Have you filled out your bracket yet for March Madness?
If you have, congratulations. Prepared to be kicked around by my picks.
If you haven’t, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!
Hurry hard! Hurry hard!
Go to Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Log in, and join this league…
Group ID#: 18339
Password: madness
Then make your picks before 10 AM on Thursday, and say thanks to me for watching your back.
Now run! Go! Time’s ticking…
All right, the collection of sermon MP3’s is up-to-date. I’ll aim to keep it that way in the weeks ahead.
If you know of anyone who might have an interest in anything that’s there, just give them directions to HERE.
Finally…
For the two of you that asked (yes, my Mom was one of you), MP3’s of past lessons from Glen Elm are now up. I got about half done today. By the end of tomorrow, I should have most of the past six months posted.
Where?
Go to my front page and find the “Speaking”tab at the top. Or you could just click HERE.
If you find anything worth sharing with anyone at all, please go for it.
Yes, it’s the beginning of March Madness, the highlight of the true sports lover’s year! And yes, I’m pumped and ready to take it all in.
But this March is even better than usual, thanks to tickets that are in my possession. On Saturday, March 31, the dynamic duo of Bowser & Blue are doing a show in the Queen City. My lovely wife and I are grabbing a couple unsuspecting friends and taking in the show.
Bowser & Blue? Odds are decent that you don’t know them.
Here’s my introduction to them…
My friend Ian (yes, that’s Ian of the Muirhead variety) lent me a tape years back. He said it was his mom’s and that it was funny. After initial hesitation (because who listens to his mom’s stuff anyway), that tape didn’t come out of my stereo for weeks. And it gave me much pleasure.
Bowser & Blue… they’re like…
Old, Quebec-dwelling, guitar-wielding Rick Mercers. They’re big on political satire (they have NO sacred cows), Canadian culture (they have a song called “In the Key of Eh”), and anything else that can be presented in a way you’d have never thought of it.
Below is a video of one of their “earthier” classics. It’s entitled “Working Where the Sun Don’t Shine”. I’d say “Enjoy!”, but I fear a few of you won’t!
That’s okay. You’re still welcome back another time.
There’s likely no more famous prayer than the one spoken by Jesus when his disciples asked if he’d teach them how to pray. You likely know the one.
How often do you use it yourself?
N.T. Wright’s words got my attention this week. In speaking of this prayer, he said…
The prayer is therefore a way of saying to the Father: Jesus has (in the image he himself used) caught me in the net of his good news. The prayer says: I want to be part of his kingdom-movement. I find myself drawn into his heaven-on-earth way of living. I want to be part of his bread-for-the-world agenda, for myself and for others. I need forgiveness fro myself–from sin, from debt, from every weight around my neck–and I intend to live with forgiveness in my heart in my own dealings with others. (Notice how remarkable it is that, at the heart of the prayer, we commit ourselves to live in a particular way, a way we find difficult.) And because I live in the real world, where evil is still powerful, I need protecting and rescuing. And, in and through it all, I acknowledge and celebrate the Father’s kingdom, power, and glory.
Yeah, I should use that prayer more often.
