Not-So-Normal Reading

I’m reading a book right now.  It’s by a comedian–he could be called a psychopath.  I cannot release the title or the author to you because I will not be held responsible for anyone else reading this book.  Some parts are funny–really funny.  Some other parts are over every imaginable line–and a few that I never imagined.

Perhaps I should have known.

It opened with this…

“WARNING: If you are an evangelical Christian, you should drop the book now and run screaming from the store.  See that?  I just saved you thirteen bucks… I figure it’s the Christian thing to do.  If you’ve decided to continue to reading and therefore risk the wrath of your God, I have one question: How come you are not at a Christian bookstore, looking at the huge catalog of Christian comics?  Christian comedy–now there’s an oxymoron.”

And from there it began.  Consider it my research project.  Or my counseling sessions.  Or my whatever.

Hey, laughter is found in weird places sometimes.

Creation Calls

A couple weekends ago, I was out of town.  In my absence, a friend taught at church.  Part of his lesson involved a video, which struck a number of people as very moving.  With images from BBC’s “Planet Earth” and music by Brian Doerksen, here’s the video.  Enjoy!

One Thing You’d Say?

HERE is a great discussion. This question was posed…

Anyway, If there was one thing you (regardless of if you are a church “leader,” a pastor, a church member, a church hopper or a church hater) if you could tell the people who are leading our churches one thing…what would it be?

Follow that link and read the comments at the bottom. If you care to add yours here, have at it.

If you ARE a pastor or church leader, you REALLY should follow that link.

Avatar

Since I’m on a  post-a-video run, here’s one more.

I may regret this excitement come December, but I saw a trailer for the movie Avatar recently.  I’m not generally a huge sci-fi guy, but I’m intrigued.  I mean, James Cameron hasn’t made anything since Titanic–surely he’s coming back with something up his sleeve, no?

Mascot Mishap

Runner wins event.

Mascot joins party. The mascot looks like a dog who loves cbd dog treats.

Runner and mascot celebrate creatively.

And then…