ. Mike showed that it's not enough to stop sinning, but we also have to do good for each other.

The past week has been crazy busy. I had family in town for a couple nights, so the apartment was full. We had a blast at Telus World of Science on Tuesday (it was too wet to visit the zoo). We were there for 7 hours; I think we say everything!

Friday evening my Bible study group and another group were at the associate pastor's for a BBQ. Mike had put up the tarp because it was supposed to rain, so of course it didn't rain. I had a chance to inspect his books, and his sons' books (although the 5 year old's books weren't that exciting, but I admired them when I went to see his brother's books). It was just a nice evening.

It was a very social week. I'm ready for a break from people; good thing tomorrow's a holiday.

We sang this hymn today; it's one that I'm not familiar with. Enjoy!

A Bit of Nonsense I Just Discovered

Okay: go to THIS LINK. Press up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A. Then just keep pressing A. Trust me.

This is My Life...

Just go and read this.

And if you should be working...enjoy the irony.

Please note...my apologies to those who may have read it with the incorrect date linked. It probably didn't make as much sense. I've fixed it now.

Christian Cliches

I laughed. The prayer one...I know some people who pray just like that! Anyway, enjoy!

I Interrupt My Essay Writing...

...to bring you this:

It Made Me Laugh

Okay, you have to go and read this:
Boys in the Kitchen

Be sure to check out the recipe for carrot sticks.

Draw a Stickman

This one comes from my dad (he posted it on Facebook).

Draw a stickman and have some fun.

Canada Day...The Lighter Side

I believe I left this off the list below of great things about Canada, so I bring you the Arrogant Worms.....

Just for Fun

This was a long week, and yesterday I was tired of everything. Then I stumbled upon this....




And everything was all better.

Make a Snowflake

Go make a snowflake.

I refuse to be held responsible, however, if you find it as much fun as I did, resulting in forgetting the other things you should be doing (like eating lunch, or maybe working).

Baking with a Princess

A certain princess from my Sunday School class is here helping me bake. We made rice crispie squares and cookies for Sunday School and sugar cookies for the other little monkeys to help me decorate and muffins because I had extra bananas.....

And now the princess is watching me write about her, much to her joy. She wants me to tell you that she's "all that" and has a great sense of humor and is pretty, dazzling and is overall the best girl ever. She's a bit conceited today!

She is a good help in the kitchen (and only made a couple messes). She likes to touch egg yolks for some unknown reason and was very happy using the egg beater.

We also watched Gideon: Tuba Warrior (from VeggieTales) and Shrek 2. And we ate pizza and popcorn (actually, she ate popcorn). It's been quite the evening!

Go and Watch

I may have to take a course on church history at some point; do you think they'll let me substitute this instead?

Quote of the Day

Background: There's an elephant at the Valley Zoo here in Edmonton. Her name is Lucy. People seem to be very upset about her; she's not feeling well and she's all alone (she's the only elephant there) and they want her moved to an elephant refuge in the U.S. (question: why not leave her in Canada, say with the other elephants at the Calgary Zoo?). There may be more to the story, but I'm not really big on details when it comes to upset animal rights activists. Most of the time they are working on emotion and not facts. Besides, there are celebrities involved and I dislike the belief that celebrities are automatically experts and we should all listen to them

So...this morning, as I was waking up, I was listening to the radio, waiting for the weather report (because I like to know the weather before I get up) (for those who wonder, I listen to the country station; I like their music and they play the news/sports/weather every half hour in the morning so whenever I get up I can listen for the weather). There was a news story about Lucy; it seems some vet expert from the San Diego Zoo came to look at her and said that, because of her respiratory problems, it would be fatal to move her. As in: try to move her to the elephant refuge place and she will die. But Bob Barker (from the Price is Right) is still planning to come and lead a protest (or something like that) to insist that they move the elephant. Yeah, I thought, there's a plan: ignore the vet and listen to the celebrity "expert."

Okay, so after the news and stuff, just as I was thinking that I should get up the deejay said (it's not an exact quote, but as close as I can remember) (and you'll have to imagine the slightly sarcastic tone):

"It's not that I doubt the expert from the San Diego Zoo, but I sure am glad we're getting a game show host up here too."

And that is why I like the station's morning guys.

Just for Fun

Go play here. Have fun.

Journal Article Titles

I'm in the depths of looking for on-line journal articles for my paper on 2 Peter (I need at least 20 sources; so far I have 11). I have stumbled upon the archives for Journal of Higher Criticism and I feel the need to share some of the titles of the articles with you.

"From Lower Criticism to Higher Criticism: Joseph Priestley and the Use of Conjectural Emendation"

"Pentacostal Mutterings and Evangelical Blandishments"

"St. Ignatius: The Insidious Pragmatism of the Episkopoi of Rome and the Rise of Christianity"

"The Owen Hypothesis: An Essay Showing That it was Henry Owen Who First Formulated the So-called 'Griesbach Hypothesis'"

"Identification of the Bethany Youth in the Secret Gospel of Mark with other Figures Found in Mark and John,"

"Gunkel Versus Wellhausen: The Unfinished Task of the Religionsgeschichtliche Schule"

So...does anyone understand any of those?

In Which I Discover Wordle

Because it's still too hot to think, I present to you....


I don't know how to make it bigger in the blog, but just click on it to see it properly. It was fun to play with. I may have to wordle sights at random!