Just an FYI/reminder…
The Christian Wrestling Federation will be live in Rockwall, Texas tomorrow night. The show is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. It’s a free show and you can bet there will be plenty of updates throughout the night about the CWF’s recent trip to Nigeria.
Loving this song today…
Answer to the Question
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I’m growing tired of a mouth shut tight
when all I want to do is tell the whole world
about the Man sitting at the right
hand of the One in Heaven
how could I sing about anything but Him
He is the answer to the question
He is the cure for the infection
He is all He says He is
He is the ultimate reflection
of holiness and true perfection
He is all He says He is
How can I not cry watching as the
world dies without a prayer
They look to their own construction
bound to the living God of Earth and Heaven
How could they sing about everything but Him, yeah, yeah
He is the answer to the question
He is the cure for the infection
He is all He says He is
He is the ultimate reflection
of holiness and true perfection
He is all He says He is
I’m so tired of a mouth shut tight
All I want to do is tell the whole world
about the man sitting at the right
hand of the One in Heaven
How could I sing about anything but Him
He is the answer to the question
He is the cure for the infection
He is all He says He is
He is the ultimate reflection
of holiness and true perfection
He is all He says He is
As you likely know, I’ve been working on gathering family history and sorts over the last few months or so. It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve really enjoyed putting it all in a Wiki. It’s SO easy to put the information in there and move on rather than having to fill out all sorts of forms and such. And if I’ve got a lot of information I can just drop it on a page and come back and reformat it later.
As part of my search/hunt/work I’ve been in contact with my great-aunt’s brother-in-law, Lloyd Gowan. He’s been a great help piecing together information on my dad’s side of the family, especially since he knew most of the family at some point. His stories about each person are as valuable, if not more valuable than the facts like dates and such. Here’s one story of his about my great-granddad, Fred Scherbarth (who I think looks a lot like my dad & Laurie thinks he looks like Bob – which now that she said it, I can see that too.):
Fred was a kind of a rascal. Marie badgered him, and pushed and shoved to make him a better man but Fred liked to have cronies and he liked the Card Club, a small business at the south end of the main street almost adjacent to the Hay Springs Hotel (owned by Marie’s family (I once stayed there for a week while I was working after I got out of college)). They had pitch and rummy and other card games going on. There was smoking and maybe they even had beer and Fred would go in there and stay much to the great chagrin of Marie, all afternoon when they would go to town on Saturday (farmer’s shopping day then). He was a good husband and a very good farmer and he just enjoyed a little respite from his weeks work so he did what he did. Marie called cigarettes “Pills” and she would always tell anybody with a cigarette to put it down. Of course beer was worse. I laugh when I remember. They had a great little spat but were very dedicated to each other. Love is forever.
From Lifehacker:
Chow.com is building a guide to a “Neoslacker Interactive Thanksgiving,” offering links to email your guests a not-too-hard recipe and shopping list for a dish to bring over. The feature also sports some helpful tips on turkeys, wine pairings, and centerpieces, along with funny/useful holiday hacks like “How to eat more” and “How to keep people out of the kitchen.”
Laurie and I also just found The Pioneer Woman Cooks (thanks to Brandi) and she has lots of easy to follow Thanksgiving recipes posted on her sight as well.
Here’s two strong reasons why you should bake your own cake.
Just found the Threadsmedia Leadership Podcast from Lifeway.
Very good stuff.
Training Tip 5 talks about teaching people with various learning styles. This is a great listen for anyone who leads anyone anywhere.
“Engage every learning style… Engage as many learning styles as possible.”
Some may learn better by listening and taking notes, others may do better with music, others may do better making art or doing something with their hands. I’m sure my mom could give some great examples of this.
“Culture never informs Scripture but Scripture informs culture.”
“The type of question you ask in your small group could engage learning styles or disengage learning styles.”
What if you walked in to small group and a pile of pipe cleaners were lying in front of you and the leader said, “The one thing I need from God this week is… Answer it with a pipe cleaner.â€
What if we thought about our small groups/church like the game Cranium? Engage the whole brain.
“A small group leader who understands the concepts behind Cranium, that’s a great small group leader.”
