One day at a time

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2009-11-21T17:00:00.001-06:00

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Music

2009-10-06T10:49:00.001-05:00

1 Peter 1:1-3

2009-02-11T16:29:00.001-06:00

"Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want." (The Message)

One of those days...

2009-02-09T16:36:00.001-06:00

Do you have days where you feel you are totally inept and you have to keep telling yourself you aren't? Ugh...

Oh well... praise God for new days. :)

Oh God

2006-07-13T12:51:00.000-05:00

July 13: A wounded Palestinian boy is carried into a hospital after an Israeli airstrike at the Foreign Ministry building.

Just look at those eyes. War hurts so many. There is no good in humanity... only depravity. Christ is the only one to redeem us and let us do good. So many questions. Answers later. So much pain now.

Pocket Guide to the Bible

2006-06-17T02:39:00.000-05:00

I recently finished reading Jason Boyett’s Pocket Guide to the Bible. I almost feel I should put a disclaimer at the beginning of this review about how my life has been, which has probably affected some of my opinions. All I have to say is that life has been frustrating. Other than that, here’s my review. I was excited to read the book because I had heard how great the other two are. Overall, it’s a fun book that gives you what you’ll find in the Bible at “breakneck speed”. The chapter of definitions is great because, if you haven’t grown up in the church, it’s hard to understand the language we, Christians, use sometimes. I learned the most from chapters six and seven. Six describes how the Bible we know came to be, and seven goes through a bunch of the different English versions we have and the differences in how they were translated.

I really only have two criticisms of the book that will probably make me sound high and mighty, but that’s really not my intention. Lately I’ve been frustrated with how ‘ok’ coarse language and joking has become in some Christian circles. Some of the jokes in the book made me laugh, roll my eyes or just groan. (Going back to my disclaimer: Some jokes just hit me the wrong way.) Also, I know that the King James Version used that word for donkey, but when I read it, it registers as an inappropriate word (It’s kinda like being at a dog show and hearing them talk about a female dog. My brain only registers the negative meaning. Sorry!) The second thing is in the Cast of Characters chapter on pages 33-34. He describes Abimelech (all three of them) and the description of the first one is misleading in my mind (However, my mind could be reading into what you wrote the wrong way.) “Abimelech I is a king who gets it on with Abraham’s wife Sarah.” In the reference of Genesis 20:3-6 it says, “But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.” Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister,’ and didn’t she also say, ‘He is my brother’? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.” Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.”

If you want to read a book that helps you understand more of the Bible, read this one. It’s a good little book on the big Good Book. I encourage you to go back the the Bible and read the references that he gives you so you get the full story. Unfortunately, reading this one hasn’t encouraged me to read either of the other Pocket Guides. I almost want to apologize for not loving it because I love what you guys are doing at Relevant Media Group!

MySpace

2006-06-13T23:14:00.000-05:00

check out mySpace @ www.myspace.com/erinoneday

I'm going to start writing on there too.

Here's my latest:

How am I feeling? I'll need to look at my mood ring.
Current mood: contemplative

mood ring oh mood ring
oh tell me will you bring
the key to unlock this mystery
of girls and their emotions
play it back in slow motion
so i may understand the complex infrastructure known as the female mind

Relient K's got it right - sorry guys - we girls don't understand the complex infrastructure of the female mind either.
This past month has just been weird. I hate wanting to be able to change emotions and not being able. "Praise the Lord, Oh my soul!" I thing that sometimes we have to will ourselves to praise God. I think David was telling himself, "Praise the Lord, Oh my soul."

I look at my life and it's good. I truly have everything I need (not neccessarily everything I want). Does anybody know how to live life now while having desires for more? I think I already wrote something about how I'm feeling (below is just one verse of it)- Life just seems to cycle.

"I don't get it sometimes
when You will put out the sun
and let Your glory fill the sky
When will You take me into your presence
When will You answer all the whys

What is missing?
What is my heart wanting
that I don't already have?"

Oh

2006-06-01T12:55:00.000-05:00

I miss my Grandpa. He was always there - and you knew he loved you - I knew him as my Grandpa but I don't think I actually knew how good a man he was.

"Do not, tell me what I can and cannot do when I rock..."

2006-05-19T15:41:00.000-05:00

Alstroemeria

2006-05-18T12:27:00.000-05:00

These were in the bouquet of flowers my friends gave me for my birthday when I was in Germany in 2003. They are my all time favorite - I can never remember their name so I figure I'll post it here so I won't forget!

May God bless you today!

Gone with the Wind...

2006-05-17T09:33:00.000-05:00

Rhett Butler: No, I don't think I will kiss you, although you need kissing, badly. That's what's wrong with you. You should be kissed and often, and by someone who knows how.

Scarlett: Rhett, don't. I shall faint.
Rhett Butler: I want you to faint. This is what you were meant for. None of the fools you've ever know have kissed you like this, have they? Your Charles, or your Frank, or your stupid Ashley.

