Brandon Barta-Subject: Update on Brandons Million Dollar Wii

This is from one of my Lakewood Village neighbors.

Hello,
I thought I would pass on the information below if any of you have someone you might know that is passionate about cancer research or helping US soldiers families. Most of you know about Joby's friend that passed away in January due to brain cancer. Below is how his memory will keep helping others. Pass on the web-site link to anyone that you know that might be interested in making a bid or donating items for the Soldier Store.
Thank You!
Micah

--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Theresa Barta wrote:

Hello to everyone.  I wanted to tell you about an amazing honor that was brought to us concerning Brandon.  Patrick Sowers from Operation Once In a Lifetime has decided to open a store in Killeen, Texas to benefit soldiers.  He has decided to call it Brandon's Soldier Store.  Many of you may remember Patrick was one of Brandon's pallbearers and he is also responsible for sending Brandon to a Stars game where he was able to hang out and have fun with some wonderful soldiers before they deployed for Iraq and later met some of the players of both The Stars and The Sharks hockey teams.  To raise money, Patrick is auctioning off a Nintendo Wii that was given to Brandon by Operation Once In a Lifetime, but unfortunately he didn't get the opportunity to open it or use it.  To see the details of the auction and the plan to raise money for Brandon's Soldier Store and brain cancer research, please take some time to check out the website @ www.BrandonsMillionDollarWii.com.  We ask that you pass this on to anyone or any company that may be interested in bidding or contributing.  Patrick has taken on quite an intimidating task so if you have any contacts to bring some attention to this, it would also be greatly appreciated.  Please feel free to contact us or Patrick with any questions or comments you have.   As stated before, we are honored to have Brandon remembered in this way.  God Bless.

 

Thank you,

Jerry and Theresa Barta

 

 

 

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From: patrick@operationonceinalifetime.com

Sent: 9/23/2008 9:40:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time

Subj: Update on Brandons Million Dollaw Wii

 

If you have not visited www.BrandonsMillionDollarWii.com we invite you know and see what people are talking about.  An idea that is so practical that it can make the biggest single difference for soldiers and help childhood cancer at the same time.  Imagine an idea inspired by a boy who fought cancer and never gave up.  Imagine a store named after someone who was truly special, not a business, not a corporation; just a young man that has forever touched the lives of those who operate Operation Once in a Lifetime.  Making a difference is not always about donating hundreds of dollars, it's just about donating.  If everyone who visited www.BrandonsMillionDollarWii.com donated One Dollar, well, we would have raised a thousand more dollars.  Operation Once in a Lifetime also invites you to spread this email to others so they can learn how to help and bid on Brandon's Wii or donate.  You will not get ten years bad luck if you don't, but you can make a difference if you do.  Sometimes it is not about reaching thousands of people, sometimes it is about reaching that one person.

 

Special Thanks to those who have made a difference this week not just for Brandon's Wii but for helping soldiers and their families.

 

Tay McRaney

Judy and Kelly Hall

Craig Sanders

Colleen Al-Ramahi

Sgt.Matt and Lisa Buglehall

Melina Meyers

Richard Nowlin

Ross Perot

 

Total To-Date Amount Raised from www.BrandonsMillionDollarWii.com (bids + donations):  $530

Overall Top Bid for Brandon's Wii: $300

By:  anonymous   :: 

In memory of Sgt. Andrew Baddick

 

Overall Top Donation:  $100

By:  Tay McRaney ::

For those who serve

--

Patrick Sowers (SGT)

President, Founder

PO Box 1561

Allen, TX 75013

www.operationonceinalifetime.com

"We make Soldiers Dreams come True"

Barry Hannah's Long Shadow

Interesting article about a Southern writer.

http://gardenandgun.com/stories/southern_masters/barry_hannah_s_long_shadow-182#1

Halloween Fun

http://www.cagle.com/news/HauntedHouse2005/DOOR1.asp

Christ's Bell

This is an awesome e-mail . . . Someone took a lot of time
Setting up this message.
 

