My Randomness: May 2008

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Good-By Old Friend

Today I sold my '95 Astro van. I had for 8 years and put 225,000 miles on it. It served us well and is still running great. But three vans is too many plus I needed to make room for my new ride.

Friday, May 30, 2008

In the book, Jesus for President, it talks about how the three tempatation of Jesus all had to do with political power. Speaking of the last temptation - "If Jesus had staged this stunt at the temple (which he would later call a den of thieves), he could have used his might to mezmerize the powerful and the elite, winning religious legitimization."

Jesus was not about improving the existing polical system through power and influence. He wanted a new way, a city on a hill, that will attract people to a home of love and acceptance.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

A Confession

Well, I didn't make it. After just two day, Amazon won over and I bought a book. "Jesus for President" by Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw. One of the many things that I have been rethinking is the Christians relationship to the State. I even voted this year for the first time. Here is a quote from the book which quotes Tony Campollo "Mixing the church and state is like mixing ice cream and manure. It may not do much to the manure but it sure messes up the ice cream." It sure looks like it will be an interesting read.

And this is the last book that I buy from Amazon for awhile. I promise...(my fingers are crossed.)

Black Creek

Here is a picture from Black Creek's performance last Sunday. This is during an instrumental so that is why we are all looking down at our instruments.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Pickups

Randy's little chevy and Nate's big Ford.

Ribs

I almost forgot to take a picture before they were all eaten. The best ribs I ever made.

Slow Cookin' for the Next 4-5 Hours

The Ribs

The ribs were put on the top rack.

The Chicken

After marinating the chicken thighs for awhile, they were place on the bottom rack of the smoker.

Memorial Day Project

All of the kids are coming for supper so I decided to barbeque some ribs and chicken. Here are the ribs coated with my secret rub recipe. Actually it's not a secret, I found it on the internet - it's just a secret where I found it.

Back to Scripture

Lately, I have been reading a lot of books. Sometime I think that I might be Amazon.com's best customer. From many of these books, I have learned much about God's love and grace that has been life changing in so many ways. So, now I have decided to get back into the Bible in a more consistent and deeper way and cut way back on my other reading. As I read, I want to look at scripture from the perspective of love, grace and God's power to change lives instead of a legalistic, guilt and shame driven view. I just hope I can resist the temptation to buy that new have-to-have book from Amazon. Feel free to ask me in a few weeks how I am doing.