Wow.
"No one can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other.
You cannot serve God and wealth.
Huh. Never quite heard it that way before. But there you have it, straight from Matthew 6:24.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Water Goats
If you go to this website, GoatWorld.com, you can learn a lot about goats, and you can even see this picture:
That is a picture of a goat.
Yesterday, we drove past a pond on the way to church, and my son was chattering away in the back seat. Suddenly, I heard him say, "I saw water goats today! They were swimming!"
I questioned him further, laughing. "Water goats? Where were they? On the pond?"
"Yes!" he said, enthusiastically. "And some had their heads down!"
I started laughing hysterically. I believe he was referring to the creature you see below:
Ummm, that would be a swan, no?
Hehehehehehe....water goats! Where did he come up with that?
That is a picture of a goat.Yesterday, we drove past a pond on the way to church, and my son was chattering away in the back seat. Suddenly, I heard him say, "I saw water goats today! They were swimming!"
I questioned him further, laughing. "Water goats? Where were they? On the pond?"
"Yes!" he said, enthusiastically. "And some had their heads down!"
I started laughing hysterically. I believe he was referring to the creature you see below:
Ummm, that would be a swan, no?Hehehehehehe....water goats! Where did he come up with that?
Friday, November 13, 2009
Friday Five: Friday the 13th!
From RevGalBlogPals:
"The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή) (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς) (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (φοβία) (meaning fear). The term triskaidekaphobia derives from the Greek words "tris", meaning 'three', "kai", meaning 'and', and "deka", meaning 'ten'. the whole word means three and ten. The word was derived in 1911 and first appeared in a mainstream source in 1953." (Wikipedia)
With thanks to my dear spouse TechnoGuy for the great suggestion, it's a Friday the 13th Friday Five!
1. How is this Friday the 13th looking for you?
So far, so good. I actually love Friday the 13th! I am a 13th-born kiddo, and so the 13th is always special for me. Then, I happened to find a way to get married on the 13th (of June), graduate from seminary on the 13th (of May), and become ordained on the 13th (of September!) The only super-special things that have happened on days OTHER than the 13th have been the births of my wee ones, but that's okay, because 1) you can't control when they come out! and 2) now they'll have their own special days/numbers.
However, I am a bit sad today. The youth at the church where I previously served as Assistant Pastor are grieving the loss of a friend today, and another friend is in a coma in the hospital. Both girls were involved in a 4-wheeler crash yesterday in the afternoon. One died instantly, and the other is in critical condition in the hospital. So, please send prayers their way.
2. Have you ever had anything unlucky happen on Friday the 13th?
I haven't! Possibly because I am always so excited for these days? I remember being especially thrilled when my birthday fell on a Friday!
3. Did your family of origin embrace or scorn superstitions?
On the continuum between embracing and scorning, they were probably smack in the middle. We didn't really talk about superstitions very much, or live by any.
4. Are there any unique or amusing ones from your family, region, or ethnic background?
Sorry that I don't have a fun answer for this! I really don't have anything to share....
5. Do you love or hate horror movies like "Friday the 13th"?
HATE HATE HATE!!!! I am a big fat 'fraidy cat! I don't like scary movies, blood and gore, anything like that. I actually am sort of afraid of the dark, in my own house. So, no scary movies for me!
Friday, November 06, 2009
Friday Five: Shiny and New
Songbird at RevGalBlogPals writes:
"There's a new baby on my street, a double PK whose Mom and Dad are Methodist pastors and church planters. I'm hoping to go over and meet her today. I love new babies, the way they smell and their sweet little fingers and toes. Little K has me thinking about all the new things that please us with their shiny freshness."
Please share with us five things you like *especially* when they are new.
1. Cars -- I'll probably never buy a *new* car, but I love that new car smell!
2. Babies -- Once I got the epidural, childbirth was probably one of my favorite experiences in life EVER! Feeling that new life spill forth, hearing baby's first cry, meeting my new wee one. So wonderful, I think I might have to do it again soon! (But no, I'm NOT pregnant now!!!)