THE BELL
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15 )
I am united with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price (1 Cor 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ.  (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt 5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ (1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil 3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31 -34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor 5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be sepa rated from the love of God (Rom 8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God  (2 Cor 1:21-22 )
I am assured all things work together for good  (Rom. 8:28 )
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16 )
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12 )
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16).   I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected. (Phil. 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven ( Col 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God
Do you know
Who you are!?


Keep this bell ringing...pass it on
'The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you;
The LORD turn His face toward you
And give you peace..'
Numbers 6:24-26

Hope, Music, and Finances

These are excellent features from Bill Moyers Journal, Oct 24th.

Prepare to be inspired by this piece on the hardships in today's world and how Mark Johnson is using music to bring people together. In the beginning, Moyers visits Metro Baptist Church in Hell's Kitchen, where Ronnie Adams, formerly at First Baptist, Plano, now serves.
"Playing for Change:"
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10242008/profile2.html Click on video.

Excellent discussion of the financial crisis with Dr. James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas, author of the new book, "The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too."
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/10242008/profile.html Click on video.

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Oct 27th

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/10/27/

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Obama and Snopes?

First refutation.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/snopes.htm

Here's a denial from Snopes:

Subject: Re: snopes.com: New Item Submission
From: "snopes.com"
Date: Fri, October 24, 2008 6:09 pm
To: planopaul@grayranch.us

The information you received is inaccurate. Neither of the operators of
snopes.com has any affiliation with, has ever made a donation to, or has
ever publicly expressed support for any political party or candidate. See
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/snopes.htm and
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/26/AR2008092600853.html
for more information on this subject.

Similar rumors circulate every election year. See
http://www.snopes.com/info/notes/politics.asp for additional examples of this phenomenon.

Urban Legends Reference Pages
http://www.snopes.com

An admonition:
The 9th Commandment:
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
The Bible, Exodus 20:16

One Man's View of Election Issues This Year

My Personal 'Faith Priorities' for this Election

Jim Wallis, Sojourners

In 2004, several conservative Catholic bishops and a few megachurch pastors like Rick Warren issued their list of "non-negotiables," which were intended to be a voter guide for their followers. All of them were relatively the same list of issues: abortion, gay marriage, stem cell research, etc. None of them even included the word "poverty," only one example of the missing issues which are found quite clearly in the Bible. All of them were also relatively the same as official Republican Party Web sites of "non-negotiables." The political connections and commitments of the religious non-negotiable writers were quite clear.

I want to suggest a different approach this year and share my personal list of "faith priorities" that will guide me in making the imperfect choices that always confront us in any election year — and suggest that each of you come up with your own list of "faith" or "moral" priorities for this election year and take them into the voting booth with you.

After the last election, I wrote a book titled God’s Politics. I was criticized by some for presuming to speak for God, but that wasn’t the point. I was trying to explore what issues might be closest to the heart of God and how they may be quite different from what many strident religious voices were then saying. I was also saying that "God’s Politics" will often turn our partisan politics upside down, transcend our ideological categories of Left and Right, and challenge the core values and priorities of our political culture. I was also trying to say that there is certainly no easy jump from God’s politics to either the Republicans or Democrats. God is neither. In any election we face imperfect choices, but our choices should reflect the things we believe God cares about if we are people of faith, and our own moral sensibilities if we are not people of faith. Therefore, people of faith, and all of us, should be "values voters" but vote all our values, not just a few that can be easily manipulated for the benefit of one party or another.

In 2008, the kingdom of God is not on the ballot in any of the 50 states as far as I can see. So we can’t vote for that this year. But there are important choices in this year’s election — very important choices — which will dramatically impact what many in the religious community and outside of it call "the common good," and the outcome could be very important, perhaps even more so than in many recent electoral contests.

