Parent Depreciation Day

A friend of mine did a spoof on Pastor Appreciation Day, renaming it, “Pastor Depreciation Day.” She is a pastor’s wife of a small congregation. Apparently she’s having some difficulties in her church. I’m taking it and changing it to “Parent Depreciation Day.” Enjoy.
Here’s how to show your parents you really care and want to uphold the [...]

One Day at a Time

 
One day at a time sweet Jesus
That’s all I’m asking from you.
Just give me the strength
To do everyday what I have to do.
Yesterday’s gone sweet Jesus
And tomorrow may never be mine.
Lord help me today, show me the way
One day at a time.
 

An Amusing Facebook Article

 
 Click here for an amusing article about “The 12 most annoying types of facebookers.”

Uh, Yeah, I Should Think So…

StreetInsider.com/July 6, 2009 8:30 AM EDT
VeriChip Corporation Supports Legislation Banning Forced Microchip Implantation
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– VeriChip Corporation (“VeriChip” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CHIP), a provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for healthcare and patient-related needs, announced today it supports Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives’ recent passage of a bill banning the forced implantation of [...]

Pastors Falsely Arrested – Update

Email from Anna, Lisa’s friend about the Rodgerson and Burns family:
“Thank you so much for continuing to pray about this situation. There has not been a whole lot of change, but I’ll tell you what I know. Alethia is now being allowed to spend 8 hours at her parent’s house for 4 days during the [...]

Recognize these Words?

“That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. [...]

Those Who Love Us Best

“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found, While journeying east and west
The only folks we really wound, Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best.”
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

San Diego County Stops In-Home Bible Study

Allie Martin – OneNewsNow – 5/28/2009
A San Diego pastor says county officials have told him he needs a permit to host a weekly Bible study in his home.
Pastor David Jones and his wife, Mary, were hosting the weekly study near their church, when they say they were visited by a county code enforcement officer. According [...]

International Picture of the Year

Second Place * Todd Heisler * The Rocky Mountain News
The night before the burial of her husband’s body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she [...]

Psalm 37:5, 6, 22-24

“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. The [...]

Pray for our Friends, the Dacks

April and Adam have a family in their church from Australia. The Dacks are a wonderful family, and a vital part of their church.  I got to know them pretty well after visiting my family many times in Wausau. We’ve been to their house a few times - for  a couple of church events, Australia Day, and Thanksgiving last year. Deb and I became [...]

Help Needed for a Friend

I have a friend from my Thursday night ladies’ Bible study that recently went out of town to visit family only to have her home vandalized when she was gone. This is the third time her home has been broken into. Here is an update from Emily about Becki’s situation. If you can do something [...]

Baptist Pastor Murdered Yesterday During AM Service

Jim Suhr – Associated Press Writer – 3/8/2009 4:15:00 PM
MARYVILLE, Ill. – A gunman walked down the aisle of an Illinois church during a Sunday service and killed the pastor, then stabbed himself and slashed two other people as congregants wrestled him to the ground, authorities said.
The man walked into the sprawling red brick First Baptist [...]

Booted for Being Straight

Check out this article  about a young woman kicked off her team for being straight.

A Modern Day Jonah

This is a note written by the son of a good friend of mine. It gives us a look into the heart and mind of someone struggling with God. Maybe it’ll help someone going through the same struggle. Maybe it’ll give hope to those parents who grieve over their sons.
“It takes a lot to shock [...]

Wikipedia Defines Compassion

Compassion is a profound human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to alleviate another’s suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. In ethical terms, the various expressions down the [...]

One More Time

I’m only going to bore you one more time with my shopping trip savings. Here is another picture of groceries, etc. that I picked up last night and a listing of my savings. The only thing missing is a big bag of cat food. This time I only spent a couple of hours getting together my [...]

What a Deal!

After getting the scoop from April yesterday on the Walgreens sales, coupons and rebates, and reading a couple of sites dealing with Walgreens couponing, I set out to see what kind of deal I could get myself. I spent a couple of hours off and on, printing coupons off the internet, looking at the ad, [...]

Wal-Mart Tragedy

clipped from money.aol.com

NEW YORK (Nov. 28) – A Wal-Mart worker was killed Friday when “out-of-control” shoppers desperate for bargains broke down the doors at a 5 a.m. sale. Other workers were trampled as they tried to rescue the man, and customers shouted angrily and kept shopping when store officials said they were closing [...]

Free 8×10 Print at Walgreens

If you’d like a free 8×10 print from Walgreens, click here.