Wait 'til next year; already?

I see that Kerry Wood is already on the shelf for a few days. Can't ever seem to get a break if you're a Cubs fan. Article Here

Game of the Week -- SNIPE

Another one from Fetchfido... Took me a few minutes to get the hang of it but I quit becaise I think I could spend way too much time on this one

SNIPE

The Reaping

Corey Mann posted this link for a trailer for an upcoming movie called The Reaping. I've watched it twice now and I'm interested in seeing where they go with this on theological, social, and sprituality fronts. I'm not holdong my breath that it will make Christ followers look too good. We'll see. Below is how the movie is described.

Hilary Swank plays a former Christian missionary who lost her faith after her family was tragically killed, and has since become a world renowned expert in disproving religious phenomena. But when she investigates a small Louisiana town that is suffering from what appear to be the Biblical plagues, she realizes that science cannot explain it

Any thoughts????

What is your weakness??

As we began our journey of FPU this week an interesting point came to light. It seems that ech family/ person has something that trips them up regularly. For some its going out to eat for convenience, others just like to shop, one was a weakness for ice cream. We will be working through these issues as we develop plans to win. It got me to thinking that it seems that we all have that thing/ things that are consistent problems for us. It also occurs to me that our biggest problem as Americans is usually discipline. That is the way that we will be able to overcome these issues. We too often try to get through these things on our own instead of remembering that we can do ALL things THROUGH Christ. A lot less self and a lot more Jesus in all areas of our lives will help us win financially, spiritually, physically, emotionally, with family, in friendships, in conflicts, and any other area we can ever encounter. Time to stop viewing accountabilty and discipline as negatives.

Out of control

When I saw this video I had several reactions.

1. Am I really seeing this?
2. I guess I'm not that surprised
3. What would I have done?
4. Should this guy be in jail?
5. Hurry up Jesus!!

What were your reactions?

Lion Chaser's manifesto

I had to post this here as much to keep it in front of myself as anything. It is the Lion Chaser's Manifesto, based on Mark Batterson's book, In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day. If you haven't checked it out yet, you need to. I have a big week ahead, time to grab some mane...

Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. Grab life by the mane. Set God-sized goals. Pursue God-ordained passions. Go after a dream that is destined to fail without divine intervention. Keep asking questions. Keep making mistakes. Keep seeking God. Stop pointing out problems and become part of the solution. Stop repeating the past and start creating the future. Stop playing it safe and start taking risks. Expand your horizons. Accumulate experiences. Consider the lilies. Enjoy the journey. Find every excuse you can to celebrate everything you can. Live like today is the first day and last day of your life. Don't let what's wrong with you keep you from worshipping what's right with God. Burn sinful bridges. Blaze a new trail. Criticize by creating. Worry less about what people think and more about what God thinks. Don't try to be who you're not. Be yourself. Laugh at yourself. Quit holding out. Quit holding back. Quit running away. Chase the lion.

Book #4 - No Excuses by Charlie Weis

There is no surprise to anyone that knows me that I have always loved Notre Dame. So it would also be no surprise that I would read a book by an ND coach, or that I would like said book. Reading this book confirmed the fact that I really like Charlie Weis and know that he is the tyoe of coach that any parent would love to have their kid play for. Yes he swears, but we too often just expect that those who are not Christ followers should automaticaly take on our value systems and lifestyle choices. That is a discussion for another post...
I found an awful lot that can be applied to my life from this book. Weis talks about what it means to be a good loser. You never have to like losing, but you better be a good loser whn it happens. He also talks about winning with integrity, not making excuses for your shortcomings, and the ethics of hard work. All things that our culture has become quite poor at.
The book is written in a style that many ages can easily read and glean from his perspectives. I would definately call No Excuses, like the coach himself, a winner.

Today is the day

Apart from it being my daughter's birthday (happy BDay Bethany!!), tonight is the first week of FPU. I am excited to get started with 13 weeks of families putting together a plan to win financially. There will be lots more updates on this class as it progresses. Time to change some family trees...

Cool Links and stories

Seems like this week there have been a ton of cool blogs, stories, and the like. Bloglines has changed the way I do my daily blog reads. If you're not using it, or a similar tool, you need to be. All your favorite feeds deliverd to one spot when the postings happen. With that I thought that I would share some of my favorites of late.

• Corey Mann has posted both the Superhero and the Lost quizzes recently. Which ones are you? Turns out I'm Green Lantern and Sun.
• AV Club has posted some hilarious signage
• BON has posted a link to the rules of manhood
• Mark Batterson had a great post on having Guts
• Joseph Sangl has a ton of great posts and tools reagrding your personal finances
• Mark Waltz has a great post about 20 Lies about God

Those are just the quickies that I came across, the Blogosphere is great!!

Random Thoughts

• Being sick is no fun
• having 3 people in the family sick at one time is REALLY no fun!
• It's been an odd week: severe cold weather, school closings, sick family
• Hopefully will finish book #4 today
• anticipating a good time working the middle school wrestling tournament tommorrow
• Exciting to see the High School team make it to State on the 6th consecutive try Here's the story
• the calendar seems to be filling quickly again; gotta guard home time and make sure that the power of the Easter season doesn't get lost
• Speaking of LOST, Ive never gotten into it; feel like an outsider to those who are fans.
• Maybe that's a good feeling for me; I can possibly see what it's like to be an outsider to the church... trying to let that sink in
• Im glad the Colts won. I'm even more glad that Tony and Lovie's faith has become about as big a story as their color
• Daytona speed week starts Saturday... Go Jimmie Go!!!
• Anxious to get the state EMT written exam out of the way
• time to get back to work....