3. Coffee -- This is maybe not one of those "new" things, but the first sips of coffee in the morning are always the best. After that, it's all just downhill toward the caffeine jitters for the rest of the day!
4. Books, especially a new paperback novel -- LOVE having a new book. The anticipation of curling up with it, the unruffled newness of its pages; I love it! I've been trying to read more library books lately, but there's still nothing like a brand-new book from Borders.
5. Magazines -- Fashion/beauty mags are my guilty pleasure, and there's nothing I love more (when I have time to actually read it!) than seeing a brand new one waiting for me in the mailbox at the end of a long day!
"There's a new baby on my street, a double PK whose Mom and Dad are Methodist pastors and church planters. I'm hoping to go over and meet her today. I love new babies, the way they smell and their sweet little fingers and toes. Little K has me thinking about all the new things that please us with their shiny freshness."
Please share with us five things you like *especially* when they are new.
1. Cars -- I'll probably never buy a *new* car, but I love that new car smell!
2. Babies -- Once I got the epidural, childbirth was probably one of my favorite experiences in life EVER! Feeling that new life spill forth, hearing baby's first cry, meeting my new wee one. So wonderful, I think I might have to do it again soon! (But no, I'm NOT pregnant now!!!)
3. Coffee -- This is maybe not one of those "new" things, but the first sips of coffee in the morning are always the best. After that, it's all just downhill toward the caffeine jitters for the rest of the day!
4. Books, especially a new paperback novel -- LOVE having a new book. The anticipation of curling up with it, the unruffled newness of its pages; I love it! I've been trying to read more library books lately, but there's still nothing like a brand-new book from Borders.
5. Magazines -- Fashion/beauty mags are my guilty pleasure, and there's nothing I love more (when I have time to actually read it!) than seeing a brand new one waiting for me in the mailbox at the end of a long day!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
A Button to Justify
So, if you know me from Twitter at all, you know that I've been whining since Sunday about being sick. I'm not sure if it's bona fide H1N1 or just the seasonal flu (I am pretty sure it's flu, though, since it's come with fever and achy, don't-touch-my-skin-it-might-rip feelings), but it's got me laid up.
I have received lots of wonderful tweets from my good friends who have encouraged me to take care of myself and stay home; the world will not end if I'm not at church for two days. What's more, do I really want to be making other people sick?
And yet why is it so hard for me to give myself this grace? Why do I need the justification of my Twitter friends, who could end up (though they haven't) debating amongst themselves whether or not I'm too sick to go to work? If you have any thoughts on what my problem is, or how I can fix it in myself, I'd love to hear it. I seriously don't always get what goes on in my little brain. If it were anyone else, I'd say, with wide, generous breadth about the true seriousness of the symptoms: "If you don't feel well, STAY HOME!" Yet I simply cannot do the same thing, unequivocally, for myself.
It took my mom saying, without any hemming or hawing, that I should stay home. Then I could listen. My MOM told me. So here I am. And then I found the nifty CDC button, which will have an honorary spot on my sidebar till all this flu stuff blows over, to help remind me, and all of us, that we should take care of ourselves (and protect others from our germs) when we're not well, and that it shouldn't be this hard to do it.
I have received lots of wonderful tweets from my good friends who have encouraged me to take care of myself and stay home; the world will not end if I'm not at church for two days. What's more, do I really want to be making other people sick?
And yet why is it so hard for me to give myself this grace? Why do I need the justification of my Twitter friends, who could end up (though they haven't) debating amongst themselves whether or not I'm too sick to go to work? If you have any thoughts on what my problem is, or how I can fix it in myself, I'd love to hear it. I seriously don't always get what goes on in my little brain. If it were anyone else, I'd say, with wide, generous breadth about the true seriousness of the symptoms: "If you don't feel well, STAY HOME!" Yet I simply cannot do the same thing, unequivocally, for myself.
It took my mom saying, without any hemming or hawing, that I should stay home. Then I could listen. My MOM told me. So here I am. And then I found the nifty CDC button, which will have an honorary spot on my sidebar till all this flu stuff blows over, to help remind me, and all of us, that we should take care of ourselves (and protect others from our germs) when we're not well, and that it shouldn't be this hard to do it.
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