Medicine of Immortality "It's a cold, and it's a broken, 'Hallelujah!'"

A good night.Posted by Rick on March 18th, 2005

After I got home from work today, we dropped by Matt’s for awhile. We ended up going out for dinner and hanging out until we went to a prayer labyrinth at our church. Afterwards, we ended up hanging out with some a couple of “older” (40’s) people at church. Soon, we were joined by a couple of high school girls. We ended up getting some stuff from the Picadilly and just talking for a good long time. It was a lot of fun.

It was great to see two young ladies really “on fire” for Christ. At one point, the girls started talking about one of the guys, and they said he was really…well, they just made a hand signal. A vertical line followed by a horizontal line. I was at a loss, but they both did it, so I figured I just missed something. Apparently they were making the sign of the cross. It was pretty funny.

American Idol PollPosted by Rachel on March 17th, 2005

Do you think Mikalah should still be in the competition?

Do you think it was time for Lindsey to go?

Does anyone else think Constantine is kinda gay?

StuffPosted by Rachel on March 15th, 2005

I can’t wait until we get up into Spokane! Just one week and three days. I am starting to feel starved for friends, so this visit is just in time. However, I did get to see Jenny Lusk on Friday, which was really nice because she was hands-down the friendliest lady from Auburn while her family still lived here. Nobody else made as much effort as she did, though there have been other kind ladies. Matt also is friendly to me, so that’s nice of him. On Sunday he passed me a note that said, “Rachel Capezza for priestess.” Not exactly sure where that thought came from. But anyway, I REALLY miss Forrest and Rebekah, my family (of course), and Ryan and Taneisha!! I can’t wait to see their new baby. Everyone’s been telling me all my life that all the genuine friendliness is down here. Yikes. I hope not! There are SOME friendly people here but I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they’re from here or live here. My favorite thing about Monroe is the fact that you can have flowers blooming in February. A few days ago we had weather in the 80’s. That’s awesome.

Stinky DemocratsPosted by Rick on March 14th, 2005

I’ve never met a Republican who didn’t shower.

Sleepover!Posted by Rick on March 14th, 2005

We’re going to a sleepover at Brad and Addrienne’s next weekend

Blood MoneyPosted by Rick on March 13th, 2005

Yesterday I picked up seven books for ten dollars at the Monroe Symphony League Book Fair. One of the books I picked up for a dollar was Blood Money. In this book, Carol Everett tells her story of going from making nearly a million dollars a year in the abortion industry by “selling” abortions to her conversion to Christianity and her pro-life activism. It was a fascinating book and I picked it up and finished it today.

The secret world of bloggingPosted by Rick on March 12th, 2005

One of the other things Jon and I were talking about was the “secret world of young bloggers.” This is a problem.

I’ve noticed that there is a large group of young bloggers that posts really unedifying stuff on their blogs. Believe me. I’ve been that person. Often, I still am that person. I’m not going to gripe about that. What disturbs me about it is that they’ve been feeling the need to do it in secret. Why do they feel the need to hide their blogs from their parents? What does that say about their heart? About their mouths?

Fortunately, I think most of their parents have found out about their blogs. I think this can be a good thing and a bad thing. On the good side, it keeps the blogger conscious that his audience is bigger than his immediate group of friends. No blogging is “secret” (even yours isn’t, T.M.). On the negative side, I think parents and teachers are given the opportunity to overreact. Instead of slowly guiding these young folks, it becomes a greater emotional offense to see one of the young people under your guidance do something stupid.

Young bloggers, keep in mind that all your stupidity comes out on your blog. Most of the time, you’re making yourselves look like morons. If you’re willing to accept that (don’t get me wrong…I did), just realize that there will be consequences in the future.

Some of you have really fruitful blogs. I’m thinking especially of Zach. Good stuff. Keep it up.

I don’t want to be a Sadduce ’cause they’re so sad, you see?Posted by Rick on March 12th, 2005

I went over to Jon’s last night, and we ended talking for over three hours. It was one of the most edifying conversations I’ve had in a long time, and I wish I could remember half the stuff we talked about because most of the topics we hit were great conversation starters.

One of the points that Jon brought up was how liberals and hyper-conservatives are like modern day Sadduces and Pharisees, respectively. If you get along and often have edifying conversation with liberals (as Jon and I do), hyper-conservatives like to try to say stuff like “Well, you’re not being prophetic enough. That’s why you can get along with them.” The problem is that the liberals are like the Sadduces. In many ways, they’re faulty views are born out of unbelief and ignorance. Like the Sadduces, they might deny the Resurrection or some other cardinal doctrine of the faith.

I don’t want to be a Pharisee ‘cause they’re no fair you see.

Jesus spent much more time ripping into the Pharisees, not the Sadduces. And I think being prophetic hacks off our modern day Pharisees more than our modern day Sadduces. I think that really irks the hyper conservatives.

Stuff 1,013Posted by Rick on March 11th, 2005

Something I didn’t know: In 1961, the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledged that Secular Humanism was a religion.

Yes, we’re going to find out the gender of the baby, and we just bought a red 95 Ford Thunderbird (a real family car). Sorry, my computer is being slow, so I’m just replying to comments in this post.

Obsession MemePosted by Rick on March 11th, 2005

Obsession
I am obsessed with:

my baby, my wife, my email, my body’s spasms/pains/quirks, the weather, liturgy, sacraments, having a full tank of gas and running it til it’s completely empty and then filling it up completely, understanding economics, reading blogs, crossing myself ;-P, home projects, travel, cheese (but not as much as those Credenda/Agenda folks), pizza pockets, coke icees, Subway’s chicken bacon toasted subs, furniture, my education, my future, my summer plans, the temperature in my house, closing doors and turning off lights, post-process theory, getting seven hours of sleep, finding a way to be around family more, getting a really nice jack but being too cheap to buy it, and lists

What are you obsessed with?