'Jeopardy!' Whiz Ends 74-Game Win Streak
It's about time. Jeopardy is starting as I type and I just found this article.
See, this blog brings all the big news before it airs on TV!
I'm thinking about starting a sympathy card to send to Mr. Jennings. If interested please comment.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
"But Lentels Don't Come From Pigs..."
The title of this post was the product of an argument in jest with my friend Jillian. She is a vegetarian and she was trying to gross Dan and me out about ham. She told us that ham is a pig's butt and it was gross because they had to kill the pig. Someone mentioned that they ham has necessary protein and she responded that you could get that protein from lentels. It was then that I said "but lentels don't come from pigs..."
But what if they did? Questions to ponder....... Right up there with "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
But what if they did? Questions to ponder....... Right up there with "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
Saturday, November 27, 2004
We're all wizards...
I was thinking today (I sometimes do that on Saturdays) about how the differences in the wizards in LOTR can teach us some things about our Christian lifestyle.
Gandalf worked for the same cause throught the trilogy: peace on Middle Earth and the banishment of evil. But in the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf the Grey, was not as effective as he was in The Two Towers and The Return of the King as Gandalf the White. Gandalf the Grey was not able to stand up to Saruman the White and was slow to recognize h0w his old friend had changed. I would suggest that this is becuase Grey is a color that is in the middle. It's not white, and it's not black in the same way that warm is not hot, nor is it cold. This is relevant to us because it points out how we need to not be "in the middle" with our Christianity. Being in the middle hinders our purpose to promote God's kingdom and be His representatives.
Another point that can be drawn from this example is that it took a seemingly horrible event to transform Gandalf the Grey into Gandalf the White. Gandalf's battle with the Balrog was an apparent defeat and a source of hopelessness for the fellowship, but it was absolutely necessary to prepare Gandalf to become Gandalf the White and fulfill his purpose absolutely. In the same way, things happen in our lives that we view as horrible, harmful, and destructive, but these things are what we need to bring us to our knees, make us swallow our pride, and rely on God fully. It is in retrospect that we can look back on these things and see how they helped prepare us to be _________ the White, more prepared and ready to fulfill our purpose to be God's representatives on Earth. So when things happen that we view as bad and not of God, we must realize that He is working these bad things together to shape us into people better equipped to serve Him. This is best said in Romans 8: 28-29
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
That's about all I've thought through up to this point. I had a longer post ready to publish with just the Bible reference missing, but when I went to Biblegateway.com to get the reference, I tried to return to find my post had vanished. Feel free to tell me what you think.
Gandalf worked for the same cause throught the trilogy: peace on Middle Earth and the banishment of evil. But in the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf the Grey, was not as effective as he was in The Two Towers and The Return of the King as Gandalf the White. Gandalf the Grey was not able to stand up to Saruman the White and was slow to recognize h0w his old friend had changed. I would suggest that this is becuase Grey is a color that is in the middle. It's not white, and it's not black in the same way that warm is not hot, nor is it cold. This is relevant to us because it points out how we need to not be "in the middle" with our Christianity. Being in the middle hinders our purpose to promote God's kingdom and be His representatives.
Another point that can be drawn from this example is that it took a seemingly horrible event to transform Gandalf the Grey into Gandalf the White. Gandalf's battle with the Balrog was an apparent defeat and a source of hopelessness for the fellowship, but it was absolutely necessary to prepare Gandalf to become Gandalf the White and fulfill his purpose absolutely. In the same way, things happen in our lives that we view as horrible, harmful, and destructive, but these things are what we need to bring us to our knees, make us swallow our pride, and rely on God fully. It is in retrospect that we can look back on these things and see how they helped prepare us to be _________ the White, more prepared and ready to fulfill our purpose to be God's representatives on Earth. So when things happen that we view as bad and not of God, we must realize that He is working these bad things together to shape us into people better equipped to serve Him. This is best said in Romans 8: 28-29
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
That's about all I've thought through up to this point. I had a longer post ready to publish with just the Bible reference missing, but when I went to Biblegateway.com to get the reference, I tried to return to find my post had vanished. Feel free to tell me what you think.
Friday, November 26, 2004
That which shall be known as my first post...
Hello, all! This is my blog that friends have been pestering me to make. I've just set it up, so I'll post more later.
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