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Well Happy Holidays! I'm still being delinquent when it comes to updating. Life is not that pressing. I just haven't come around to put anything meaningful up. So I thought I would pass the time with a few updates to life. EMT training kicks over into the real world beginning tomorrow. I begin ride-along clinicals in Liberal. That means riding on the ambulance with paramedics and responding to real calls. I have also begun to consider pursuing EMT-Paramedic training. I'm looking at our community and see a need for a local paramedic on the fire department. So I may pursue that training to help out in the community. The Turpin Food Pantry is another ministry that I'm involved with and it has been a great blessing to the community. Last night we served about 20 families with food baskets (sponsored by the Turpin Booster Club) and Angel Tree gifts for the kids (sponsored by the Ministerial Alliance) and teenagers (sponsored by the Turpin water department). It is really grea...

As a follow-up to the previous post (if you haven't read it yet, don't feel to bad), I feel that it is most likely time for my annual posting of the Christmas Fantasy List. A Christmas Fantasy List is not a wish list. It is simply those things that, if we lived in ToddWorld, would being under the Christmas tree. This is mostly a resource for my family. But anyone is welcome to chip in. Computer Games Fallout 3 Spore Bioshock Video Games (Wii) Star Wars Lightsaber Duel Mario Kart Super Smash Bros. Brawl MySims Kingdom Rock Band Special Edition (the whole band) Iron Chef America Star Wars The Force Unleashed Computer supplies 320GB-1TB portable hard drive Laptop/Desktop Computer memory 1GB -2GB Books Feasting On Asphalt Bobby Flay’s Grill It Grill It by Steve Raichlin The Year of Living Biblically Wesley Study Bible Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney Cooking Digital scale KitchenAid stand mixer slicer/shredder Pizza stone Movies/DVD Incre...

I've taken a little time off from sharing thoughts here and instead used the blog as a repository for Bible study recordings. I will continue with that for the remainder of the study. But I decided to get back to sharing thoughts and wonderings. And really one thing has brought me back to this place of happy thoughts (well, not always happy): Christmas. Not Christmas in the sense of family memories or even high liturgical significance. Nope. What brought me back to blogging is one simple question: have people lost their minds? Two weeks ago. Not today. Not next Friday. Two weeks ago yesterday. November 4. I was in Hastings to spend some money that I was blessed with from my church. By the way, a big "Thank You" again to the Turpin church for that blessing. But I was looking around for something meaningful and productive and reflective of the spirit with which the church gave me that gift. I was looking for video games. But blasting over the in-store music was Christmas mu...

Curriculum Event notes Content : Methodist beliefs Scope : Grace; Sacraments; Practices (Biblical, UMC) Sequence : as above Grace: Ephesians 2:1-10 Sacrament: Mark 1:1-11; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28 Practices: Luke 4:16-19 Main Idea/Camp Goals : Kids will deepen understanding of UM discipleship in terms of belief and practice Outcomes : Name 3 kinds of grace; Identify distinctiveness of UM sacraments; Describe some behaviors of disciples Session Outline Copyright Judson Press, 2008. Permission for photocopy. Theme: Bible Passage: Main Idea: Goal: Outcomes: By the end of the session, campers will have: Supplies: Opening Presenting the Main Idea Exploring the Main Idea Responding to the Main Idea Closing

I. Construction of the 7 letters A. Command: write “to the angelos …” 1. Pronounced angelos; means messenger 2. Could represent a heavenly counterpart to the church – Hebrews 8:4-5 3. Could represent a human intermediary a) A messenger who would bring messages to the church b) The bishop of the church – episkopos – 1 Timothy 3:1-7 4. Could represent a prevailing spirit within the church 5. Could represent a guardian angel B. Christ’s description – “the one who…” 1. Each description is directly linked to Jesus Christ 2. Each description is linked to an element of the description in the introduction 3. Each introduction is directly related to the current state of the church being addressed 4. “thus sa...

I. Vision of the Man a. “I turned to see the voice” i. Could imply John turned to see the speaker 1. Represents a heavenly creature ii. Old Testament references to “seeing the voice/sound” related to God 1. Exodus 20:18, 22 2. Daniel 7:11 3. Deuteronomy 4:12 4. Several prophets refer to words they saw a. Isaiah 2:1; 13:1 b. Jeremiah 23:18 c. Amos 1:1 d. Micah 1:1 e. Habakkuk 1:1 iii. Also a warning to us that what we are about to see is symbolism b. Seven golden lampstands i. In terms of imagery, the Temple atmosphere is implied 1. The closest representation is that of the menorah from Old Testament tabernacle/temple ...