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noticias.info has a good review of the recent U2 show in France – right after the G8 summit.

Tonight he could see the world ‘in green and red and blue’ during Beautiful Day, and changed the lyrics to add that yesterday, Friday, had been a ‘beautiful day for Africa’ – to great applause. A week after debuting the number with Paul McCartney before several billion people, the band finished
Beautiful Day with Sgt Pepper: ‘Hope you will enjoy the show..’
As Edge played the haunting piano chords and Bono blew into his harmonica, suddenly the whole dark night was burning with lighters and mobiles. ‘That’s beautiful!’ said Bono, so inspired that he took the track off into a hymn at the end, breaking into Amazing Grace as the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights began scrolling up the back of the stage. The applause and cheering from the audience was a tonic. ‘I once was lost, but now I see..’

Speaking of U2… I’m still looking for 4 or 6 tickets to the U2 show in Houston or Dallas. Anyone have a suite they’d like to let me use?

ChurchMarketingSucks.com talks about marketing for the United Church of Christ.

You may disagree with their theology, but you’ve got to love their marketing. The United Church of Christ made headlines late last year when their TV commercial featuring a bouncer at the gates of a church and a voice-over saying, ‘Jesus didn’t turn people away. Neither do we.’ was rejected by NBC and CBS.

I had a long discussion with my aunt Sunday night and we talked all about Christians shooting their wounded and being afraid to accept the lost and go to them where they are.
The United Methodists have a strong campaign about Open Doors and Open Hearts.
While it both campaigns may come across to many as too accepting or too liberal – I wonder if that’s where the real problem is.
Granted I’m not going to accept a homosexual pastor, but I wouldn’t accept a pot-smoking or adulterer in the pulpit either.
I think the real problem is that people caught up in whatever sin they might be struggling with feel shunned from the Gospel they need so badly.
What is your church doing to reach the lost?

I know this may be a bit morbid – I’m not normally one who takes pictures in cemetaries or funerals, but I decided to take a picture with my camera phone of my sister’s marker today.
They just installed the new permanent maker on her resting place. And while it may seem morbid too some – It’s an amazing blessing and comfort to know that she’s no longer sleeping but Alive in Jesus’ love.
The marker seems a little discolored – but that’s because my dad had a little to much fun watering the site today and washing the marker off.
It has a rose on either side, Blundell written on the top, Amy Elizabeth on the upper left with her life’s markers (Dec. 22, 1980 – March 21, 2005), a cross in the middle and Psalm 139 on the bottom.
I was so honored and privaledged to design the marker. My parents decided to get a slightly bigger one and added the two other spaces for names at a later date, but I think it turned out really good and I’m sure it’s something Amy would have liked.

We love you and miss you so much Amy. See you soon.

Amys marker

Amy 2

Nearin the end of move in

Well its official (as official as anything goes in our office – it might change 5 minutes from now)…
But Thursday I will be moving to our Harker Heights Evening Star paper.
I’m excited and doubtful all at the same time.
I’m excited about new opportunities. A new office to work in. A new change of pace. I think I can help make the paper very profitable and I already have a number of ideas to do so.
But I’m also doubtful and worried that it could mean more work and stress and/or I may become disenchantment with the new position soon.
I hope not.

Well in other news – I know this is what you’ve all been waiting for…. (drumroll)
Sunday and Monday’s CWF results:

Sunday –
Chris Idol & Tim Storm def. Jonah & Michael Malik
Son of Thunder def. The Zealot
Tim Storm def. Apoc
Jesus Freak def Chris Idol for the CWF World Championship Belt

Monday –
Jonah NC Michael Malik
Chris Idol def. Apoc
Tim Storm def. Son of Thunder
Jesus Freak def. The Zealot (titlematch)
Apoc & Jonah def. Chris Idol and Tim Storm

OK… so maybe one photo before bed. 

Apoc slams Tim Storm to the mat Sunday night.