Month: September 2006

How do Christians define “holy” and “holiness.” What makes something holy to you?

From email this morning:

eBible.com Now Open To The World

Dear eBible.com beta user,
It’s Team eBible.com here with an exciting update for you. As of today, the website is open to the world! We’ve been working hard to make eBible.com the very best Bible search tool on the web. Today we graduate from the beta stage and want to thank you for the part you played.
Maybe you haven’t logged in for months or maybe you logged in yesterday. Either way we invite you to visit www.eBible.com today as there has been a complete overhaul of the features, look and functionality.
Be sure to also check out our latest eBible.com blog post for more specifics on all the changes that have taken place.

I don’t know that its the fastest search engine for the Bible on the web, but it may be one of the coolest looking and is uses a lot of Web 2.0 technology to improve sharing thoughts, comments and ideas on scripture. Take a few minutes and check it out for your Friday afternoon entertainment.

My church, encounter, is now blogging.
Yes the entire church is. Well, no not really, but you can imagine what it would be like if they were.
We’re still working out a couple kinks with WordPress, but otherwise the leaders in the church have begun posting already.
Check them out and drop them your thoughts, comments and concerns.

The encounter blog

5. The Village Church’s podcast
4. Johnny Cash – We’ll Meet Again
3. Johnny Cash – Walk the Line
2. Johnny Cash – Hurt
1. White Stripes – Seven Nation Army

It seems my idea about increased advertising dollars at our state’s public schools wasn’t very popular.
But here’s another idea, from former State Comptroller John Sharp.
Sharp recommends negotiating with Oklahoma and Louisanna to have them give the State of Texas, 5 percent of their casino revenues – considering the billions of Texas dollars that go to both states in their casinos.
In exchange for the 5 percent of revenue, Texas will promise to never open casinos in our state.

Laurie and I finally watched, “Walk the Line” Saturday night.
I’ve been dying to watch it for a while, but my DVD purchases have been limited lately and I never rent DVDs anymore.
Needless to say, I thought it was great. Go watch it if you haven’t.
Since Saturday I’ve been listening to a lot of Cash’s music. Especially his American V and IV CD’s.
He recorded both of the CD’s just months before he passed away, along with “My Mother’s Hymnal” another great album.
The music is very raw and honest on both American IV and V. Cash really brings new life into the songs he recorded. Knowing his history and life they really bring out the meaning behind the songs previously recorded by other arists.