Month: October 2005

So U2 will take over Conan tonight and Jack Johnson will be on Austin City Limits Saturday.
I’m pretty fired up. I think I’ll go home now.

On Saturday night Jim Kendall swivels on his bar stool at the Belly Up Tavern, snuffs out his cigarette and says, “Gotta go, guys. I’m gigging tomorrow.”
The next morning at 10 a.m. Kendall, dressed in ironed Dockers and a Polo shirt, sings with gusto in the third row at Neighborhood Christian Center.
“Praise God!” he shouts, lifting his hands and prompting others to chime in with “amen” and “glory.”

Rolling Hills Christian Church has spent fifty years diligently cultivating a good neighbor image, and this week they celebrated their spiritual irrelevance and moral acquiescence with a Sunday morning festival.

The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkinson, one of the best-selling non-fiction books in the past ten years, has gutted China’s house church movement, say observers.
“Chinese Christians used to sacrifice everything for Christ. Now they only want God to bless them,” says one Chinese elder who has served five prison terms for planting churches. He and others say China’s Christians have “grown soft with navel-gazing” and have lost their tolerance for persecution.

Jerry Thomas, 21, used to feel stuck at a “crummy fast food job.” But after completing the 40 Days of Purpose program at Union Methodist Church, he is now energized about his less-than-enviable employment.

Mike found this today…
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Day Job Humor

If your job’s getting you down, and you haven’t quite reached rock-bottom, this might help you get there. Ironically this was contributed by a former manager of mine…except on my lunch breaks I was allowed to take a few murder runs down Peak 9 at Breckenridge. Thanks Joe.

Subject: prison vs. work

Prison vs. Work Just in case you ever get these two
environments mixed up, this should make things a little bit
clearer:

IN PRISON………you spend the majority of your time in an
10×10 cell.

AT WORK………..you spend the majority of your time in an
8×8 cubicle.
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IN PRISON………you get three meals a day.

AT WORK………..you get a break for one meal and you have
to pay for it.
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IN PRISON………you get time off for good behavior.

AT WORK………..you get more work for good behavior.
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IN PRISON………the guard locks and unlocks all the doors
for you.

AT WORK………..you must often carry a security card and
open all the doors for yourself.
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IN PRISON………you can watch TV and play games.

AT WORK………..you could get fired for watching TV and
playing games.
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IN PRISON………you get your own toilet.

AT WORK………..you have to share the toilet with some
people who pee on the seat.
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IN PRISON………they allow your family and friends to
visit.

AT WORK………..you aren’t even supposed to speak to your
family.
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IN PRISON………all expenses are paid by the taxpayers
with no work required.

AT WORK………..you get to pay all your expenses to go to
work, and they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for
prisoners.
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IN PRISON………you spend most of your life inside bars
wanting to get out.

AT WORK ……….you spend most of your time wanting to
get out and go inside bars.
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IN PRISON ……..you must deal with sadistic wardens.

AT WORK………..they are called managers.