The Nativity Goes Digital

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close up of a circuit board

Not meaning to be irreverant... this is funny and creative:

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On to Christmas

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It's that time of year again...

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A Sign of the Times

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Photo from SignsSigns

Amen.

HT: Tim Challies

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Blasts from the Past

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And now for something totally different... Ads from years gone by:

Before the iPod, before the walkman, there was... the Mighty Tiny!

Yep, you're reading that right. And for only 15 cents!

I sure hope that was meant satirically, as in funny.

But I'm not terribly confident about that.

OK, not EVERYTHING was awful about the 1970's feminist movement...

Wow. Times really do change.

This is just... just... pathetic.

Move over, iPhone 4 with your video conferencing capability.

Your next-gen phone is so yesterday...

OK, this I threw in only because I am a total Mac groupie,

I mean, er, user.

HT: Fox News

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Cookie Cutter Nonconformists

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I composed this fun, comical blues song in a single sitting last night. Imagine a single guitar in the blues rhythm behind these lyrics:

An Ode to CCN's (cookie cutter nonconformists)

"Oh, it's a sad, sad world, now... Everyone, too scared to be free.

Oh, it's a sad, sad world, now... Everyone is scared to be free.

I've got to go against the flow... Gotta be free to be me.

(Yes, indeed.)

"Well, they tell me, yes they say... that to be unique is a lie.

Well, they keep on tellin' me... that to be unique it's a lie.

But I see my choice to not give in and... and I won't lay down and die.

(Just you try.)

"Yeah, I'm living out my motto, baby... It's simple nonconformity.

Oh, I'm living out a new motto, yeah... Simple nonconformity.

I am different than all the rest... And there are millions just like me.

(Can't you see?)

"Don't bother me now about my... about my childish pretense.

Don't bother me now, my brother... because I am really intense

My hair is long, my cigarettes strong, and I... I have a ready defense.

(I'm me! That's common sense.)

"Some say I'm blind and that I... I cannot see the obvious.

The blind say I'm blind and I... I just won't see the obvious.

Those cookie cutter people... they just judge me as abstemious.

(How incredulous!)

"I don't need to fit in, man... No, I don't need to belong.

Yes, I don't need to conform, man... I don't need to tag along. (Hear my song.)

Just let me be me, people!... The me ads and movies tell me to be.

(Big bucks I pay them, you see.)

I've got proof, yes I have... of my authenticity.

Yes, I am for real, baby... genuine individuality.

These here jeans are cool and I paid more for... rips put in by the factory.

(How satisfactory.)

My poet soul can't be bought, no... Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no way.

My poet soul ain't for sale, world... That is what I am here to say.

It didn't come from a tube sold at... at the local downtown Safeway.

(Well, maybe the greasy hair partway.)

I'm gonna say it one last time, now... No one tells me what to do.

Big bucks advertisers... making money on Madison Avenue

Don't con me for a moment... Hey, is that the new cool gotta-have hair goo?

(I need to use that, too.)

This is what I know now... what I truly and honestly believe.

I'm expressing my own self, yes... my own muddled autonomy.

It just so happens that, well, millions of Facebook kids look exactly like me.

('Cuz we're all free!)

*abstemious: self-indulgent

Inspired by this.

You know what is really radical? Counter cultural?

Living for Jesus.

All the way.

Every day.

With a happy heart.

Everything else is just make believe.

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The Marshmallow Test

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Watch

and pray

that you may not

enter into temptation.

The spirit is willing,

but the flesh is weak.

~ Jesus

Matthew 26:41

The Marshmallow Test from Igniter Media on Vimeo.

... each one's work will become manifest,

for the Day [of Christ's return] will disclose it,

because it will be revealed by fire,

and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.

If the work that anyone has built on the foundation [of Christ] survives,

he will receive a reward.

If anyone's work is burned up,

he will suffer loss,

though he himself will be saved,

but only as through fire.

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Watch yourselves,

so that you may not lose what we have worked for,

but may win a full reward.

~ I Corinthians 3:13-15

II John 1:8

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And Now For Something Light...

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(Why this picture? Why not?)

Bringing a little cuteness to your day...

{HT: Instapundit}

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Long-Lived Love

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There's nothing like long-lived love.

It's like music to our ears, to our spirits.

Enjoy the video below of this couple, Fran and Marlo Cowan (married for 62 years) playing an impromptu recital together in the atrium of the Mayo Clinic. Marlo is 90 years young. 

If you don't see the video above, click here to see it on YouTube.

Thank you, Fran and Marlo Cowan, for your lively love for each other and for sharing with us the simple and musical joy of your lives.

{hat tip: holy experience}

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Procrastination

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Heh.

Oh, yeah.

Been there.

Done that.

{hat tip: the rebelution}

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An Invitation

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Sometimes a little bit of cheesiness can be fun!

You are cordially invited to A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION!!!

Guest of Honor: Jesus Christ

Date: Every day. Traditionally, December 25
but He's always around, so the date is flexible....

Time: Whenever you're ready.
(Please don't be late, though, or you'll miss out on all the fun!)

Place: In your heart.... He'll meet you there.
(You'll hear Him knock.)

Attire: Come as you are... grubbies are okay.
He'll be washing our clothes anyway. He said something about new white robes and crowns for everyone who stays till the last.

Tickets: Admission is free.
He's already paid for everyone...
(He says you wouldn't have been able to afford it anyway...it cost Him everything He had. But you do need to accept the ticket!!)

Refreshments: New wine, bread, and a far-out drink He calls "Living Water," followed by a supper that promises to be out of this world!

Gift Suggestions: Your life. He's one of those people who already has everything else.
(He's very generous in return though. Just wait until you see what He has for you!)

Entertainment: Joy, Peace, Truth, Light, Life, Love, Real Happiness,Communion with God, Forgiveness, Miracles, Healing, Power, Eternity in Paradise, Contentment, and much more!
(All "G" rated, so bring your family and friends.)

R.S.V.P. Very Important!

He must know ahead so He can reserve a spot for you at the table.
Also, He's keeping a list of His friends for future reference. He calls it the "Lamb's Book of Life."


~ From one of those forwarded emails filling my inbox...
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Catching Faith

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Just for fun...a video comedy about friends, fishing and faith.


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