I am in no position to tell anyone what is "non-negotiable," and neither is any bishop or megachurch pastor, but let me tell you the "faith priorities" and values I will be voting on this year:

1. With more than 2,000 verses in the Bible about how we treat the poor and oppressed, I will examine the record, plans, policies, and promises made by the candidates on what they will do to overcome the scandal of extreme global poverty and the shame of such unnecessary domestic poverty in the richest nation in the world. Such a central theme of the Bible simply cannot be ignored at election time, as too many Christians have done for years. And any solution to the economic crisis that simply bails out the rich, and even the middle class, but ignores those at the bottom should simply be unacceptable to people of faith.


2. From the biblical prophets to Jesus, there is, at least, a biblical presumption against war and the hope of beating our swords into instruments of peace. So I will choose the candidates who will be least likely to lead us into more disastrous wars and find better ways to resolve the inevitable conflicts in the world and make us all safer. I will choose the candidates who seem to best understand that our security depends upon other people’s security (everyone having "their own vine and fig tree, so no one can make them afraid," as the prophets say) more than upon how high we can build walls or a stockpile of weapons. Christians should never expect a pacifist president, but we can insist on one who views military force only as a very last resort, when all other diplomatic and economic measures have failed, and never as a preferred or habitual response to conflict.


3. "Choosing life" is a constant biblical theme, so I will choose candidates who have the most consistent ethic of life, addressing all the threats to human life and dignity that we face — not just one. Thirty-thousand children dying globally each day of preventable hunger and disease is a life issue. The genocide in Darfur is a life issue. Health care is a life issue. War is a life issue. The death penalty is a life issue. And on abortion, I will choose candidates who have the best chance to pursue the practical and proven policies which could dramatically reduce the number of abortions in America and therefore save precious unborn lives, rather than those who simply repeat the polarized legal debates and "pro-choice" and "pro-life" mantras from either side.


4. God’s fragile creation is clearly under assault, and I will choose the candidates who will likely be most faithful in our care of the environment. In particular, I will choose the candidates who will most clearly take on the growing threat of climate change, and who have the strongest commitment to the conversion of our economy and way of life to a cleaner, safer, and more renewable energy future. And that choice could accomplish other key moral priorities like the redemption of a dangerous foreign policy built on Middle East oil dependence, and the great prospects of job creation and economic renewal from a new "green" economy built on more spiritual values of conservation, stewardship, sustainability, respect, responsibility, co-dependence, modesty, and even humility.


5. Every human being is made in the image of God, so I will choose the candidates who are most likely to protect human rights and human dignity. Sexual and economic slavery is on the rise around the world, and an end to human trafficking must become a top priority. As many religious leaders have now said, torture is completely morally unacceptable, under any circumstances, and I will choose the candidates who are most committed to reversing American policy on the treatment of prisoners. And I will choose the candidates who understand that the immigration system is totally broken and needs comprehensive reform, but must be changed in ways that are compassionate, fair, just, and consistent with the biblical command to "welcome the stranger."


6. Healthy families are the foundation of our community life, and nothing is more important than how we are raising up the next generation. As the father of two young boys, I am deeply concerned about the values our leaders model in the midst of the cultural degeneracy assaulting our children. Which candidates will best exemplify and articulate strong family values, using the White House and other offices as bully pulpits to speak of sexual restraint and integrity, marital fidelity, strong parenting, and putting family values over economic values? And I will choose the candidates who promise to really deal with the enormous economic and cultural pressures that have made parenting such a "countercultural activity" in America today, rather than those who merely scapegoat gay people for the serious problems of heterosexual family breakdown.

That is my list of personal "faith priorities" for the election year of 2008, but they are not "non-negotiables" for anyone else. It’s time for each of us to make up our own list in these next 12 days. Make your list and send this on to your friends and family members, inviting them to do the same thing.

Dad's World War II Army Reunion in Denison

Here's a good write-up from the Sherman-Denison paper, including soldier's stories.
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World War II reunion still going strong

BY K. MCSTAY

HERALD DEMOCRAT

"Thank you for letting us save the world," Sgt. Paul Gray said as he blessed the meal. Those assembled nodded and scooted closer to the table, chatting amongst themselves. These are the men who served with the 146th Engineer Combat Battalion, assigned during World War II to the 1121st Engineer Combat Group. They landed on the beaches of Normandy, participated in the Battle of the Bulge and returned to the states as heroes. On Friday evening, they came to Denison to hold their annual reunion, a time to share stories and reconnect.

