But I already know and love this guy:
How is it that they look, sound, and move the same?
Yay for good-looking, uber-talented, look-a-like musicians!06 October 2007
Separated at birth
Last night, I discovered this guy:
How is it that they look, sound, and move the same?
Yay for good-looking, uber-talented, look-a-like musicians!
How is it that they look, sound, and move the same?Yay for good-looking, uber-talented, look-a-like musicians!
US Postal Service...delivery
When I got home from work yesterday at noon, my recycle bin was in an odd place outside my back door. Like someone had moved it. But who?
I realized, after looking at it for a good 2 minutes, that there was a brown package underneath it.
The return address was unfamiliar on this good-sized brown box, closed with duct tape. Upon opening it, I found newspaper stuffed around a foil-wrapped rectangle.
It was a loaf of homemade bread.
My friend who lives in Iowa makes bread and the last time I talked with him I may have said something like - I love homemade bread. You should send me some.
I was joking. He was not.
And now I have a huge loaf of scrumtrulescent bread.
He wins.
I realized, after looking at it for a good 2 minutes, that there was a brown package underneath it.
The return address was unfamiliar on this good-sized brown box, closed with duct tape. Upon opening it, I found newspaper stuffed around a foil-wrapped rectangle.
It was a loaf of homemade bread.
My friend who lives in Iowa makes bread and the last time I talked with him I may have said something like - I love homemade bread. You should send me some.
I was joking. He was not.
And now I have a huge loaf of scrumtrulescent bread.
He wins.
04 October 2007
October 4th - a day to remember St. Francis
St. Francis of Assisi had a big impact on the world of religion. He formed the Franciscan order of monks and was an advocate of living with Christ as the ultimate, and immediate, example. I didn't know about him until college, perhaps, when I heard reference to his various prayers.
I also encountered him in a movie that I like very much - Stigmata. The first time I saw it, I was somewhat appalled, somewhat intrigued. It seemed sacrilegious, and yet...it started me on the road to seeing Truth and Beauty in film. Though the apocryphal book The Gospel of Thomas plays a significant role in the movie, which immediately turns off most conservative Christians, I think there are elements of truth that can be gleaned. I don't take it as Gospel. But as an appreciator of literature and the Bible as the Word of God, I can see both truth and beauty in the text of the Gospel of Thomas.
How does Stigmata relate to St. Francis. In the movie, the final scene takes place in a garden with a life-sized statue of St. Francis nearby. This morning, I found out that St. Francis received the stigmata during one of his meditations in 1224 (the year). Thus the tie in the movie, thus the tie in this post.
Francis is the patron saint of many things, among them: animals, birds, the environment, and peace. You'll see his statue, with birds alighted on his arms and shoulders, in gardens because of this role. I've always wanted a statue of St. Francis--despite the fact that I don't garden, nor do I have a garden--because its presence is a reminder of goodness, of peace and harmony with nature. And I do love animals, birds, and Nature.
Celebrate St. Francis today. October 4th is His day!
I also encountered him in a movie that I like very much - Stigmata. The first time I saw it, I was somewhat appalled, somewhat intrigued. It seemed sacrilegious, and yet...it started me on the road to seeing Truth and Beauty in film. Though the apocryphal book The Gospel of Thomas plays a significant role in the movie, which immediately turns off most conservative Christians, I think there are elements of truth that can be gleaned. I don't take it as Gospel. But as an appreciator of literature and the Bible as the Word of God, I can see both truth and beauty in the text of the Gospel of Thomas.
How does Stigmata relate to St. Francis. In the movie, the final scene takes place in a garden with a life-sized statue of St. Francis nearby. This morning, I found out that St. Francis received the stigmata during one of his meditations in 1224 (the year). Thus the tie in the movie, thus the tie in this post.
Francis is the patron saint of many things, among them: animals, birds, the environment, and peace. You'll see his statue, with birds alighted on his arms and shoulders, in gardens because of this role. I've always wanted a statue of St. Francis--despite the fact that I don't garden, nor do I have a garden--because its presence is a reminder of goodness, of peace and harmony with nature. And I do love animals, birds, and Nature.
Celebrate St. Francis today. October 4th is His day!
03 October 2007
Meaningless phrases
There's one specific phrase from a song that I've heard in chapel and in church that always baffles me.
"We wrap our lives around Your life."
Besides the fact that it sounds weird--somewhat like wrapping your mind around something, but on a grander scale--I think it's biblically unsound. Why would we envelope Christ? If something were to envelope Christ, wouldn't it downplay his characteristics? Isn't it understood that the more powerful, more important things envelope other things?
