The Post About Bon Qui Qui

I reference Bon Qui Qui in one of my vacation posts. She is lovely.

The Post About Wonder

I am facilitating a book study on Sunday nights at my iglesia. The book is Your God is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan (a great read...). In Chapter 5, he writes about how technology has both empowered us and diminished us. "Like Delilah, technology has wooed us in order to kill us."

So to reach back to our childhood and jumpstart our imaginations a bit, I gave each group member some playdoh, chocolate milk and some whales cheesy snacks (Chapter 4 was about Jonah...). Their task was to either pick the word "Farm" or "Beach" and then create a masterpiece to reflect their chosen destination. Here are three of the beachy sculptures:

Notice Jonah's legs still getting some sunlight.

"'The wind blows wherever it pleases,' Jesus goes on to tell Nicodemus, who struggles in his literalism and rationalism to understand. 'You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it is comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit' (John 3:8). There is no formula. This is something we can't work for, work up, predict, direct. You just hear it coming and fling yourself headlong into the hurricane." Mark Buchanan.

The Post About The Show

My Mom and I have a date scheduled for the first week in October every year - the Southern Women's Show. We take off work and head to the civic center and ready ourselves for sales pitches and lots of free goodies...

This year had a cherry on top because we got to meet Jon and Kate Gosselin from the fabulous Jon and Kate +8 on TLC. Here is a professional-quality paparazzi photo:

Interesting things overheard when you pack 1,000 women into an exhibition hall:
1. "All women from Alabama are hunters - boo-yah."
2. "How cute is that Crimson Tide fanny pack that lights up?"
3. "Do you have any cell phone koozies with pink rhinestones?"
4. "Would you like to register for a free magic show? I perform at weddings."
5. "If your child's bottom drags the ground in his stroller - he should be in school, not blocking the aisle."

The Post About Slices

I love Relevant Magazine. I will admit it. This is unlike Sarah Palin who keeps her magazines secret - she's so sneaky. Relevant is a perfect blend of God, Life, and Progressive Culture (their subtitle). Plus, it's a read that Cari Kates and I can agree on...

They have a great feature, called "Slices." News tidbits to keep you informed. Here are a few of my favorites from this week:

1. The Jersey Turnpike is having a little problem with people stealing the sign for mile marker 66.6. Feel free to insert your own joke about Jersey being hell right here. At any rate, our first suspect would be AC/DC...

2. 33 pastors across the country engaged in a protest this weekend by openly endorsing political candidates, thus endangering their tax-exempt status. In contrast to this, 74 percent of Americans strongly oppose pastors endorsing candidates from the pulpit...

3. Here's an interview with the maker of Christian spin-off video game Guitar Praise (the Christian Guitar Hero) about the possibility of a Christian Grand Theft Auto. Wouldn't that pretty much just entail walking around aimlessly?...

4. Billionaire Bill Gates has donated $168 million to researching malaria vaccines. Bill, those Seinfeld commercials may have been atrocious, but you're a stand-up guy...