“If you had been living in Jesus’ time and had heard Him teaching would you have been one of his followers? To be an honest taker of this test, I think you have to try to forget that you have read the Gospels and that Jesus has been a “big name” for two thousand years. You have to imagine instead that you are walking past the local courthouse and you come upon a crowd listening to a man named Joe Green or Green Joe, depending on judgments whispered among the listeners on the fringe. You too stop to listen, and you soon realize that Joe Green is saying something utterly scandalous, utterly unexpectable from the premises of modern society. He is saying: “Don’t resist evil. If somebody slaps your right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too. Love your enemies. When people curse you, you must bless them. When people hate you, you must treat them kindly. When people mistrust you, you must pray for them. This is the way you must act if you want to be children of God.” Well, you know how happily that would be received, not only in the White House and the Capitol, but among most of your neighbors. And then suppose this Joe Green looks at you over the heads of the crowd, calls you by name, and say, “I want to come to dinner at your house.”
I suppose that you, like me, hope very much that you would say, “Come ahead.” But I suppose also that you, like me, had better not be too sure. You will remember that in Jesus’ lifetime even His most intimate friends could hardly be described as overconfident.”
-----Wendell Berry, The Way of Ignorance Pg. 128-129
I'm not sure how many times I said to Kelli during the playoffs last year, "this game seemed totally rigged" (much like the Miami Finals of the year prior). The game I'm speaking most of is game three of the Suns/Spurs series (although there were others). Well, it turns out that it was! Who were the officials? "Officials: Greg Willard , Tim Donaghy , Eddie F. Rush" Unfortunately it was just found out that Tim Donaghy was betting on the games and altering the outcome accordingly as you can see here!
From now until I am finished reading the final HP, I am cutting myself off from the outside world. Now that the book has leaked on the internet as of today, there are already people who know exactly what happened and would love to ruin it for the rest of us. Therefore, I am not reading blogs, I am not watching the news, and I am not listening to the radio! Harry Potter fans beware!
Total Suckfest! I am convinced on this one, if you haven't read the book, you're probably not really going to understand what's going on. They didn't even really explain the Order of the Phoenix! Not to mention the changes in the plot in several places. It just doesn't make any sense if you're a fan of the books. I asked Kelli as we got home, "why do we keep seeing these things? every one of them is disappointing!" I think the movie had some cool scenes but this one I can literally say, it has absolutely nothing on the book. This was so under-developed and left so much out but I'm not sure I know the answer, the movie would have to be about 4 hours long to really nail it.
I thought I moved away from Tampa, FL?
Just got back from our vacation last night from visiting Kelli's aunt and uncle at their place on Lake Tahoe. We did everything! Hiking, Biking, Rafting, and Boating and I'm tired.
No money? You guys started with about a million dollars from the Southern Baptist Convention and about 5 staff members? Remember??? I do. And so did we at Mosaic. I would never dream of saying we started with no money or no staff members. That would be about as ridiculous as...well...you saying that. 
