Understatement of the year!

15 11 2007

[Macon.com]

A substitute teacher who worked her first day Wednesday at Bruce Elementary School took off all her clothes from the waist down in front of a class of fourth-graders, according to school officials.  She has since been pulled from the substitute list.

“We think it’s best she not return to substitute in the district” 

Read about it here.

[From me]

Ya think?





I hit the jackpot-again!

27 10 2007

This must be my lucky day. Check out this awesome e-mail I received!

END OF YEAR UK LOTTERY WINNER
From: British National Lottery Online Promo
To:
Date: Sat Oct 27 14:14:06 2007
British Online Co-ordinators
Ref: UK/776090X2/23
Batch: 013/06/8394369

FINAL NOTIFICATION

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Draw 1214 25th of October 10.Your e-mail address attached to Ticket Number:8603775966738 with Serial number
5368/02drew the Winning Numbers:06,10,11,19,22,46(bonusno.40)

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of £1,500,000(One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling
payout in Us dollars ;2,776,646.55 in cash credited to file XYL/26510460037/06.

To file for your claim please contact our fiduciary agent Sir David Rex.
with details below:

Does this mean I’m rich?





15!

25 10 2007

Last night my associate Mike and my son Jacob were so excited. Mike has been having lots of students coming from our community the last few weeks. These are individuals within walking distance and a few that our own students invited.

Praise God 15 –that is right FIFTEEN made Jesus the leader of their life last night.

Great job Mike and students for Investing and Inviting….





one year following every rule in the Bible?

22 09 2007

[Newsweek]

After A. J. Jacobs spent a year reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica for his book “The Know-It-All,” he figured he had the yearlong experiment thing down. How much harder could it be to follow every rule in the Bible? Much, much harder, he soon discovered, as he found himself growing his beard, struggling not to curse and asking strangers for permission to stone them for adultery. Jacobs spent the year carrying around a stapled list of the more than 700 rules and prohibitions identified in the Good Book, and also consulted with religious leaders and spent time with the Amish, Hassidic Jews and Jehovah’s Witnesses.

I don’t want to give away the ending, but let’s say I started the year as an agnostic, and now I am a reverent agnostic.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Well Christianity isn’t about following rules. Rules will never be kept. Even if you kept everyone it won’t get us closer to God. Christianity is about having a relationship with Jesus who paid for our sins by dying on a cross.

What do you think?





Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god

6 09 2007

[Reuters]

Officials at Nepal’s state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.

Read about it here.

[From me]

Where is PETA when you need them?





Is this how you want people remembering you?

6 09 2007

[CNN]

Leona Helmsley, who ran her empire of luxurious Manhattan hotels with an iron fist and went to prison for tax fraud, has died, her publicist said Monday. Helmsley, who was reviled as the “queen of mean,” was 87.

Read about it here.

Leona Helmsley’s decision to leave $12 million to her dog so it could live out its life in luxury proved once and for all that she was not one of the little people. A growing number of people, not all wealthy, have been setting up trust funds or adjusting their wills to ensure that their pets are well cared for if they die, according to attorneys and animal welfare groups.

States have rushed to make such gifts easier. At the close of the 1990s, only a handful recognized so-called “pet trusts.” Now, 39 states plus Washington, D.C., have enacted laws dealing with such gifts.

Read about it here.

[From me]

This woman died and was obviously at odds with her own family. She left a dog $12 million! Just think of what could be done with that money to reach people who are dying and going to hell. Think of how many hungry people that could feed. Think of how many Habitat homes could be built. Good grief! Is that how you would want people remembering you?

Acts 4:36-37 says:

Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.

Imagine having your name changed to “ENCOURAGEMENT!” That is what I would like to be remembered for.





If it is good news–why yell?

4 09 2007

[SF Gate]

Bay Area Outreach Ministries’ preachers are using a public address system to yell their message. The free newspaper, the Berkeley Daily Planet, recently published an article about how these fire-and-brimstone-spewing clowns are force-feeding their version of redemption to whoever crosses their sidewalk-blocking paths.

Local florist is Gwynn Coffee. And she is fed up with it all; it’s hurting business, Coffee said, and chewing up her work day.

“It’s not only putting a damper on things,” she said, “it’s also taking up my time. Nobody really wants to walk on that side of the street when they’re there.”

Larry Rosenbaum of the ministries group doesn’t see it that way. He said they’re just there “to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.”Rosenbaum said he doesn’t mean to drive away business, just preach Biblical teachings.

And he said it’s in the way of Jesus.

I think Jesus, when he was on Earth, he did preach the gospel. He was very loud, because thousands of people could hear him at one time. So he must’ve been loud with his voice.”

Read about it here.

[From me]

Jesus may have spoken loudly but he wouldn’t ruin people’s businesses in the process.  If they really want people to listen to them why are they yelling?  If something is “good news” do you really need to scream?

What do you think?








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