[to Scarlett]
Rhett Butler: I've always thought a good lashing with a buggy whip would benefit you immensely.

Scarlett: What are you doing?
Rhett Butler: I'm leaving you, my dear. All you need now is a divorce and your dreams of Ashley can come true.
Scarlett: Oh, no! No, you're wrong, terribly wrong! I don't want a divorce. Oh Rhett, but I knew tonight, when I... when I knew I loved you, I ran home to tell you, oh darling, darling!
Rhett Butler: Please don't go on with this, Leave us some dignity to remember out of our marriage. Spare us this last.
Scarlett: This last? Oh Rhett, do listen to me, I must have loved you for years, only I was such a stupid fool, I didn't know it. Please believe me, you must care! Melly said you did.
Rhett Butler: I believe you. What about Ashley Wilkes?
Scarlett: I... I never really loved Ashley.
Rhett Butler: You certainly gave a good imitation of it, up till this morning. No Scarlett, I tried everything. If you'd only met me half way, even when I came back from London.
Scarlett: I was so glad to see you. I was, Rhett, but you were so nasty.
Rhett Butler: And then when you were sick, it was all my fault... I hoped against hope that you'd call for me, but you didn't.
Scarlett: I wanted you. I wanted you desperately but I didn't think you wanted me.
Rhett Butler: It seems we've been at cross purposes, doesn't it? But it's no use now. As long as there was Bonnie, there was a chance that we might be happy. I liked to think that Bonnie was you, a little girl again, before the war, and poverty had done things to you. She was so like you, and I could pet her, and spoil her, as I wanted to spoil you. But when she went, she took everything.
Scarlett: Oh, Rhett, Rhett please don't say that. I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry for everything.
Rhett Butler: My darling, you're such a child. You think that by saying, "I'm sorry," all the past can be corrected. Here, take my handkerchief. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.

He was right ;)

2006-05-16T09:25:00.000-05:00

Check out this video. I think it's amazing when someone can keep doing what is right - when they are bombarded with criticism. If only God will give me enough grace to live like that when the criticism flies and keep my from apathy.

Sometimes you just gotta dance!

2006-05-12T11:26:00.000-05:00

Worship God like a first grader. You know what I mean—talking to your friends about Jesus without any shame or any fear of what they will think, singing Jesus songs like you’ve never heard any other genre, jumping up and down with joy for Him at random times. You are still His child and He longs to receive your pure praise.

There are Sundays when I get so excited about God in “big church” that I just want to spin around in circles for Him.
Read the rest here.

I didn't write this, but I've sure thought it. Spinning around in circles is one of the best stress relievers. There's one song we sing in the high school group that makes me want to spin around but I hold myself back. I wish I could just be undignified and worship my GOD with all of me!!! You just gotta dance sometimes!

Song of My Week...

2006-05-11T14:59:00.000-05:00

Run Away by Big Dismal

Wake up in the morning
Always rushing around
Trying not to be late again
'Cause it's no time to slow down

I'm sick and tired of the same thing everyday
Same old song the radio always plays
I think I need some time away
But there's no place to go now

I want to run away
Leave it all behind
We only have one life to live
And it's your life so go on

When the world gets the best of me
All I need is a little company
To put me back on my feet
I hit so hard when I fall down

Sometimes I feel like I just can't go on
There's nothing left to keep me hanging on
At the end of everyday
All I want to do is run away

It's your life so go on
It's your life so be strong
It's your life run away

Leave it all behind
We only have one life to live
And it's your life so go on run away

Make your dreams come true
We only have one life to live
And it's your life
So go on, it's your life, so be strong
Run away

Someone to talk to...

2006-05-10T15:38:00.000-05:00

Almost too personal to write...

I was able to write a lot in my journal last night - all the things I need to say but the only person to say them too is Jesus. I would like to be able to tell all these things to someone - Someone I can love in person... I feel bad for desiring more because I know that I already have all I need...

Psalm 37
"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun." Read All

Isaiah 54:5
"For your Maker is your husband— the LORD Almighty is his name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; he is called the God of all the earth." Read All

Excerpts of Song of Solomon
"My lover spoke and said to me, "Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me. All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. I will get up now and go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will search for the one my heart loves. So I looked for him but did not find him. The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. "Have you seen the one my heart loves?" Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me. Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Who is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel, all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night. King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon. Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem. Come out, you daughters of Zion, and look at King Solomon wearing the crown, the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day his heart rejoiced." Read All

Deer in the headlights...

2006-05-09T12:36:00.000-05:00

I hate it when I'm told to do something but I just feel like a deer in the headlights trying to figure out what to do first. Yes, it lasts for about 10 seconds, but it feels forever. I just need more confidence in myself. This is definately been a week of feeling like I want to run away, dig a hole and hide. It'll get better - but I hate dwelling on things I'm told or see that don't need to be thought about. Goobers.

