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Tonight was a great exchange between Dwight and Andy. I laughed out loud by myself. I wish I had someone to laugh with. If you did not catch the newest episode of the office, I recommend 1 of 2 things:
1. go to nbc.com and watch the episode
2. call me and we will schedule a time for you to come to my house and watch it with me
Go Cornell!
This is a good interview from author Jim Wallis on Kara Powell’s talk show. Kara Powell is head of the Fuller Youth Institute at Fuller Seminary, which is the program I happen to be in right now. The interview has to do with how we, as people who are involved with todays youth, can help to open the eyes of our students to social justice in our world. If you work with students this is great info. If not, it is still good in regards to justice issues in our world. It’s just under 30 min.
I don’t know if I can take anymore partisanship. I have been having a really hard time lately with the environment of partisanship. I do not know what to believe anymore, I don’t know who to listen to, I don’t know who has an agenda, and I don’t know the truth.
I just want to know the facts about certain issues. I want to know the truth about the environment, oil, war, the economy, etc…
I often hear people commenting on some of these issues. I hear Republicans joking about Global Warming, and I hear Democrats outraged about the climate.
I here Republicans chant “Drill-Baby-Drill”, and I here Dems talking about lowering our oil dependency.
I here the GOP talking about lowering taxes and increasing wealth, then there is the Dems saying that we need to spread the wealth.
Let’s get the EVIL terrorists, or War is bad.
What the crap…
One problem that I have noticed is that someone from the far right gets all their info from far right sources. The left gets their info from the left sources. Who is right? I have heard someone that is an outspoken Republican tell me that the race is “really” close in the last week, and on the same day a Democrat tell me that the race is over. What is that?
We are in need of honest, non-partisan, real politics. Tell me the truth, not based on your party, but based on true, non-biased facts.
1 more week then this will be all over. Well, it may be a bit closer to over. I am anticipating both sides giving me the run down as to why or why not their guy was or was not elected.
What do you think? How do we come together to broaden our views, our causes, our purpose’s, our changing lives, our thinking of the future, our impacting the environment, our…
There are several podcast that I try to listen to on a regular basis. Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI is one that I learn from and respect. I enjoy Rob Bell’s teachings and anyone else that is a guest speaker there as well. I finished listening to this message today and it was very good. Bell’s style of teaching scripture is very relevant and good.
I still have trouble getting an audio link on to my blog, so I am going to give it a try. Take a listen.
Or go to this page and download the mp3 Beware the dogs.
I welcome any thoughts.
Today is Liz and mine 3 year anniversary. Let me tell you about my wife and why I love her
-she is beautiful
My wonderful Wife
-she makes great Puerto Rican food
-she cares for the poor
-she Loves Jesus
-her faith is great, she inspires me to love God
-she is a great musician (guitar, piano, and sings amazing)
-she loves me
-she believes in the church
-she serves where she is needed
-I know that one day she is going to be an awesome MOM
-she has a soft spirit
-she suddenly break out with her Puerto Rican accent and get her attitude
-she is a great wife
-she loves my cooking
-she loves my family
-she is a great daughter
-she is my WIFE
I hope that you have someone like I have. My wife is amazing. My favorite thing to do is to watch her when she is sleeping. I am sometimes overwhelmed with gratefulness because I get to have her as my wife. Her love is one of a kind.
My day has started out not so good. I walked out of the house without keys. Luckily my wife keeps a set somewhere outside. Once in the house, I realized that my wife has my keys. Again, luckily there was an extra car key around. Once I got all the keys I needed, I went to the car, which now has a dead battery.
So I am now stranded here at home, no transportation. I need to do some work, but am feeling very apathetic.
I seem to be having these days a lot lately. I have zero motivation to do anything.
I don’t like it.
My wife and I went back in time this last week and watched all 3 Back to the Future movies. That’s right, ALL 3. I am sure that you are familiar with them, but if your not you need to be. They are timeless classics that I will certainly show to my kids. It was Liz’s first time seeing them. (I know, I couldn’t believe it either)
It’s really funny to watch part II and see what they thought the year 2015 would be like. The clothes are hilarious, the way they eat food, the tv screens, the restaurants. 
Politics!!!!
Are you ready for the elections to be over with? Are you nervous as to who may be in the White House?
I am ready for all of this to be over. I have decided who I will be voting for. Not ready to tell who though. I am not a Republican, I am not a Democrat, I am not part of the Green Party. I am an independent who loves Jesus. I have my issues with both sides of the aisle. (don’t we all)
Recently I was reading a book that is a few years old now by a guy named Jim Wallis. Wallis has a fresh voice for Christians on Politics. He does not give in to the old ideology that God is a Republican, and He is not a man that fights for the left either. His book “God’s Politics” has many good insights into politics and Jesus and how their paths collide.
Here is an excerpt from his book that makes sense to me. He is commenting on how we only have 3 viable options politically right now in our country. He presents an idea of a fourth option, and it makes sense to me.
“I believe there is a ‘fourth option’ for American politics, which follows from the prophetic religious tradition we have described. It is traditional or conservative on issues of family values, sexual integrity and personal responsibility, while being very progressive, populist, or even radical on issues like poverty and racial justice. It affirms good stewardship of the earth and its resources, supports gender equality, and is more internationally minded than nationalist– looking first to peacemaking and conflict resolution when it come to foreign policy questions. The people it appeals to (many religious, but others not) are very strong on issues like marriage, raising kids, and individual ethics, but without being right-wing, reactionary, or mean-spirited or scapegoating against group of people, such as homosexuals. They can be pro-life, pro-family, and pro-feminist, all at the same time. They think issues or ‘moral character’ are very important, both in a politician’s personal life and in his or her policy choices. Yet they are decidedly pro-poor, for racial reconciliation, critical of purely military solutions, and defenders of the environment.
‘At the heart of the fourth option is the integral link between personal ethics and social justice. And it appeals to people who refuse to make the choice between the two.”
That’s what I am talking about!!!!
What do you think? Would you vote for someone like that?
