He makes a good point ...

I hope to remember this for the next time the subject comes up.

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Door Knocker ...

Last night I went out with a friend and her son to knock on doors in a neighborhood near our church that has many homes that have been sited for being an eyesore for the neighborhood.The idea was to see if anyone wanted help with yard work or anything else around the home. The plan was to offer this without strings attached; free weeding, planting of new landscape plants that we will provide for free, paint touch-up, hauling away trash, etc. Sounds pretty cool, right?

Well, it's a tough sell. I was surprised how it turned out. Many of the people ignored us completely; some pretended they couldn't hear us knocking, some ran inside their house to hide. One guy seemed pretty insulted. We did find one family that agreed, 2 more were maybes.

Basically I came away with the realization that most people believe that there is nothing free in life ... it's hard to do a good deed when nobody trusts a stranger. But at least some people are interested, I'm sure God will work this one out.

So while I was thinking about our little adventure, I remembered this funny story from a while back and thought it was a good time to share it =)

Two Jehovah's Witnesses were going door to door, and knocked on the door of a woman who was not happy to see them.

The woman told them in no uncertain terms that she did not want to discuss religion and then slammed the door in their faces.

To her surprise, the door did not close. In fact, it bounced back open.

Seeing the two witnesses still standing at the door infuriated her further. She stormed back to the door and flung it shut, but the door still didn't close. She grabbed the door with two hands and shoved it as hard as she could, but again, the door wouldn't shut.

Convinced one of these rude church members was sticking a foot in the door, she reared back to give the door a slam that would really teach them a lesson.

Just then, one of the witnesses said, "Ma'am, before you do that again, you might want to move your cat."

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A Reminder ...

I saw this on a t-shirt and wanted to know where it came from. It originally appeared in 1939.

While Britain was about to go to war with Germany, it was feared that in the early months of the war Britain might be subjected to gas attacks, heavy bombing raids and possibly invasion. The posters were commissioned by King George VI and were intended to offer the public reassurance during uncertain times.

It's a simple message and still applicable almost 70 years later. The sentiment remains the same, and still feels a bit comforting during today's uncertain times. We can all use that as a reminder - no matter what we are dealing with. Don’t you agree?

My newest obsession ...

Thanks to my friend Monica, I spent 2 days of our vacation to Palm Springs last week "devouring" Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. I'm reading Eclipse right now and Breaking Dawn is being delivered to my local Borders on Tuesday.

In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, save yourself. Don't become an addict like me. One book, and you won't stop. I'm counting the days until the movie premieres on Dec. 12, 2008. Here's a tempting sneak peek!

Should I laugh? Or be scared? ...

This is the funniest and one of the scariest things I've ever read. It was published today on the Times online, UK version.

"He ventured forth to bring light to the world" by Gerard Baker.

Just for some reference for you. I have nothing personal against Obama. It's just hard to forget the brainwashing from my youth. My dad was a pentecostal preacher/evangelist, and in my home as a child I remember when my parents would read the paper and then turn to each other and say, yep! "Nixon is the antichrist" or then it would change to "Gorbachev is the antichrist". I grew up terrified that I'd end up with a "666" on my forehead ... I wonder what my parent's would be saying now if they were still around. Either way, I'm glad that I'm not so caught up in the whole "end times" drama of my youth.

I'm laughing about it for now. We'll see what happens come November.

Fence Hopping ...

I recently read an interview in the NY Times with Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, so I decided to do some research on him. He is a neurosurgeon who teaches oncology and neurosurgery, directs a neurosurgery clinic and heads a laboratory studying brain tumors. Oh, and most interesting ... he is a Mexican fence-hopper.


Here's a video of him telling a bit of his story. Good stuff!