This made me laugh really hard! She is pretty excited to be rockin’ the cowbell at the Fiesta Bowl! Reminds me of my years in band in high school and college. And of course, you can’t forget the famous SNL skit!! Fellas…I gotta fever…and the only prescription is…more cowbell!
Check out this link for the full SNL Skit.
YouTube – Boise State girl tearin’ it up on the cowbell! [720p] .
Just found a new program that is A-Mazing!! It is called Evernote. You can go check it out at Evernote.com. Basically, it is the Holy Grail of notes software that I have been looking for both my desktop and iPhone. I use Notes on my iPhone quite a bit, but it was a pain to sync and I know have three of the same entry, for example, in my Mail program.
What is great about it is the fact that you can dump just about any medium into Evernote and it helps you keep everything organized. You can clip from the web, cut and paste text, email to Evernote, or even Tweet to @myEN and it will place the Twitter tweet in your notes!
Funny thing happened while I was looking over the program…it has a button that opens the iSight camera (on my MacBook Pro) to take a picture or video note. I haven’t looked at myself in the ol’ iSight camera in quite some time…and I must say…that thing must add 30 lbs. to my face. I’ve got a pretty hot looking double chin going! Then, as I turn to the side…I get a look at what Ronnie calls my “white walls.” I have “a touch of gray” in my hair these days. Really, I think it isn’t as bad as the picture would make you believe…probably just really bad lighting in my office!! I actually don’t mind it because I have always had such a baby face. Pretty nice, huh?
Got me thinking. Isn’t it funny how we always are concerned about outward appearances? @KStratt and I were talking on the way back from a pastor’s deal this afternoon about this. He is a whole lot more secure in himself than I am, because he is able to not worry at all what people think of him. I am such a wuss when it comes to that kind of stuff. I always want to be looked upon as someone who is pretty sharp and has it all together.
My graying hair is kind of ironic. I really wanted to look older when I was in my twenties. Especially being a student pastor (they are always the knucklehead/screwballs that are immature in every way), I have always wanted to be looked upon as a guy with purpose and a good leader. Gray hair was one of those milestones that I had this crazy thought in my head that would help me to “arrive.” Now that I am 36 and turning a little bit gray, I am wanting to look young again.
Anyway, isn’t it funny how we are always caught up on what other people think rather than God? I mean, if I were really honest, sometimes I am more driven by people of quite a loss less significance than the creator of the universe. I am much more concerned about what a colleague or church member thinks of me than my Savior. Pretty crazy. That is not to say that we should just do our own thing all of the time and not worry about how we act, but what we should be concerned about, above all, is the love and acceptance of our Savior.
So, does this iSight make me look fat? Yeah, probably. And graying? Yep. But that shouldn’t make a difference in how I feel about myself. Easy to say or write, but more difficult to actually put into practice in my life. I am working on it though. Kind of like the old SNL skit…”I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog gone it; people like me!” I guess it is more realistic to say “irregardless of whether other people like me…dog gone it, my Savior loves me!” And that is enough.
How about you??
As most of you all know, we are doing a Trunk or Treat as an alternative to Halloween. However, this particular church is doing a different kind of alternative event. They are burning books! Yes, you heard right. Books! Specifically (are you ready for this?) Bibles that are “perversions of God’s Word.”
All I can say is, “Wow.” Pretty unbelievable considering all of the issues with the KJV and the reliability of modern translations. The problem with this kind of thinking is that it puts into question all of the translations, especially for recent converts who go to a bookstore to look for a Bible to use. Many people will call in and ask if we are a KJV only church. We are not. We use many different modern translations because we believe they communicate better to a modern audience. The reason why we use them is so that the Gospel can be communicated clearly to lost people. We don’t have to explain what Old Shakespearian English means in order for people to find Christ. There are several great, readable translations that we use here. Probably the most common versions used around here are: NIV (New International Version); ESV (English Standard Version; NIrV (New International Readers Version–great children’s translation); NASB (New American Standard); NKJV (New King James Version) and of course, there are several KJV (King James Version) floating around. The Message, by the way, is a paraphrase, not a translation. It is much like the Good News Bible that I grew up with as the only option for a modern english Bible.
We have some family friends who are Bible translators that have for years risen above this kind of stuff. They are better people than I am at times. Their heart is to translate the Word of God into a translation that speaks to the heart of the reader. Having taken eight semesters of Greek and four of Hebrew, it is an unbelievably difficult task to translate these ancient texts into modern language so that people can read it, hear the Gospel, and respond to Christ’s invitation of salvation.
Moral of the story…keep reading whatever translation you have and I believe that God will speak to you!
What translation do you use and why?
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