good times, good things

Re-posting a post from June 26, 2009 because I’ve been asking myself “Why?” once again:

My most recent post on Everyday Liturgy’s website dealing with the question of purpose is now up:

Why?

Recently, I’ve been asked to join the leadership team for a new church plant that will be happening in Bristol, PA. I’m excited about this venture. As of late, we have been struggling over the question, “Why?” Why are we doing this? What’s our purpose? Are we hoping to be the young, cool, hip group? Or are we hoping to reach the poor of Bristol? Or the families of Bristol? The question, Why?, gives us guidance and helps us understand what the next steps should be…

I have compiled a Christmas list for those who desire to buy me gifts. I do not think anyone reading this will buy me any of these things (or anything, at all), but I am interested in hearing what you want for Christmas, also.

1. Manifold Witness: The Plurality of Truth by John Franke    Amazon.com    $12.24 | Buy.com    $10.89
2. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas [DVD]    Amazon.com    $18.99 | Buy.com    $18.86 | Overstock.com    $16.82
3. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 4 [3 Discs] [DVD]    Barnes & Noble    $27.99 | Target    $39.98
4. Two pairs of jeans    Gap    ? | Levi    ?
5. Two pairs of dress pants    Express    ? |  Gap   ?
6. Church Dogmatics  by Karl Barth (paperback) Christianbook.com    $499.99
7. Unlocking Romans: Resurrection and the Justification of God by J. R. Daniel Kirk    Buy.com    $20.43 | Amazon.com    $21.12
8. Apple gift cards towards a new laptop!    Apple.com    Any amount

What are you asking for this Christmas?

This video has me cracking up:

“While the poor of the world continue knocking on the doors of the rich, the world of affluence runs the risk of no longer hearing those knocks, on account of a conscience that can no longer distinguish what is human.”

- Pope Benedict XVI, from his 2009 encyclical, Caritas in Veritate

Let’s be sure to listen for and hear those knocks.

Here’s a thought for ya’!

eReaders like Kindle sound cool, but can anything (from a sensory standpoint) really replace holding a book in your hand?

Bored out of my mind again…Here’s some words to live by.

#4 “Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,
and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble.”
- Proverbs 24:17

#3 I wonder if he too as a B.S. in Biblical Studies?

At my dayjob, I’m usually bored out of my mind, and so I’m realizing that I have spent that time concluding a few things. Thus, I hope to share these things here. Mostly one-liners, I will just propose a thought, and feel free to agree (e.g., “I feel that!”) or disagree (e.g., “I think you’re an idiot.”). Together we can offer thoughts from boredom. Here’s something for your GoogleReader in the middle of the afternoon.

#2 SUVs are the cigarettes of motor vehicles. We all know they are dangerous (i.e., flip-over), they bad for you (i.e., your wallet), and bad for everyone else that breathes in their fumes (i.e., the environment), but we can’t stop buying them anyway.

Does that mean the Smart Car is the SUVs Nicotine patch?

At my dayjob, I’m usually bored out of my mind, and so I’m realizing that I have spent that time concluding a few things. Thus, I hope to share these things here. Mostly one-liners, I will just propose a thought, and feel free to agree (e.g., “I feel that!”) or disagree (e.g., “I think you’re an idiot.”). Together we can offer thoughts from boredom.

#1 You expel a lot of mental energy when you are bored out of your mind. I’m not sure what I do all day, but, when I get home, I need a nap.