"We're all around 85 years old," said Gray, the organizer of the event. Due to ill health or other complications, several of the veterans were unable to attend the event, and Gray said that this could be the last reunion for the veterans, as age and illness make traveling difficult.

Second Lieutenant Wes Ross spent his time catching up at the banquet that concluded the reunion. "We're telling stories, most of 'em true, some of them embellished," he said. Some of the banter was light-hearted reminiscences on war-time hijinks. Private First Class Lamar Keith shared tales about the right way to store spirits while on the move: not, he said, in aluminum canteens, as it'll melt the metal. "They never told us what it'd do to our stomachs," he said.

At one point while in France, Ross said, he came across a man drinking a small glass of what looked like wine. In an attempt to out-drink the man, Ross drank straight from the nearby bottle. The liquid, however, was Calvados, a French spirit distilled from apples. "I could even breathe for a few minutes," Ross said. While on a reconnaissance mission, Ross said that his team ran into a German truck. "We weren't sure what was about to happen," he said. Out of the truck, however, jumped a Russian soldier. "He ran up to me and grabbed me in a bear-hug" he said.

"The Russian soldiers loved to drink and dance," Keith remembered.

Other memories from the days in the European Theater surface as well. Two weeks prior to D-Day, Tech. 5 Gene Beleele was called in to a commanding officer's tent. "He told me they needed a supply truck driver," Beleele said. The position meant that he wouldn't be in the first wave on Normandy Beach, but would come four or five days after. "I asked, 'do I have to?'" Beleele said. "I'd rather go with them."

A friend of Beleele's took the position instead. "The minute I was out there, I was thinking: 'you crazy idiot,'" Beleele said. "Though I didn't get a scratch." Beleele said that he crawled along the beach, using blasting caps taped to his helmet and TNT carried on his back to clear underwater and beach obstacles. "You had a little more than five seconds to get away from it before it blew," he said.

After D-Day, Beleele was wounded when a mine went off. Fellow soldiers, after clearing, had piled up disabled mines. Beleele was helping to rig explosives on the mines when he heard a snap. Despite soldiers walking around the area all day, no one had touched the final mine. "It went off, but it stayed in the ground," Beleele said. The mines, after being activated, jumped off the ground and sent small metal pieces flying. This mine, however, remained where it was. "I've always felt like the good Lord held his hand on it," Beleele said.

Beleele's shoulder was wounded and both legs were broken in the incident. As a result, he was shipped first to a hospital in Germany, then sent to England. By October, Beleele was served his discharge papers. He went to Tulsa and worked all his life, he said.

Zandra Marlow and Maxine Manning both had family members in the 146th. Marlow's father, Pfc. Jay E. Hansford, and Manning's husband, Cpl. Joe Manning, were both members of the battalion. Hansford was killed in action during the D-Day assault, shortly after Zandra was born. Marlow said that her grandsons, Caleb and Benjamin Newton, found the reunion activities through the battalion's Web site. "I was excited," she said. "We finally found someone who remembered his name." The boys, she said, became interested in the family's history due to a display Zandra has honoring her father. "There's my father's flag, his purple heart and different things," she said. Despite living in Parsons, Kan., Zandra and husband Warren, along with their grandchildren, attend the reunions as often as possible.

Both Caleb and Benjamin Newton believe that their peers aren't learning about the history as they should. "I think they need to learn it," Caleb Newton said. "If you don't learn it, the history dies off," Zandra Marlow said. "There's an urgency to it."

Manning's husband passed away in March. "We only missed two reunions ... we're all one big family," she said. In addition to the camaraderie between the former members of the battalion, she said the honor paid to not only the 146th, but all veterans, is important. "I'd like to see the 146th honored for their service," she said. "I thank them for it, and all the rest of the vets."

Texoma comments ...
1 comment found!

