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Comment on Eight Characteristics of Wisdom by becky

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:01:23 +0000

wonderful definitions of wisdom, i am studing on wisdom, thanks.

Comment on Why This Baltimorean Likes the Colts by Gregory

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:31:46 +0000

I was one of those disgruntled fans. The Baltimore Colts left, under cover of darkness, in the Mayflower trucks my senior year of High School. For a sport fan , it was an event as serious as your first crush or the first breakup once you found out that the significant other was cheating with your best friend. Or better yet your first wipeout on your surfboard when your face meets the beach then the wave crushes you and twist you around a bit.

Then came JESUS, HE heals and turns our attention towards HIM and all is well. Not an issue anymore although the bitterness in some folks is older than most players on the playing field.

JESUSrules! with love

Comment on Why This Baltimorean Likes the Colts by Michael

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:11:58 +0000

I was on the receiving end of the Colts move. You remember the Mayflower trucks pulling out of town. I remember them pulling in. I was 11 years old and didn’t start caring for football until I got caught up in the Bears juggernaught a year or two later, so I didn’t really give the Colts’ arrival much thought.

Then I moved to Columbia. After living here just a couple of weeks, I went to Giant one morning. As I stood in the check-out line, a 50ish man standing in front of me turned around and announced to someone behind me that they had a lot of nerve. He had to repeat himself before I realized there was no one behind me, and his words were aimed at me. I was too confused to speak so he glanced down. I followed his gaze and realized that under my partially zipped jacket was a grey t-shirt with ‘Indianapolis Colts’ in simple blue letters. Oh. I zipped up my jacket all the way and made a mental note to never leave home wearing that particular shirt again. Once I could speak, I said something to the effect that the move happened a long time ago (this was ‘96). ‘It don’t matter.’ He responded. ‘All is not forgiven. All is not forgiven!’ Welcome to Maryland.

I was able to enjoy watching the Ravens-Colts game because they are two of my three teams (the other being the Bears… This has been a REALLY fun season for me). I honestly couldn’t root for one over the other. I’d normally root for Indy because that city suffered for so long with pathetic Pacers and Colts teams. Both have really turned around in recent years, but always underperform in the playoffs. Indy is aching to have a championship team as badly as Baltimore was aching to beat the Colts. However, Baltimore got so caught up in the matchup with the Colts that it was hard to see them lose.

At least we get to watch the Superbowl involve two genuine Christians as coaches this year. May they represent Him well!

Comment on McDonald’s stock hits 7-year high by Todd

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:45:19 +0000

I grew up as a kid who played a lot of video games. I also did a ton of activities outside. There is a balance that can be had with both, and I thank my parents for making sure I achieved that balance.

Video games and McDonald’s aren’t the problems, they both have their place. Bad parenting (for kids) and lack of self control (for adults) are the real problems. Blaming McDonald’s or video games for existing is like saying “gee, I ate 1000 fillets of baked fish (something that can be very healthy in moderation) in two days and now I’ve gained weight.”

Comment on McDonald’s stock hits 7-year high by CatsRule

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:58:54 +0000

How about, if in each Happy Meal there is a manual for parents on how to get their kids off the couch and out from behind their video games!

Comment on McDonald’s stock hits 7-year high by Michael

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:16:56 +0000

Amen and right on….not to be holier than thou (because I have a pang for MickeyDees every once in a while), but why are there so many fat kids in America. We ate McDonald’s when we were kids, but it was a delicacy (so to speak), not a regular stop every day.

Plus we worked it off running around the neighborhood not sitting in front of a video game.

So there’s the snide from grandpa.

Just watch the movie “Super Size Me” and you will never eat at MickeyDees again. When you realize the crap that they make that foof out of you’ll avoid it like the plague.

Comment on McDonald’s stock hits 7-year high by Tory

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:50:43 +0000

Excellent points made - thanks for writing this!

Comment on McDonald’s stock hits 7-year high by Todd

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:27:11 +0000

McDonald’s does offer more healthy choices now than ever before. Like you already said about Subway, some choices may not be great, but the healthier choices are there to be bought. I find it refreshing that this change in stock price is coming at a time that the franchise *is* offering the healthy choices on their menu.

Also, at least in the towns I frequent, the quality of the restaurants has improved. It no longer (in many places) seems like such a dive.

The AP may say that the sales boost is from breakfast and late night meals, but it says nothing about the trends of the normal meals. If people weren’t buying the healthy food, it would disappear from the menu. Instead, the choices have grown in number each year. I hope McDonald’s can continue to increase its revenues as long as it continues the trend of more and more healthy choices on its menu.

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by CatsRule

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:37:08 +0000

My thoughts when issues like this come up with people (christian or non-christian) are usually:

1. It’s none of my business and I will really never know all of the facts behind the controversy, so I ignore the news.

2. God will be the one to judge. Not me.

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by new listener

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:02:13 +0000

I definitely don’t think it distracts from the main point. We all need to remember that everyone makes mistakes, and no person can say that their sin is lesser than another’s.

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by Mark Scott

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:09:15 +0000

Thanks for your comment new listener!

I think you may be right; it could be percieved as so. I think maybe this is the problem with controversial titles that try to lure readers in. I hope that the title doesn’t distract from my biggest point in the next to the last paragraph: “grace, mercy, and compassion for people with arms different than mine, but not unlike mine.”

Mark

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by new listener

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:52:28 +0000

By making the point that “I’m not gay, but…”, aren’t you already trying to distance yourself from Ted? It seems like that might send a very similar message to that of removing the picture. Just something to think about.

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by souledout

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:57:08 +0000

We are all basically in the same place because a sin of one stripe is no different that any other in God’s eyes. What’s amazing is that God uses even our weakness to put the glory back to Him. I believe He will do this through Mr. Haggard, who has already publicly and sincerely sought the forgiveness of those he’s hurt, humbling himself first before his Lord and Saviour. Many of us who think we’re good in our own eyes because we haven’t done something like this have private lives and thoughts that may not be of this scale but are wrong nonetheless and need to be dealt with similarly by first coming before God’s seat of Mercy. I wonder who among us stone-throwers should do that right now.

Comment on I’m Not Gay, But… by Dan

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 22:40:53 +0000

I remember when that picture was taken and I thought about that day when I heard the news. We’ve been praying for Ted and his family since then and I was glad that I didn’t see too much smugness from within the Church or without. Lord have mercy on us all.