This is sort of in response to my buddy Dave's Top 5, but I've been wanting to speak about my #1 for a long long time.
#5 Christmas Conga.....Cyndi Lauper
I think I've liked one Cyndi Lauper tune in the history of my life! It's just confusing, it's like a mix of her style music and synthesizers, mexican trumpets, and her saying "banga, banga, banga" and then her speaking in a very New York accent....maybe Boston. It's a catchy.....a little too catchy!
#4"Little Drummer Boy", David Bowie and Bing Crosby
No words....just a terrible duet!
#3 David Essex "A Winter's Tale"
Wow...does this song increases the suicide thought rate. If this is on the playlist of someone that you care about, take away all alcohol, pain killers, and guns. Not a healthy sign! My parents had this record for some reason and I accidentally listened to it alot. Evidentally David Essex is one fo the a-holes that doesn't like for his stuff to be posted on youtube, or at least sharivn of his music, so yet another reason to be on the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBQ3t6ezh2I
#2 Christmas Time by THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
I love smashing pumpkins, but they should leave Christmas albums to Country Singers. Billy's voice to Jesus' music just gives me nightmares. There's no typical Smashing Pumpkins drive behind it.....It's like they needed to sale an album one year so they just decided to produce a Xmas one. ( I use X in the respectful Greek way)
#1 Blue Christmas by Sheryl Crow
I typically like Blue Christmas and Sheryl Crow, but it's a lot like adding cottage cheese to corn on the cob when you put this two together. It would be a great song if I was planning a great evening with my pistol and Jack Daniels though! I promise you listening to this song will make you contemplate suicide.
Luckily it is not easy to find and should probably be banned from existence! There is one out there from her "Home for Christmas" album, but that's not the one I'm talking about. I think it is on a specialty album from Kohl's (Kohls Cares for Kids). You can listen to a sample here:
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Sheryl+Crow/track/Blue+Christmas
Friday, December 19, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Blue Letter Bible
Every once in a while I am amazed at the internet and the blue letter bible is truly an amazing resources. Play around with it and you'll see what I'm talking about. Truly wish this was around while taking Dr. Bobby Kelly's Biblical Greek I.....maybe I wouldn't have dropped out of BG II.
I've become obsessed with this resource and I have no desire to be a pastor, just seeking the truth of the scripture and the deepness of it. I think that is why we have so many translation, because 1: some Greek can be translated many ways and 2: God wants us to explore those ways as well as understand the context they are in.
Here is the link. Just for kicks look at it and just play around with John 3:16 and the many versions it has....especially the original Greek Lexicon!
www.blueletterbible.org
Blessings,
Will
I've become obsessed with this resource and I have no desire to be a pastor, just seeking the truth of the scripture and the deepness of it. I think that is why we have so many translation, because 1: some Greek can be translated many ways and 2: God wants us to explore those ways as well as understand the context they are in.
Here is the link. Just for kicks look at it and just play around with John 3:16 and the many versions it has....especially the original Greek Lexicon!
www.blueletterbible.org
Blessings,
Will
Just Arriving!
So as I sit here around Christmas time pondering Jesus, Mary and Joseph. I think of the anticipation, the excitement and the worry they must have had, as I possess these same feelings at this moment with my daughter coming in the next 3 weeks. Sure, I've been through this process before with my boy, but for some reason there is more angst, fear, and just overall wonder about the moment.
Maybe it's that I look at all the girls that are growing up and wonder how in the world am I going to raise a pure, Godly and mentally sound woman in this environment, this world we live in today. My grandmother confirmed it that she's never seen stuff (sin, flesh, and worldliness) so out in the open. I know each generation has its error and I know the world has always been a filthy place, but I look at it differently now with a small defenseless child coming into the mix. For some reason, this didn't bother me with my son, so why does it do so with my little girl.
I guess my answer as always can be found in scripture. How do you "train up a child"? I know 90% of what kids learn is by watching so I'll seek the scripture and try to let that inward reading become an outward expression:
Psalm 33:8 "Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him."
John 12:25 "The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
Maybe it's that I look at all the girls that are growing up and wonder how in the world am I going to raise a pure, Godly and mentally sound woman in this environment, this world we live in today. My grandmother confirmed it that she's never seen stuff (sin, flesh, and worldliness) so out in the open. I know each generation has its error and I know the world has always been a filthy place, but I look at it differently now with a small defenseless child coming into the mix. For some reason, this didn't bother me with my son, so why does it do so with my little girl.
I guess my answer as always can be found in scripture. How do you "train up a child"? I know 90% of what kids learn is by watching so I'll seek the scripture and try to let that inward reading become an outward expression:
Psalm 33:8 "Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him."
John 12:25 "The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life."
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
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