Category: faith

new year humor

my mate Thomas shared this video clip of Emo Phillips (whom you may remember as the woodshop teacher in UHF)… enjoy!

update :: just saw that this video has been taken down 🙁 and I can’t find it anywhere (when I’d really like to use it Saturday for our community group. as a fill in, here’s a copy of the main joke ::

Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “Nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?”

He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What franchise?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?”

He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too!”

Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him over.

Jesus, Liberal Or Conservative?

This January, Church of the Resurrection (Leawood, KS) is beginning a new sermon series called “Seeing Gray.” Pastor Adam Hamilton will be searching for insight to some complex gray areas of faith, morality, and politics by studying the Bible and Christ’s example.

Are there gray issues surrounding your faith?

What I really like about this series is they’re posing the question to YouTube viewers and seeking their responses. Similar to a man on the street video like we’ve done in the past – but this lets people post their own videos from where ever they may be in the world.

Here’s a trailer:

And here’s the first question:

It already has some input and responses. How would you respond?

Hat tip to ChurchRelevance.com

Merry Christmas!

The Christmas holiday/vacation has officially begun.
I won’t be blogging again until at least the 26th of December.
Twittering and e-mail will be limited as well.
Gonna spend some good time with family and friends – you should too.
Turn the computer off – turn on some great tunes and enjoy the Christmas season.

To you and yours! Merry Christmas!….

wait – hold on…. Remy Walker just arrived into the world. Mother Dollye and baby are doing fine… stand by on the weight says our reporter in the field, Matt…. well he’s taking to long – you’ll have to track him down yourself.

Merry Christmas!

Holiday wishes

Christianconservative found this posted as a comment on CNN.com

To all my Democrat friends: Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasion and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all. I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2008, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make America great. Not to imply that America is necessarily greater than any other country nor the only America in the Western Hemisphere. Also, this wish is made without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wishee.

To all my Republican friends:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas ads

my two favorite candidates are running (or planning to run) Christmas ads in Iowa and other states.

Huckabee’s ad is stronger in showing his faith, which helps bring out the Christian conservatives Huckabee is hunting for, while Obama’s tends to give a more open feeling and doesn’t preclude or include any particular faith.

What do you think? Which appeals to you more?