Have you ever been made fun of on a podcast?

2006-05-08T16:07:00.000-05:00

So, I answered the editorial question of the week, and I said I wouldn't buy an iPod for reasons that I discovered were then wrong. Hey, I have no problem being told I'm wrong - It's even better when it's on a widely listened podcast.
Listen to it here.

Looking good...

2006-05-08T09:23:00.000-05:00

Pooh Bear unveils 80th birthday portrait

Want credibility? Just hate America.

2006-05-02T16:10:00.000-05:00

White Guilt and the Western Past. Why is America so delicate with the enemy?
BY SHELBY STEELE

There is something rather odd in the way America has come to fight its wars since World War II.

For one thing, it is now unimaginable that we would use anything approaching the full measure of our military power (the nuclear option aside) in the wars we fight. And this seems only reasonable given the relative weakness of our Third World enemies in Vietnam and in the Middle East. But the fact is that we lost in Vietnam, and today, despite our vast power, we are only slogging along--if admirably--in Iraq against a hit-and-run insurgency that cannot stop us even as we seem unable to stop it. Yet no one--including, very likely, the insurgents themselves--believes that America lacks the raw power to defeat this insurgency if it wants to. So clearly it is America that determines the scale of this war. It is America, in fact, that fights so as to make a little room for an insurgency.

Certainly since Vietnam, America has increasingly practiced a policy of minimalism and restraint in war. And now this unacknowledged policy, which always makes a space for the enemy, has us in another long and rather passionless war against a weak enemy.

The rest of the article from the WSJ.

A Presidential Sense of Humor

2006-05-02T15:20:00.000-05:00

Get this video and more at MySpace.com

My heart is beeping...

2006-04-28T14:51:00.000-05:00

Please pray that these children will be saved - from the violence and brought into the loving arms of Jesus. Lord, I can't imagine. Please continue to break my heart for your children.

See the Invisible Children.

Why are we so caught up with trying to redefine our name instead of attempting to live up to the one we are called after?

2006-04-27T16:38:00.000-05:00

www.relevantmagazine.com

"Today’s Christian mindset is based more on self-need and self-help than on selflessness and self-sacrifice. Our narcissistic mindset dictates our worldview, which is defined by James Emery White (Gordon-Conwell President) as “the lens through which we look at the world and therefore think about the world.” If our worldview asks, “What can I get for myself, to help myself, to better myself?” then we are idol worshippers, replacing God with ME. The postmodern mindset struggles to reconcile this point.

Writhing Worldview

As I read in Hebrews, I am confronted by the fact that these first Christians were cut into pieces, stoned, flogged, and lived in caves and holes in the ground for their faith. Yet the scriptures say the world was not worthy of them. Today’s American Christian faces, at most, a political bashing and harsh name-calling.

We are at a point now where mainstream culture views evangelical Christians in a most disgusting light. This is due in part to uncompromising leaders who polarize people and dominate the media with political rhetoric that taints the Christian name. This is what the modern leaders have brought to the Christian name and why postmoderns are so adamant about swinging to the extreme. There needs to be some kind of balance. It is not necessarily a postmodern or a modern mindset that will change the hearts of men, but Christians with the mind of Christ.

Don’t Call Me Christian

It is increasingly true that many young adults do not like to be referred to as “Christians.” I would agree that some evangelicals do more harm than good at times to the name. We polarize on non-essential arguments and look to government to rectify the moral depravity of our great nation. Truly Christians miss the mark in this regard.

The term “Christian” was a derogatory name given to followers of the Way. These followers were routinely fed to lions and mutilated in front of thousands of rabid onlookers. Early Christians paid attention to the poor and lepers, not how their “name” affected culture. Their involvement with those in need dumbfounded the Roman government.

In the film Batman Begins, Bruce Wayne discovers that it is not who he is on the inside, but what he does that defines him. Why are we so caught up with trying to redefine our name instead of attempting to live up to the one we are called after?

I wonder if we are on the wrong side of modern, more "ancient" than "post." Would that be so bad? Can you imagine the church on fire, leading the way in community, poverty and AIDS? I wonder if we will ever begin to see that it is not about the paint on our brushes, but the light pouring all around and within. “No, You’re forgetting,” said the Spirit. “That was not how you began. Light itself was your first love: You loved paint only as a means of telling about light.” (The Great Divorce) "

All Right, Okay, You Win...

2006-04-26T12:57:00.000-05:00

I really like Peggy Lee - I am incredibly impatient right now because I want it to be Friday at 8 p.m. so I can go swing dancing... patience is a virtue, I know, but I want to dance!

Be still my beating heart...

2006-04-21T16:03:00.000-05:00

Psalm 37

Of David.

1 Do not fret because of evil men
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.

3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:

6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him;
do not fret when men succeed in their ways,
when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath;
do not fret—it leads only to evil.