: 10/12/2008
Wes Ross was a 1st Lieutenant, not 2nd LT.
Lenny Fox, Webmaster: www.146thecbwwii.org

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Oct 20th

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/10/20/

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Prairie Home Companion in Abilene

From Abilene Christian University, with lots of Church of Christ
jokes and college choirs, plus Cindy Cashdollar on dobro.

http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2008/10/18/

Texas Escapes Website

Here's a site with Texas historical and travel information, plus
humor and opinion.

http://www.texasescapes.com/default.htm

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado, Oct 17th

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

�the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks�

 

October 17

Finishing Strong

 

Think about Jesus' example. He held on while wicked people were doing evil things to him. So do not get tired and stop trying.
Hebrews 12:3 (NCV)

 

Heaven was not foreign to Jesus. He is the only person to live on earth after he had lived in heaven. As believers, you and I will live in heaven after time on earth, but Jesus did just the opposite. He knew heaven before he came to earth. He knew what awaited him upon his return. And knowing what awaited him in heaven enabled him to bear the shame on earth.

He "accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him" (Heb. 12:2). In his final moments, Jesus focused on the joy God put before him. He focused on the prize of heaven. By focusing on the prize, he was able not only to finish the race but to finish it strong.

 

 

From: Just Like Jesus

Copyright (Word Publishing, 1998)
Max Lucado

Quote of the Day

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
--Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Moped

An elderly man on a Moped, looking about 100 years old, pulls up next to a doctor at a street light.

The old man looks over at the sleek shiny car and asks, "What kind of car ya got there, sonny?"

The doctor replies, "A Ferrari GTO. It cost half a million dollars!"

"That's a lot of money," says the old man. "Why does it cost so much?"

"Because this car can do up to 320 miles an hour !" states the doctor proudly.

The Moped driver asks, "Mind if I take a look inside ?"

"No problem," replies the doctor.

So the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Then, sitting back on his Moped, the old man says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right... but I'll stick with my Moped !"

Just then the light changes, so the doctor decides to show the old man just what his car can do. He floors it, and within 30 seconds the speedometer reads 160 mph.

Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It seems to be getting closer!

He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly WHOOOOSSSHHH!

Something whips by him going much faster!

"What on earth could be going faster than my Ferrari?" the doctor asks himself.

He presses harder on the accelerator and takes the Ferrari up to 250 mph.

Then, up ahead of him, he sees that it's the old man on the Moped!

Amazed that the Moped could pass his Ferrari, He gives it more gas and passes the Moped at 275 mph. He was feeling pretty good until he looked in his mirror and saw the old man gaining on him AGAIN!

Astounded by the speed of this old guy, he floors the gas pedal and takes the Ferrari all the way up to 320 mph.

Not ten seconds later, he sees the Moped bearing down on him again! The Ferrari is flat out, and there's nothing he can do!

Suddenly, the Moped plows into the back of his Ferrari, demolishing the rear end.

The doctor stops and jumps out and unbelievably the old man is still alive.

He runs up to the banged-up old guy and says, "I'm a doctor.... Is there anything I can do for you?"

The old man whispers, "Unhook my suspenders from your side view mirror!"

Thanks, Mike

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A.S.A.P.

Please send this on ASAP!!!

Ever wonder about the abbreviation A.S.A.P.? Generally we think of it in terms of even more hurry and stress in our lives. Maybe if we think of this abbreviation in a different manner, we will begin to find a new way to deal with those rough days along the way.

*************

There's work to do, deadlines to meet;

You've got no time to spare,

But as you hurry and scurry-

A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER



In the midst of family chaos,

'Quality time' is rare.

Do your best; let God do the rest-

A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER.



It may seem like your worries

Are more than you can bear.

Slow down and take a breather-

A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER



God knows how stressful life is;

He wants to ease our cares,

And He'll respond to all your needs

A.S.A.P. - ALWAYS SAY A PRAYER.

Thanks, Snuffy.

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$7 Sex

LOL! Thanks, Roger.
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A Florida couple, both well into their 80s, go to a sex therapist's office. The doctor asks, 'What can I do for you?'

