Love Without Limits

A friend of mine Robert Hall who was in youth group with me and who was in my dorm in college was on Oprah one day for how he found love. Here are couple things I learned from this.

• Sometimes our prejudices keep us from experiencing incredible things.
• That not everything makes sense.
• Love has no language barriers or race barriers.
• Being in the center of God’s will is just that, God’s will.
• Having a friend on TV is really cool.
• Those who are defending our freedom are real and have families, lives and the same emotions that we have.

And The Winner Is…

Lightning McQueen won with 60% of the vote.  I really can’t explain how animation beat out reality, but once again my kids are extremely happy that Dad has yet to beat them.

Monday Morning Dad vs. Son Poll

I have chosen Kitt from Knight Rider because he should be able to beat anybody with “queen” in his name and because look at him, he is real and Lightning McQueen is animated.

Tyler has chosen Lightning McQueen because he is fast and because he can jump over cars with his tongue in the air and say “ka-chow”.

‘Sexting’ surprise: Teens face child porn charges

Parents:  I pray for you.  Raising teenagers is not easy, especially when they grow up so quick.  This article does not shock me because I have written on this before, but it scares me that the age continues to drop.

“In an unusual legal case arising from the increasingly popular practice known as “sexting,” six Pennsylvania high school students are facing child pornography charges after three teenage girls allegedly took nude or semi-nude photos of themselves and shared them with male classmates via their cell phones.  The female students at Greensburg Salem High School in Greensburg, Pa., all 14- or 15-years-old, face charges of manufacturing, disseminating or possessing child pornography while the boys, who are 16 and 17, face charges of possession, according to WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, which published the story on its Web site on Tuesday.”

You can read the full article here.  You may want to check out the poll that they did with over 1200 students and young adults.  Eye opening to say the least.  I may even give this poll to our teens at some point.  The file is a PDF.  Download it to your desktop and check it out.

And The Winner Is…

Well it is official…again, Matthew and The Incredible Hulk have defeated me and Chuck Norris.  I was told that the cute factor did play into the vote…but seriously?  Chuck Norris is real and The Incredible Hulk was created on a computer or at that most is Edward Norton.  Chuck would either unplug the computer or beat the junk out of Edward.  Either way the vote has been made and I am glad that John preached on bitterness on Sunday because I am having to work on that with my dad vs. son polls.

So congratulations Matthew!

Guest Blog: Jeff Sareyka

Great insight from Jeff here as it totally goes along with what we talked about in our Hostage series on Sunday…bitterness.  Regardless of how you voted…God is in control.

America’s new era begins on Tuesday.  A sermon on bitterness that I heard on Sunday begs the question to be asked…Are you bitter about the next 4 years?  Were you bitter about the previous 8 years?  No matter what your perspective, remember, this is a nation under God.  I believe God had good things in mind for this country back when the odds were against a young Colonial America in 1776.  And when I hear bitter people talk about our Presidents, I feel like asking, “Do you think God has had plans for the previous 43 Presidents?”  You see, Jesus had PLANS for twelve men that learned from him for three years of his ministry.  And, of course, those men had flaws.  If political cartoons existed in Jesus’ time, the disciples would have been depicted.  If Saturday Night Live existed in Jesus’ time, the disciples would have been spoofed.  But, you see Jesus still POURED into these men for a reason!  God hasn’t turned His back on our country.  If He did, it surely doesn’t make me feel secure.  But, I know that God IS in control.  He HAS been long before our country was in existence.

When a young America nominated George Washington to be a cornerstone….God was in control.
When William Harrison died of pneumonia one month into his term….God was in control.
When a bullet took the lives of Lincoln and Kennedy, as scary as it was for our nation….God was in control.
When America put all its hope for peace and prosperity into the hands of FDR….God was in control.
When a worn down Richard Nixon resigned from office in front of the country…God was in control.

To make it more personal, whether or not Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush or Obama had your vote….God was and is STILL in control.  Let’s give God some credit here.  We nominate human beings to lead our great nation and yes, they are still our leaders.  God commands us to respect them.  Let us all be comforted by God’s providence for our country and pray that He continues to use the leaders that lead.  That’s really the best thing we can do as we look toward Inauguration Day.

Monday Morning Dad vs. Son Poll

Matthew has chosen the Incredible Hulk because he is strong and because he can pick up cars and apparently he can knock Chuck Norris’s head off.

I have chosen Chuck Norris because, well it’s Churck Norris.  Here are some facts about Chuck Norris that you may not have known.

1.  If you have five dollars and Chuck Norris has five dollars, Chuck Norris has more money than you.

2.  There is no ‘ctrl’ button on Chuck Norris’s computer.  Chuck Norris is always in control.

3.  Apple pays Chuck Norris .99 cents every time he listens to a song.

4.  Chuck Norris can sneeze with his eyes open.

5.  Chuck Norris can eat just one Lay’s potato chip.

6.  Chuck Norris is suing Myspace for taking the name of what he calls everything around you.

7.  Chuck Norris destroyed the periodic table, because he only recognizes the element of suprise.

8.  Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.

9.  Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.

10.  Chuck Norris is the reason Waldo is hiding.

11.  Chuck Norris counted to infinity twice.

12.  When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he is pushing the earth down.

13.  Chuck Norris is sueing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademark names of his right and left leg.

14.  Chuck Norris’ tears cure cancer.  Too bad he has never cried.

15.  Chuck Norris has been to Mars, that is why there is no sign of life.

16.  Chuck Norris knows where in the world is Carmen Sandiego.

17.  Chuck Norris is what Willis was talking about.

18.  Chuck Norris ordered a BigMac at Burger King and got it.

19.  Superman wears Chuck Norris underpants.

20.  Darth Vader dresses up as Chuck Norris for Halloween.

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Lego Inauguration

Had to post this with the presidential inauguration coming up on Tuesday and because this is awesome.  I got this from Josh Griffin’s blog. A youth pastor at Saddleback Church in California.  This is a whole setup at Lego Land.

Mac vs PC

Saw this and it reminded me of Transformers meets Terminator.  And of course I enjoyed it because Mac’s will be in heaven because although I can’t prove it, I’m pretty sure Jesus uses a Mac.

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