9 For evil men will be cut off,
but those who hope in the LORD will inherit the land.

10 A little while, and the wicked will be no more;
though you look for them, they will not be found.

11 But the meek will inherit the land
and enjoy great peace.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous
and gnash their teeth at them;

13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked,
for he knows their day is coming.

14 The wicked draw the sword
and bend the bow
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose ways are upright.

15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts,
and their bows will be broken.

16 Better the little that the righteous have
than the wealth of many wicked;

17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,
but the LORD upholds the righteous.

18 The days of the blameless are known to the LORD,
and their inheritance will endure forever.

19 In times of disaster they will not wither;
in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

20 But the wicked will perish:
The LORD's enemies will be like the beauty of the fields,
they will vanish—vanish like smoke.

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay,
but the righteous give generously;

22 those the LORD blesses will inherit the land,
but those he curses will be cut off.

23 If the LORD delights in a man's way,
he makes his steps firm;

24 though he stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old,
yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken
or their children begging bread.

26 They are always generous and lend freely;
their children will be blessed.

27 Turn from evil and do good;
then you will dwell in the land forever.

28 For the LORD loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
They will be protected forever,
but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off;

29 the righteous will inherit the land
and dwell in it forever.

30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom,
and his tongue speaks what is just.

31 The law of his God is in his heart;
his feet do not slip.

32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous,
seeking their very lives;

33 but the LORD will not leave them in their power
or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

34 Wait for the LORD
and keep his way.
He will exalt you to inherit the land;
when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man
flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,

36 but he soon passed away and was no more;
though I looked for him, he could not be found.

37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright;
there is a future for the man of peace.

38 But all sinners will be destroyed;
the future of the wicked will be cut off.

39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD;
he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

40 The LORD helps them and delivers them;
he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,
because they take refuge in him.

Mr. Darcy...

2006-04-21T15:30:00.000-05:00

What freedom - I can rest.

2006-04-19T13:14:00.000-05:00

Praise God - I can rest - I can do nothing and not feel guilty

Ummm...Okay

2006-04-18T11:47:00.000-05:00

Gore movie puts heat on Bush
"You cannot see this film and not think of George W. Bush, the man who beat Gore in 2000. Bush has been studiously anti-science, a man of applied ignorance who has undernourished his mind with the empty calories of comfy dogma. For instance, his insistence on abstinence as the preferred method of birth control would be laughable were it not so reckless. It is similar to Bush's initial approach to global warming. It may be that Gore will do more good for his country and the world with this movie than Bush ever did by winning in 2000."

My Comments: Abstinence is 100% effective - sheesh - it's like people have no self control - Don't tell people they can't do something, but they can tell me my opinion is wrong. Where's the tolerance for my ideas?

Northanger Abbey

2006-04-17T16:27:00.000-05:00

From "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen:
"It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies could they be made to understand how little the heart of man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire; how little it is biased by the texture of their muslin, and how unsusceptible of peculiar tenderness towards the spotted, the sprigged, the mull, or the jackonet. Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter...(When Catherine is trying to avoid one young man at a ball and wanting to spot another) Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. All have been, or at least all have believed themselves to be, in danger from the pursuit of someone whom they wish to avoid; and all have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please."

I'll just wait for the hate mail...

2006-04-12T11:03:00.000-05:00

To see more t-shirts...

Ach du dickes ei!

2006-04-11T16:05:00.000-05:00

Me thinks I'm going crazy - AHHHHHH
(Spinning around in circles and yelling is a fine stress reliever - as is writing random things on your blog.)

My favorite commercials as of recently are the VW representing Deutschland and the Mazda one where the guy says, "Ach du liebe!"

Deine Mutter! (That's what some of my German friends would exclaim when they messed up when we were playing Fooseball.)

Like I said - Random Craziness...

Fish, Cat and Dog, OH MY!

2006-04-04T14:23:00.000-05:00

I am pet/house sitting this week - Not that I don't have anything else to do. But it's fun - I love the animals (except the cat makes me sneeze). I waiting for video to render - we have an event tomorrow - we have 4-2 minute videos and 1 - 4:30 minute video - Lots of rendering especially when we use green screen.

Oh - I went swing dancing on Saturday - my feet have finally stopped hurting. My friend Jenny will be proud - I danced in heels :)

I received an email with these cartoons below attached. I'm not sure who does these - but it sure made me laugh!

How do I love thee...

2006-03-30T13:07:00.000-06:00

I love thunderstorms. I love the rain. I love when you walk out side at 8 in the morning it isn't cold. I love that my light jacket was almost too much. I love that thunder so loud can set off car alarms (heard that on Q98.5). I hope we have lots a thunderstorms, but not so many tornadoes.

