Jonathan D. Blundell

I just got caught up on my Must See TV for the week. It was late and I should have been sleeping, but I needed to unwind. I watched tonights Daily Show, along with tuesday’s Scrubs and Teachers. I noticed a recurring theme in each of the shows. People make mistakes. Sometimes its a misscommunication Sometimes its a matter of poor judgement. And sometimes its a matter of life or death.
Today I got free tickets to the Rangers game. Luckily I got to take the afternoon off and enjoy Americas past time with some friends. Unfortunately it was last minute and with the cool weather I didn’t think to wear sunscreen Now my arms are paying for my mistake.
The point is, theres always a payment or consequence for mistakes.
It might mean you have to run a correction in the paper. You might have to suffer through a sunburn. Or you might have to swallow your pride and admit you were wrong.
Even in the grand scheme of life theres a punishment for our mistakes or sins.
For the wages of sin is death. – romans 5:8
That sucks. The ultimate punishment.
Even in the Jewish (and others) faith there was/is a punishment for sin. But thank goodness for grace and the rest of the verse.
… But the gift of God is eternal life.
I’m so glad its a gift and not something I have to earn. Because watching those shows tonight and thinking about my own life, I’m quite certain no one would ever be good enough to earn something like eternal life from a perfect God, who demands perfection.
Oh and theres one more part to the verse.
…through Jesus Christ our Lord.
That’s the only way you can get the gift. Jesus is the only one who can give it to you. And He wants to. He’s offering it to you right now. All you have to do is accept.
”grace. Its a name for a girl. Its also a thought that changed the world”

www.needhim.com

Kinky Friedman has released his third cartoon for his campaign for Texas Governor.
Noted Texas musicians sing alongside the Kinkster, including Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis, Pat Green, and the Dixie Chicks.
Check it out and save yourself for Kinky.

Fox commentator Tony Snow named new spokesperson for White House. From NPR:

President Bush on Wednesday named conservative commentator Tony Snow as White House press secretary, putting a new face on a troubled administration.
Snow, a Fox news pundit and former speechwriter in the White House under Bush’s father, replaced Scott McClellan who resigned in a personnel shuffle intended to re-energize the White House and lift the president’s record-low approval ratings.
“My job is to make decisions and his job is to help explain those decisions to the press corps and the American people,” Bush said, with Snow and McClellan at his side in the White House briefing room.

If Bush picks a Fox News Commentator to speak for his White House, what does that say about media bias?

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From Third Day:

Hopefully you were one of the many loyal fans who came out to see the spring leg of the Wherever You Are Tour! If you were, you probably saw the movie trailer to “Invisible Children: Rough Cut” that has inspired us to reach out to the community of Gulu, Uganda to bring aid, awareness and resolve to the conflict in which children are abducted from their homes, strapped with machine guns and machetes and forced to fight in the rebel army (LRA).
This Saturday, April 29th, over 37,000 people across the US are taking part in the Global Night Commute, a worldwide event organized by the Invisible Children, Inc. organization, that will involve the trek of thousands of men, women and children from around the world into major cities where they will mimic the nightly commute of the Ugandan children by marching en masse from one point to another and sleeping at their final destination for the entire night. The goal of the movement is to raise awareness and ultimately end Africa’s longest running conflict by facilitating a change in the policies of the US government in regard to the situation.
We hope you will join the thousands who have committed to take part in the Global Night Commute! Check out www.InvisibleChildren.com for more information and to sign up for the commute in your city!
Also, check out our new Advocacy page at ThirdDay.com that tells about World Vision, Blood:Water Mission, Hands In Service, The ONE Campaign and several other organizations who are hard at work to serve the poor, the orphans and the widows in Uganda and other parts of Africa.