united campus ministry @ ecu

Walking among Lebanon's Christians.

Great illustration about what Christ did for us.

AFA's witch hunt about businesses that don't use the word "Christmas" in their advertizing is just too much. I am sorry, but it doesn't offend me in the slightest if Sam's wants to call greeting cards "holiday cards" instead of "Christmas cards."

The truth is that you can find cards for Thanksgiving and New Year's and Kawanza and Hanukkah... sorry, AFA, but these are not "Christmas cards."

The celebration of Christmas has changed over the years, and I just can't imagine Jesus being upset about what we call ribbons, cards, and trees! Besides that, winter festivals DO pre-date the birth of Christ. While it is true that Christians celebrate Christmas in December, many folks who are of other religions celebrate "holidays" around the same time and this includes folks who are also non-religious. In what ways can we witness to the world without being the new Christian "politically correct police" and worry about the labels on material goods?

"Help us, Baby Jesus!"

Spotted on a t-shirt: "Jesus is not my homeboy. He is God."

No time this morning to explore this, but I will check it out later:
http://www.starvingjesus.com/

on myspace

on why Christians are NOT called to be Christ-like

WHEN elephants fight, the grass always is the one that suffers.
Swahili saying

Sometimes people ask, "What do you do as minister?" They mean, besides preach, what do you do.

Well, today I had a required clergy meeting (10am-12:30pm) which consisted of mostly listening to info about things happening in Oklahoma in the United Methodist Church, expectations of our District Superintendent, and finding out about various reports that we as clergy have to fill out and submit. More and more of our reports can be done online, which is a good thing.

Then I had a 2 1/2 hour lunch with a group of clergy I meet with. I am the facilitator of the group. The clergy are required to meet with a mentor (that's me) until they reach a certain point in the ordination process. We meet four times a year.

That has been my day so far.

The Lord is all that, I need for nothing
He allows me to chill.
He keeps me from being heated
And allows me to breathe easy.
He guides my life so that
I can represent and give
Shouts out in his Name.
And even though I walk through
The Hood of death,
I don't back down
For you have my back.
The fact that you have me covered
Allows me to chill.
He provides me with back-up
In front of my player-haters
And I know that I am a baler
And life will be phat
I fall back in the Lord's crib
For the rest of my life.

good perspective on what is happening in the middle east

"But if we are the Body
Why aren't His arms reaching
Why aren't His hands healing
Why aren't His words teaching
And if we are the Body
Why aren't His feet going
Why is His love not showing them there is a way
There is a way"

"Wherever you go, there you are."

My great-great grandparents

What early 1970s movie included this bank in a bank robbery scene?

an old barber shop (grain elevators in the background)

old telephone office (left) and meat locker (right)

gas station (far left)
bank, grocery store, and old drug store under the awning
not for sure about the building on the right

on the corner is the old Lion's Den (now the community center)

Letter's gas station where I used to get bottled grape soda

grain elevators

my grandparent's farmhouse

The Methodist Church

The Christian Church (my parents were married here)