Work, work, work. I'm going to be late tonight. I have 4 honoree videos and 1 fundraising video to finish for an event on Wednesday. However, they are coming to look at it at 4 p.m. tomorrow. Pray I can get the green screen taken out. This will be interesting. Hopefully it won't be an all nighter.

Saturday I'm stoked because I get to go swing dancing again - so much fun. There's one guy who thinks I'm better than I am and wanted me to like jump over him or something - yeah, I didn't let that happen - if I do something like that I want to learn in a class - and not in the middle of the dance floor! I need to get shoes to dance in - the shoes I have just don't work - they're too clunky.

I'm capturing footage for the video right now. I'm trying to remain calm - strangely I am. I don't think I'm letting myself realize how much I need to do. Oh Dear. Trust Jesus!!!!

Love you all!

Noah

2006-03-29T11:32:00.000-06:00

"How long can you tread water?"

To Dance

2006-03-23T15:17:00.000-06:00

There is also a rhythm in our lives with God. Too often, in our desire to be passionate lovers of Christ, the rhythm of our lives sounds something like the over-adrenalized stomping of Riverdance. We busy ourselves making history, winning the campus for Christ, overturning tables and the like. Unfortunately, it doesn't take long for this non-stop commotion to come to a grinding halt.

Perhaps this can be a season of stillness after all the noise, or a time of reflection after all the action. Living life with God is less like the quick thrill of Dirty Dancing (Scripture has some more meaningful things to say than, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner,” after all) and more like a slow dance with your love of many years. She already knows you are going to step all over her feet. He does not mind that you have not learned all the latest moves. It's not about the music or the moves. What matters is the gaze of your love, as you sweep your way across the floor together.

The joy of Easter should be unparalleled. We hear the bells ringing and we are singing, and we know about Jesus’ final victory over sin and death and yet, still, it can be difficult to connect that with how we actually feel. Maybe, if we take the time during Lent to walk more intimately with God, to listen more closely, to slowdance with our truest love, we will experience the matchless joy of the One for whom we have made room.

Read the full article @ www.relevantmagazine.com.

"We think he could be mad. He is not a normal person. He doesn't talk like a normal person."

2006-03-22T13:27:00.000-06:00

Afghan Christian convert could be executed. Read the whole article. What I thought was interesting is below.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Rahman, a father of two, was arrested and is on trial for rejecting Islam. The Afghan constitution, which is based on Sharia, or Islamic law, says that apostates can receive the death penalty.

"They want to sentence me to death, and I accept it," Rahman told reporters last week, "but I am not a deserter and not an infidel."

On Wednesday a state prosecutor said Rahman may be mentally unfit to stand trial.

"We think he could be mad. He is not a normal person. He doesn't talk like a normal person," The AP quoted prosecutor Sarinwal Zamari as saying.

Moayuddin Baluch, a religious adviser to President Hamid Karzai, said Rahman would undergo a psychological examination.

"Doctors must examine him," the AP quoted Baluch as saying. "If he is mentally unfit, definitely Islam has no claim to punish him. He must be forgiven. The case must be dropped."

Snow Days

2006-03-21T13:12:00.000-06:00

I miss snow days - I really do. At least I get to go to Kearney on Friday and see Third Day and David Crowder Band. Work is crazy with deadlines fast approaching. I went swing dancing on Friday and saw a friend I hadn't seen in ages - it was awesome to see her! God is so awesome! This article was a good read.

"This steady balancing act of completion and companionship proves to be an every day challenge; however, every day that I wake up and look to God for answers is a day that I adjust that part of me that sought completion in someone else. It’s a day that actually means living life the way it was meant to be lived: Loving people for who they are, not who we need them to be for us."

Philippians 4:8

2006-03-17T16:25:00.000-06:00

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Olympics

2006-02-22T12:25:00.000-06:00

I love the Olympics - They're are so fun to watch. I was excited for the American women in the short program and it'll be fun to see where Emily Hughes ends up at the end of the night. Other than skating - I love the snowboarding, especially boarder cross. That is awesome! If you missed it you missed a great event. However, I still don't understand curling (i haven't taken the time to watch a full game though) But an Olympic medal is an Olympic medal - no matter the sport. Some of the athletes sure act like babies! This story says it all. GO U S A!

Free Seminary Classes

2006-02-01T17:23:00.000-06:00

My uncle sent me this link. I post it to remind myself!
Covenant
Seminary

Here we go...

2006-01-31T12:48:00.000-06:00

1. Alito confirmed yeah!
2. State of Union Address - I promise, I'll try to watch the democrat response, but no guarantee I will succeed
3. My Dad has a job interview on Monday in Fort Worth... We'll see what happens!

Democracy...

