I know I shouldn't laugh, but I couldn't help it

This headline caught my eye

Indian Chief Dies in Washington State Canoeing Accident

Maybe his feather head-dress weighed him down.

To Coin a Phrase

Yesterday I heard a quote that stuck with me. It was Bill Oreilly who is often quotable.

"It is not society's responsibility to provide citizens with the American Dream. It is our responsibility to provide the opportunity for it"

Is there still an American Dream? Or rather than to strive to succeed are we just happy with pulling as many people under as possible?

Benjamin Franklin once said:

"Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in
their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of
the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be
looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase,
and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances
will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring
them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing
all your estates among them."

Genius

I ran across a news story about a simple item that could reduce terrorist attacks by jihadist and their interpretations of the error riddled koran.

http://www.susbloodlabs.com/biganatomy.html

Its a simple and cheap idea for the war on terror. A useable pen filled with pigs blood. Should there be a nearby explosion or some other terrorist act, the pigs blood would suddenly be airborn. Thus defiling the jihadist and preventing him from his promised after life (well the one he thought he was getting anyway).

There is even a nice little logo that says "No Virgins for Terrorists"

No Pain, No Gain

Yesterday I did something I had been meaning to do for a long time. I finally joined the company health club.

The last few years I have really let my self get out of shape. Mostly because I now have the metabolism of a retarded snail.

I've done diets here and there, and tried to become more active, but of course that didn't work. The most excercize I've been getting lately is attempting the 20 channel flip in 10 seconds with the remote.

Yesterday I got my butt kicked by a trainer. I ache from head to toe. I was told the first session would be measurements and setting the baseline, but it wasn't. We got right into it.

As I tried to gather enough strength to pull my boots back on in the locker room, I was thinking "I'm paying for this?"

This morning I bent down to pick up my 9 month old and realized I am still paying for it. Can a baby really weigh that much?

Hezbolllam!!!!

The Isreali's really know how to do military action right.

They are doing exactly what I have been thinking they should be doing in areas of Iraq for a few years now.

They are blanketing cities in southern Lebannon with fliers that say the following...

"For your own safety and out of our wish to avoid harming the civilians who are not involved, you should refrain from being present in areas where Hezbollah exists and operates,"

They will soon make this area even less inhabitable.

I only wish the flier ends with..."oh, one more thing...the koran is a book of lies and Mohammed had bacon breath"

Resolution?

Now that the year is over 1/2 over, I wonder how many are still up to date on their daily bible readings that usually make the rounds in January as a new year's resolution.

I have to admit I haven't been a daily reader myself; however I have been able to stay caught up at least on a weekly basis to stay on goal for the bible in a year. This is by far the best I have ever done. Of course I'm in the middle of Isaiah which will slow my pace quite a bit.

Recently I heard a minister say the bible is probably the least read best seller of all time. Quite an ironic phrase, not to mention sad.

Church Purpose?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about church. I've also been reading a lot about churches, and even visiting some local congregations.

I hear a lot of discussions about what can be done at the church to make it more appealing to non-christians. But I wonder, why do we want people not in the church being the basis for what the church should be? I understand reaching out through evangelism, but isn't evangelism a command to every individual christian instead of the church?

Isn't the church for Christians? Having grown up in the church, I don't have the perspective of a non-christian entering a church for the first time. But I don't see the church as the place where evangelism takes place. It takes place "in the field". I don't think someone will walk through the doors of a church and suddenly "get it".

If church exists to worship God, equip christians, and encourage/help each other, how does someone without a spiritual relationship with Christ or Christians do that? Doesn't that spiritual connection need to take place first?

There are a lot of church programs developed to get people to fill the pews. There is a lot of interest in being a church to be driven by this purpose rather than being scripture driven. Christianity is about relationships not programs.

The focus of the church as a body should be on the worship, equiping, and encouraging of each other. It shouldn't be focused on their marketing appeal.