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44 things
Back from our cruise (BTW – not a big fan of the US Customs process and Houston traffic) and uploading LOADS of photos to Flickr right now. In the meantime I’m catching up on some emails and other online fun. In the meantime, here’s a fun 44 things list to distract you while you wait for all these photos to finish uploading…
1. Do you like blue cheese? yes
2. Have you ever been drunk? Yes
3. What flavor of Kool Aid was your favorite? strawberry or cherry
4. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments? not normally
5. What do you think of hot dogs? they’re good – the cheaper and bigger the better
6. Favorite Christmas movie? the Grinch or the Christmas Story
7. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? coffee
8. What is your favorite food? steak and potatoes
9. Can you do push ups? not many
10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I only wear my wedding band
11. Favorite hobby? computers or reading
12. Do you have A.D.D.? I don’t think so
13. What’s Your Weight? 230 give or take
14. Middle name? Deryl
15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment? lots of waiting tonight, glad i had a great week off and now there’s lots of catching up to do
16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink? water, coffee, soda
17. Current worry? no waiting – just waiting
18. Current hate right now? waiting
19. ?
20. How did you bring in the New Year? we lit sparklers in my friends backyard
21. Where would you like to go? UK
22. Name three people who will complete this? Laurie, Thomas, and that’s all I can bet on — prove me wrong! share a link to your list in the comments…
23. Do you own slippers? nope
24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? red
25. Do you like sleeping on Satin sheets? sure
26. Can you whistle? not without a whistle
27. Favorite color? green
28. Would you be a pirate? I was a Poteet Pirate in high school
29. What songs do you sing in the shower? depends on what’s stuck in my head
30. Favorite Girl’s Name? Not sure
31. Favorite boy’s name? Not sure
32. What’s in your pocket right now? pocket lint
33. Last thing that made you laugh? “I can’t get out of my room. There are two doors – one leads to the bathroom and one has a sign on it that says – ‘Do Not Disturb.'”
34. Best bed sheets as a child? soft
35. Worst injury you’ve ever had as a child? Styrofoam stuck in my nose?
36. Do you love where you live? yup – but wouldn’t mind having a couple acres
37. Do you like your job? no
38. Who is your loudest friend? Gaylan
39. How many dogs do you have? one
40. Does someone have a crush on you? I hope Laurie does
42. What is your favorite candy? payday
43. Favorite Sports Team? Cowboys
44. What song do you want played at your funeral? We’ll Meet Again and It is Well. I had a couple others but I can’t think of them right now 🙁
Lingering Questions
Tripp Fuller shared a great thought today via his blog:
Listening to both parties each night has made me confident that the church really needs to quit outsourcing its vocation.
Makes a world of sense to me. Seems like the less the church does, the more the government feels it needs to step in to care for people. I can agree with much of the Democratic view of things because they see the need to step in and help the helpless. Yet, I still have to question if that’s really the government’s role. If the church really did their job, I think we’d be a lot closer to solving the world’s problems – than depending on the American Government to do so.
Kevin Hendricks and I seem to be asking some of the same questions as well and trying to decide how someone who claims to be a follower of Christ also claim to put country first. Seems backwards to me.
Tripp also shares several questions raised by Warren Carter (who is on the Homebrewed Christianity podcast last week – with part 2 to be posted this week):
Here are Carter’s questions:
What does it mean to be…..
- rich Christians in an age of hunger?
- well fed Christians in an age of poverty?
- vacation-homed Christians in an age of homelessness?
- overclothed Christians in an age of nakedness?
- highly entertained Christians in an age of militaristic violence?
- Sermon-on-the-Mount-shaped Christians in our age of empire?
Finally, thought this was an interesting contradiction in Sara Palin’s speech last night…
First she rips on Obama because “Al Qaeda terrorists still plot to inflict catastrophic harm on America … he’s worried that someone won’t read them their rights?”
Then she applauds John McCain because “To the most powerful office on earth, he would bring the compassion that comes from having once been powerless … the wisdom that comes even to the captives, by the grace of God.”
Got answers? The world is listening.
related ::
tripp fuller :: preaching the sermon on the mount and some more substantive lingering questions
barack obama’s acceptance speech
sara palin’s RNC convention speech
kevin hendricks :: country first
SSL :: question for today
What question(s) do you have?
Tried this yesterday on the encounter blog and twitter feed but we received no responses. Maybe everyone knows everything… or doesn’t want to be known for asking their question.
So we’ll try it here and feel free to remain anonymous or use a psuedo-name.
what is something you feel you can’t say or ask in church?
share away in the comment section below.
10 horrible group icebreakers for your church group
Aaron shared this list with his group the other night and with our community group leaders…
These are the 10 worst ice breaker ideas so please never try these in your small groups! 😛
10. Share the worst sin you’ve ever committed.
9. If you were God, who would you punish first?
8. Which person in this group do you think needs to find Jesus the most?
7. Which people at your church do you wish would find a different church, and why?
6. If you could erase any verse out of the Bible, which one would it be?
5. Share the juiciest piece of gossip you know so we can pray about it.
4. If you could have anything from your neighbor’s house, what would it be?
3. What’s your favorite of The 10 Commandments to break?
2. If you could change anything about your spouse, what would it be?
1. If you could commit any sin and get away with it, what would it be?