2006-01-26T14:34:00.000-06:00

So Hamas is elected as the leader of the Palestinians - This will really help the mideast peace process. Diplomacy is what needs to happen - but, like I've said before, that only works when both parties are willing to compromise. I personally don't ever expect peace in that area - it goes all the way back to Abraham and his two sons. We will have peace - but only when Jesus Christ returns. We should pray for peace and pray that violence would cease, but with such evil in the world, heaven will never be found on earth. I realize this world isn't my true home - long for heaven, but serve Christ on earth as if you were there. I read once that we should live on earth as though we are citizens from heaven. Since I'm an American, if I went to live in Germany - I would still be an American and my life would be based on that - though my ways would begin to conform to the people I am living around. The difference is that Christ told us not to conform to the land we are living in - Act as an honorable citizen of heaven while you live here on earth.
In Christ, Erin

What's your temperament?

2006-01-23T15:37:00.000-06:00

AdvisorTeam Temperament Sorter
My friend sent me this link and this is what my answers said I am --

Take me to your leader...Articles to Make you think!

2006-01-20T09:05:00.000-06:00

Earthly
Heavenly

(My favorite paragraph of above article)
**Make the necessary distinction between truth and truth-bearer. We rightly expect people who believe something to act in accordance with that belief. But we are all terribly imperfect, and that guarantees there will be failures. At such times it is important to remember that I am the contradiction, not God. I may have proven myself a hypocrite, but I’ve proven nothing about God.

Once again - Render

2006-01-18T15:34:00.000-06:00

Cool Web site
Finally have a design for the CAF video - But now that I have 30 secs I get to watch it render, render, render, and then finish the rest of it. Motivation! I need it! Creativity! I need inspiration! The inspiration that only comes from God. Jesus, I love you.

24 - Spoiler Warning

2006-01-17T11:37:00.000-06:00

I love 24 - I love that they give us 4 hours worth to start off but now we only get 1 hour a week - seriously that's like drinking 12 cans of Mountain Dew within a two day period and then going down to one a week. I can't believe they killed off President Palmer - he was hands down my favorite fake president - If we didn't have Bush I'd want him!

Do Not Call List

2006-01-16T15:00:00.000-06:00

Do Not Call Online Registry
**This is real - I signed up my phone**
JUST A REMINDER....in February, all cell phone numbers are being
released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sale
calls.
YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLS....
To prevent this, call the following number from your cell phone:
888-382-1222. It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a
minute of your time. It blocks your number for five (5) years.
HELP OTHERS BY PASSING THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS OR GO TO:
www.donotcall.gov for more info or to register online.

The Real Reason

2006-01-16T11:15:00.000-06:00

Check out the real reason Bush beat Kerry - A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
**From My Uncle's Blog **

Need I say more?

2006-01-13T13:15:00.000-06:00

I so totally hit a tumble weed.

2006-01-13T00:11:00.000-06:00

I've driven in Western Nebraska. I've seen tumble weeds - the car I was in hit some. I just didn't think a tumble weed bigger than me would be rolling on I-80 this afternoon. Luckily I think it just brushed the side of my car - but of all the random things. Ah, so yesterday, I had to send out a mass email for one of our clients and, yeah, I got it to work, except I put the wrong email in the from part of the email (I forgot countryclub after the name)- so the almost 200 emails that got kicked back went to some random place in California - whoops - I'm such a dork - I sent them an email to apologize....errr
I should go to bed soon - This week has been long. Ooooh, but I got to go to the senior high youth group on Wednesday - It was rock on (stein auf - just a little joke) awesome and crazy cool. There are so many kids and I'm stinkin excited to help out. Yeah, tomorrow my friends from Kearney are coming and we're hanging out - good times. Hope all is well and Have an absolutely wonderful Friday!

Are they done yet?

2006-01-11T12:42:00.000-06:00

Goodness gracious - The senators on the judiciary committee act like little kids - It cracks me up. Well I also love the Capt. Obvious questions. At least the guy they're interviewing is able to answer and keep a straight face. God bless him!

Render Render

2006-01-10T17:37:00.000-06:00

This JPF video is kinda fun - It's pretty funny. The green screen is looking pretty good and now I'm waiting for... guess what... for it to RENDER. Oh brother - it takes a while.
I'm excited because I get to go to the high school youth group tomorrow night - I think it'll be a good time. Hopefully I don't annoy my two sisters :)
Hope all is well!

Alito

2006-01-10T12:53:00.000-06:00

I love how the Dems aren't going to be able to stop Judge Alito. He is an intelligent judge who, yes, as his mother says - doesn't support abortion, but, even though I would like him too, he won't use his personal views to make decisions on cases. He will look at the law and constitution - We need judges who rule on the laws - even if I don't agree with the laws - and not make new laws. The Dems are so mad that Bush is in power that they will complain about anything they don't like - even though their guys (Clinton and Carter) did the same things as Bush has done (even to a further extent as he has) in regards to wire tapping. I'm sorry - but I would like to know if terrorists are trying to plan to blow us up. Yes - diplomacy is good - but it only works when both sides are willing to listen and have their minds made up that each side is going to have to cooperate. Terrorist don't want to cooperate - they want all people who don't follow Allah dead. But the dems want to give non-US citizens rights- they want to give Terrorists rights - Yeah, I'm sure the terrorist have a bill of rights for their prisoners. No, don't torture them - but they said they haven't. But I'm sorry, sleep deprivation is not torture - We aren't chopping their heads off. I don't know how things will play out, but evil will not prevail - it may be a week or thousands of years, but Jesus will win in the end. (Please only comment if you have intelligent things to say - and no name calling - Thanks!)