The man says, 'Will you watch us have sexual intercourse?'

The doctor raises both eyebrows, but he is so amazed that such an elderly couple is asking for sexual advice that he agrees.

When the couple finishes, the doctor says, 'There's absolutely nothing wrong with the way you have intercourse.'

He thanks them for coming, he wishes them good luck, he charges them $50 and he says good-bye.

The next week, the same couple returns and asks the sex therapist to watch again. The sex therapist is a bit puzzled, but agrees.

This happens several weeks in a row.

The couple makes an appointment, has intercourse with no problems, pays the doctor, then leave.

Finally, after 3 months of this routine, the doctor says, 'I'm sorry, but I have to ask. Just what are you trying to find out?'

The man says, 'We're not trying to find out anything.

She's married; so we can't go to her house.

I'm married; and we can't go to my house.

The Holiday Inn charges $98.

The Hilton charges $139.

We do it here for $50, and Medicare pays $43 of it, leaving my net cost of $7.

SHAME ON YOU FOR LAUGHING AT THAT.....

Fifty dollars is fifty dollars

Thanks, Roger.

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and every year Morris would say, 'Esther, I'd like to ride in that helicopter.'

Esther always replied, 'I know Morris, but that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars'

One year Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, 'Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance.'

To this, Esther replied, 'Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars.'

The pilot overheard the couple and said, 'Folks I'll make you a deal. I'll take the both of you for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say a word, I won't charge you! But if you say one word, it's fifty dollars.'

Morris and Esther agreed and up they went. The pilot put the craft through all kinds of maneuvers, but not a word was heard.  Up, down, back and forth, even sideways, he did his daredevil tricks over and over again, but still not a word.

When they landed, the pilot turned to Morris and said, 'By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!'

Morris replied, 'Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!'

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Oct 13th

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Daily Devotional by Max Lucado, Oct 9th

Daily Devotional by Max Lucado

�the One who came still comes and the One who spoke still speaks�

 

October 10

Short Cuts

 

They continue saying things that mean nothing, thinking that God will hear them because of their many words.

Matthew 6:7 (NCV)

 

I love the short sentence....What follows are cuts from some of my books and a couple of others. Keep the ones you like. Forgive the ones you don't. Share them when you can.


               Pray all the time. If necessary, use words.
               God forgets the past. Imitate him.
               Greed I've often regretted. Generosity--never.
               Don't ask God to do what you want. Ask God to do what is right.
               No one is useless to God. No one.

               Nails didn't hold God to a cross. Love did.
               You will never forgive anyone more than God has already forgiven you.

 

 

From: When God Whispers Your Name

Copyright (Word Publishing, 1994)
Max Lucado

Neat Video

http://www.mychurch.org/blog/30635

Thanks, Mark.

Economic Outlook

Dr Ray Perryman, economics professor at Baylor and a financial consultant, told a Baylor Network meeting (that Ryan and I attended) this morning to stay the course with the stock market. He says the recession will last 1 quarter, or 2 at most, and economic recovery will be evident by the 2nd half of 2009. He also said the government intervention was absolutely necessary, but flawed and will be reworked.

Dr Perryman also said that the key indices to watch are the Treasury bill rate vs the bank-to-bank lending rate. It is a good sign when they are closely aligned.

Dr Perryman's website:
http://www.perrymangroup.com/

Paul

Beneath the Skin: Baptists and Racism

http://www.ethicsdaily.com/static.cfm?mode=beneaththeskin&CFID=2286231&CFTOKEN=41476688

Calvin & Hobbes - Week of Oct 06th

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2008/10/06/

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Random Quotes

"Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions."
Oliver Wendell Holmes

"But I have miles to go before I sleep."
Robert Frost

"Every wind is fair when we are flying from misfortune."
Sophocles

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when we grow up."
Pablo Picasso

"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
Groucho Marx

"I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific."
Lily Tomlin

"Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground."
Theodore Roosevelt

"Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't."
Pete Seeger

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
Ferris Bueller