Most of the time, you can turn on the news and find a new report of some celebrity giving their opinion on some political views. They are either for the war, against the war, for same sex marriages or against, want to bring our troops home, or just hate President Bush. But is it [...]
I Want to Be A Pirate!! ARGGHH!!!
This past weekend was the opening of Pirates of the Caribbean 3. If you don’t already know I work at a movie theater and it was insane!! Some people lined up 6 or more hours before their shows started just to make sure that they get that center spot in the theater. Fanatics dressed in [...]
America Desensitized
It seems like America is becoming more and more desensitized to the immoral behavior in our society. Most of the movies that come out now have excessive violence, language, and sexuality, yet we have no second thought about going out to see them. Alot of the music that is being produced has alot of explicit [...]
Christianity and Dialogue? You tell me.
A couple evenings ago I was catching up on the news via Yahoo! News while trying to watch my usual Grey’s Anatomy. After the usual intense closing shots of the characters in distress I reopened by Apple and started reading a very interesting article about Christians and atheists communicating calmly. Yea thats [...]
A Violent Necessity: Part Deux
Comment by fitnessfortheoccasion on April 17, 2007 11:29 pm War is sometimes necessary, but that cannot mask how utterly counter-productive the so called war on terror has been.Those “eggs” marcelonicus refers to are human lives. Human lives lost. Human lives ruined by displacement, torture, and violence without end.Do not try to stoop to religion to [...]
The Bible’s SEXIEST Book???
I recently read an article on “the Bible’s sexiest book.” The author begins the first paragraph by comparing the Bible with his grandmother’s basement and ends the paragraph by comparing Song of Solomon with a description of erotica. From the beginning of this article I read how ridiculously the author described the Word of God, [...]
College
The price of college has sky-rocketed to outrageous amounts in the last few years. The prices “average more than $22,000 for private schools and almost $6,000 for state schools.”(Fox News) This has caused many people to speculate if the students should get a “free ride through college” or if they should pay for some of [...]
Junk Food In Schools
When someone thinks of cafeteria food, they usually will think of mystery meat or disgusting food. But many schools are changing their menus to include healthy, nutritious meals. But some parents feel that they are being “undermined” of their authority to choose what their child eats because of vending machines offering junk food and [...]
Tom Leykis (asks the famous question)
Call me unchristian but I listen to Tom Leykis. He loves premarital sex, swearing, cheating, lying, and getting something for nothing at the cost of others. However this is what the world is made of and if we isolate ourselves we will be crushed when we enter the real world. I was listening to him [...]
Food(Cows) for Thought
I recently received an email with the following:
Two things to think about:
1. Cows
2. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to [...]
Drinking
We have all heard it a million times, underage drinking is bad, and we should not do it. It is common knowledge. However, more and more teenagers are drinking, and it is becoming a huge problem. A recent article that I was reading said, ” On any given day across the country, 5,400 kids under [...]
Video games…?
Now we all have played our share of violent video games. Honestly I love them. There is something fun about stealing cars and driving speeds that are well into the triple digits. Or perhaps, a little bit of shooting. Despite the cause for killing, good or bad, alien or human, shooting and blowing things up [...]
Cheers!
When I was watching Trent Reznor’s version of “Hurt”, I was struck with a terrible sadness. It was not a sadness induced by the images of doom, decay, and destruction in the video. It was not even the hopeless lyrics that got to me. It was a single sound, something so subtle and natural [...]
Typical
So I have ran across this band that is… hmm. i guess you could say strange. They are a group of Christian guys who have come together to form a band called Mute Math. They kind of throw in a whole bunch of musical influences, ranging from Bjork to Sting and Police, make [...]
I Am Afraid to Go to School (better yet, I am afraid of humans)
Im sure there is not a single person who has not heard the gut wrenching news about the massacre at Virginia Tech today. Two people died in a dorm room, and 31 others were killed in Norris Hall, including the gunman, who put a bullet in his head. At least 15 [...]
Blind Mice
We are blind. Every single one of us. Some have sudden moments of sight, only to have them quickly fade back to darkness. Yes, we are blind. We do not see the wealth around us. Actually, we refuse to see the goodness that we are positively swimming in. Step out of your own skin for [...]
This Is For Senor Mondragon’s Spanish Class (Others Welcome)
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263003,00.html?sPage=fnc.national/crime
April Fools came and went this year and it seemed to be a pretty usual day. So I stumbled across this article on Fox News about an early April Fools prank students did to their classmates/teacher. The title of the article was “Five 8th Graders Charged With Laxative-Laced Doughnut Prank.” That pretty much sums it up. 20 [...]
The Price of Acceptance
Everyone wants to be accepted by their peers, its human nature. However, it seems like people sometimes are willing to go to far to be accepted. I was recently reading an article about two college girls who died in a hazing incident at a california college in 2002. The two girls wanted to be included [...]
Dear Stranger
Advice columns are everywhere. Magazines, the Internet, newspapers- they always have advice pages. Advice columns are quite depressing, really. Think about their topics: lying spouses, unwanted pregnancies, secret addictions, hateful relationships. These columns also give Christians plenty to think about. A Christian reads the questions and answers and becomes aware of just how pitiable the [...]
The World is Flat! Someone tell Christopher Columbus…
So I found quite the shocker today awaiting me at work. I routinely pop into my youth pastors office to discuss things and come up with ideas. But today’s routine was shaken up a little. While sitting down at his desk my curiosity and inability to sit [...]
An Artist above all artists . . .
I recently read an article regarding a YouTube for Artists. I’m assuming most of you know what YouTube is and I hope you thoroughly enjoy it just as much as I do. We can find almost anything on YouTube such as snippets of Jon Stewart, episodes of hit T.V. shows, and home videos that will [...]
God’s Plan?
Alright, Im going to admit it. I am a huge fan of Greys Anatomy. Im not quite sure if its those crazy intense moments of ER drama or the emotional love games, that keep me watching it. But nevertheless I’m hooked. So as Im sitting there clutching my [...]
Manipulating Freedoms
www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/opinion/20true1.html
Nowadays, it seems like everyone wants to have the rights to do whatever they want. Granted, we are in a free country, but that does not mean that all actions will be tolerated. For example, in 2002, a high school student in Alaska held up a sign during the passing of the Olympic Torch. [...]
The Fifth Year…
I don’t know how many of you knew but this last Monday was the four year anniversary of the
Iraq war. This war has stirred much political debate, and upset many in the country. Here is an excerpt of an article from Yahoo news:
Thousands crossed the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial to rally loudly [...]