Blonde Joke

2006-01-10T11:40:00.000-06:00

This is funny :) This is the link to my Uncle's Blog. This joke is awesome.

TGIF

2006-01-06T14:52:00.000-06:00

I love Fridays - except I had to get up early (for me) this morning and for some strange reason I scheduled an oil change for my car at 9 a.m. tomorrow - so much for sleeping in. For me sleeping in is 10:30 - 11 - I am so not a morning person. Now I get to capture some more footage and key out the green screen - oh joy. Any one know any tricks to key out the green in Final Cut Pro let me know!

Please Pray

2006-01-05T13:05:00.000-06:00

Please visit Rachel Wade - She was struck by lightning in 2003. I knew her in high school - she was/is an awesome girl and I still can't believe what happened. Life is crazy and full of shocks and surprises. All I know is that I'm glad God knows all and knows where things are going.

Texas didn't fumble their lateral (yeah, yeah I know his knee was down)

2006-01-05T09:24:00.000-06:00

Woohoo - Go Texas - That was a great game. I've stayed up too late they last two nights. I need to go to be early tonight! I also need to take the little Christmas tree down - if I don't do it soon it's gonna be up until July. Hope all is well and Hook 'em Horns!

One day at a time

2006-01-04T03:37:00.000-06:00

One day at a time
I love how my blog reaches no one. OH well - The Penn State game was pretty cool. I was so bummed for the kicker the first....and second time he missed - but third times the charm. Good job PennState for beating FSU - i've never like Florida teams. I think that just happens when you're a Husker fan. Hope your life is well. God- Please be with the families who lost their fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons, during the mining accident. I can't even imagine.
On a lighter note - it is near impossible to find an adult Mickey Mouse costume in Omaha - goodness gracious. Have a great day!

A New Year - 2006

2006-01-03T12:46:00.000-06:00

Ok - I'm ready to get this year off right. Ready to be productive at work - (Yes, I'm writing this at work, but I'm waiting for Final Cut to render). I seriously think most of my time is spent rendering. This was a good Christmas - all my family got together and my Grandpa's are doing better. God is good - I have a chair not in my living room - we have a couch but it had cat fur all over it and I still can't sit on it even though I've vacuumed and Febreezed it multiple times. I actually have some things decorating our living room and kitchen. It needs to look more like a home and less like a dorm room/dorm lounge. (Render, Render, Render). Also this break was great because my Huskers won - Woohoo! Nothing better than winning a bowl game. I picked USC to win the championship on the bowl game thing on ESPN, but I have no shot of winning anymore so I think I root for Texas. Poor Texas Tech didn't win - that was sad - Wreck 'em Tech - I've been brainwashed by my cousin - not really - to root for Tech (only when they're not playing Nebraska). Also did you see that Herbie Husker won the Capitol One mascot challenge? Go Herbie :) Restore the order - I'll say. (I need to get one of those t-shirts.) I'm not sure what else other than, it was really foggy today and I finished reading Bourne Supremacy last night - good book - didn't enjoy some of the language though. I need to go back and read some Jane Austen era writings. Now those are the classics. (more rendering all the time) Keying out backgrounds is a real booger. I wished there was a special trick but I think its all about trial and error and making sure the background doesn't show through the person's teeth. Well, that's what I get to do today. I'll see how it goes. Have a great day!