Wouldn't a more accurate representation be that He encompasses us? Since it is biblical that because of His life and sacrifice, when God looks at us He sees instead that of Christ. If I'm wrong, let me know. But this phrase...
I have to stop singing the song every time I hear it and debate in my head the ways in which I think this is yet another poorly thought-out and written praise song.
"We wrap our lives around Your life."
Besides the fact that it sounds weird--somewhat like wrapping your mind around something, but on a grander scale--I think it's biblically unsound. Why would we envelope Christ? If something were to envelope Christ, wouldn't it downplay his characteristics? Isn't it understood that the more powerful, more important things envelope other things?
Wouldn't a more accurate representation be that He encompasses us? Since it is biblical that because of His life and sacrifice, when God looks at us He sees instead that of Christ. If I'm wrong, let me know. But this phrase...
I have to stop singing the song every time I hear it and debate in my head the ways in which I think this is yet another poorly thought-out and written praise song.
Detox (not the drug kind) and fasting
I'm trying to decide if I could do it...if I could really follow this guide for the process of detoxing, which incorporates one day of total fasting from solid foods (and everything else except water and the special mixture of juice and spices).
My interest in this diet is for the detoxing. My cousin followed the steps prescribed in this book and said she felt more alert and energetic, and even healthier after the 11-day process. The book is not just a step-by-step guide, it also explains why detoxing is vital to health. I've been disturbed and disgusted to learn about the toxins from everywhere in our environment that are poisoning us and (according to the author's stance) making us fat.
Keep in mind, this is not drug/illegal substance detox, this is environmental toxin detox.
Interestingly enough, in church this week, the sermon was on the spiritual discipline of fasting, how it's downplayed in our current Christian culture. A discipline that was practiced for thousands of years has been overlooked because...well...it is so extremely contrary to the American way of life. Not just with food - but with all things. Instant pleasure, gratification, satisfaction. You want it, you can have it. That's what we're taught. We also have this ever-present sense of entitlement that we deserve to have our desires fulfilled in the most expedient manner. Fasting, then, from any sort of need or want, goes against how we're trained to live--our thought processes, our life cycles, everything.
If I can follow the directions in the book to fast for one day (though the whole preparation process from start-to-finish is 11 days), it could possibly benefit me not only physically (my health), but also mentally and spiritually.
I want to do this. Despite the fact that the prescribed foods are, at times, different (aka, strange) and not at all what I want to be eating. Plus, there are supplements for things I've never heard of. I'm not even sure if you can find them in small town Midwest.
I don't know if I can do it alone. Anyone want to try it with me?
My interest in this diet is for the detoxing. My cousin followed the steps prescribed in this book and said she felt more alert and energetic, and even healthier after the 11-day process. The book is not just a step-by-step guide, it also explains why detoxing is vital to health. I've been disturbed and disgusted to learn about the toxins from everywhere in our environment that are poisoning us and (according to the author's stance) making us fat.
Keep in mind, this is not drug/illegal substance detox, this is environmental toxin detox.
Interestingly enough, in church this week, the sermon was on the spiritual discipline of fasting, how it's downplayed in our current Christian culture. A discipline that was practiced for thousands of years has been overlooked because...well...it is so extremely contrary to the American way of life. Not just with food - but with all things. Instant pleasure, gratification, satisfaction. You want it, you can have it. That's what we're taught. We also have this ever-present sense of entitlement that we deserve to have our desires fulfilled in the most expedient manner. Fasting, then, from any sort of need or want, goes against how we're trained to live--our thought processes, our life cycles, everything.
If I can follow the directions in the book to fast for one day (though the whole preparation process from start-to-finish is 11 days), it could possibly benefit me not only physically (my health), but also mentally and spiritually.
I want to do this. Despite the fact that the prescribed foods are, at times, different (aka, strange) and not at all what I want to be eating. Plus, there are supplements for things I've never heard of. I'm not even sure if you can find them in small town Midwest.
I don't know if I can do it alone. Anyone want to try it with me?
02 October 2007
Best Band Name Ever
The Hot Jesses.
(that would be Jess-ies, not Jess-es, because it's the masculine form of the name.)
Liz and I decided that every guy named Jesse should be hot. The ones I know definitely are. And when she said it out loud - The Hot Jesses - we both knew that if we ever were involved in starting a band of guys, it must have this name.
(that would be Jess-ies, not Jess-es, because it's the masculine form of the name.)
Liz and I decided that every guy named Jesse should be hot. The ones I know definitely are. And when she said it out loud - The Hot Jesses - we both knew that if we ever were involved in starting a band of guys, it must have this name.
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