One day at a time

2005-12-23T01:25:00.000-06:00

So another opportunity is presenting itself - to get involved as a sponsor for the HS group. I feel very inadequate for this position - but usually when I'm scared and that's the only excuse I have for not doing something means that I'm supposed to do it. I was just asking for a way to serve - a way to increase my sphere of influence - where I actually impact the Kingdom of Jesus Christ for eternity. I want to share my experiences and stop believing the lies that my experiences aren't worth enough to share. Dear God - help me to make the right decision - there are so many reasons not too - but none worth repeating. God, give me the strength to put myself out there - to allow myself to be vulnerable and allow myself the chance to fail. I need help. I want to be a part of the Kingdom and I want to look in your eyes when I get to the heaven part of eternity and know I served the best I knew how. Eternity - what a concept! Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever again. No concept of time - just of being. Wow. Jesus that is insane! Totally and completely beyond the grasp of my miniscule mind. To just be - to just be with the great I am. Wow. I can't understand. I can't even understand that you would take infinity and place it in the finite. To actually humble yourself to the point to become one of us. To subject yourself to the curse of the fall - to remain perfect - yet to receive the ultimate punishment and rise again to life. It's the story of your life, death and life. I heard an illustration that was wonderful - A father was trying to explain to his daughter why, even though her mother was a Christian, she died. He saw a truck and its shadow and asked his daughter if she would rather be run over by the truck or by the shadow of the truck. His daughter kinda laughed and said, "Of course, Daddy, I would rather be run over by the shadow because it wouldn't hurt as much." He said, "Jesus Christ was run over by the Cross to allow us to be run over only by the shadow." Our physical bodies are dying - cursed by the fall - what was good was corrupted. But, oh Mighty Father, what a Love we have - to make it possible that we have the opportunity to only be run over by the shadow of death - to die to this life but be able to life fully in Christ - to be able to laugh at the second death with joy knowing, but never fully understanding, the gift we have been given. To be giddy with the knowledge we are FREE. Oh glorious God - the one who gives us the freedom to reject him so we can experience the fullness of bliss of accepting him. He is the only way. His love is why he died and his glory and power is why he lives today. He is and he is waiting. Why do I forget and worry about little things - Oh glorious Father give me the strength to remember you and have the opportunity to actually discover how awesome you are - Thank you for protecting us - for giving us the chance to be with you forever even though we have earned death. O glorious God - the reason I live - Why I live one day at a time - I just want to dance with joy and be silly because He Loves Me. Jehovah - Yeshua - My Lord, My God. I love you - Holy Spirit thank you for your guidance and wisdom - pray for me and help me to glorify you and glorify my God and the love of my soul - My one and only. O Lord, My God.

Motivation

2005-12-22T09:19:00.000-06:00

Can I have senioritis even though I'm not in school anymore? Lack of motivation and lack of pressing deadlines is a bad combination.
I had a wrestling match with my brother - At least he can't completely beat me yet - especially since he's still smaller than me.
I got a cool CD for Christmas from my roomie - Anna Nalick - I'd like to be able to write clever lyrics. I think that's why I like Switchfoot so much - just the way he puts words together is unique. I actually had to look up two words from the lyrics of the new Switchfoot CD - it sure made me feel like my vocabulary is lacking. But seriously, how many times in everyday language do you use pedantic and avarice? I hope I'm not the only one who needed the dictionary to define those words. My favorite on their CD is Golden - read the lyrics and you'll know how I feel sometimes.

You should really listen to this song -

Golden by Switchfoot

She's alone tonight,
With a bitter cup and,
She's undone tonight,
She's all used up,

She's been staring down the demons,
Who've been screaming she's just another so and so,
Another so and so

You are golden,
You are golden, Child

You are golden,
(Don't let go,)
(Don't let go tonight)

There's a fear that burns,
Like trash inside
And you're ashamed of the curse,
That burns your eyes

You've been hiding in your bedroom,
Hoping this isn't not how the story has to go
It's not the way it goes, It's your book now,
You're,

Golden,
You are golden, Child

You are golden,
(Don't let go,)
(Don't let go tonight)

You're a lonely soul,
Inlet of broken hearts
You're far from home,
It's a perfect place to start

(Yeah!)
(Burn,)
(Burn, Burn!)

So this final verse,
Is a contradiction
And the more we learn,
The less we know

We've been talkin' about a feeling,
We both know inside but couldn't find the words
I couldn't write this verse,
I've seldom been so sure,
About anything before

Golden,
You are Golden, Child

You are Golden,
(Don't let go,)
(Don't let go tonight)

This world is a dead man down (Golden, you are,)
Every breath is a singing crown away, (Golden, Child, you are,)
Like some debilitated king, (Golden, don't let go,)
Don't let go tonight

Earth Spins and your mind goes round' (Golden, you are,)
Green comes on the frozen ground, (Golden, Child, you are,)
And everything will be made new again, (Golden,)
Like freedom and spring, (Golden, Golden,)
Hey, like freedom and spring, (Golden, you are, hey,)
Like freedom and spring (Golden, Child, you are,)
(Gold...)

Merry Christmas

2005-12-21T02:21:00.000-06:00

My sister is 15 today - woohoo - she's a cutie. I'm not sure what to write now but I'll come of with something later.
You can see pictures of my and my friends here: http://unk.facebook.com/photos.php?id=76803167&l=f2a81

I'm trying to get my thoughts together. Trying to figure out what I'm supposed to do. Is is wrong that I want more in this life and don't know, in some ways, how to get it? I have Christ as my Saviour and know that I need to pursue and become more like him, but its hard to know what to do. I'm used to having steps - A to B and you get to C. But this isn't a step-by-step program. Just one day at a time - knowing where I am now is where I'm supposed to be, but knowing I could do more. My job and my family - places I am secure in - but I want to serve. Opportunities are presenting themselves - playing guitar and working on a Web site in the future - it's service - but I don't feel like it's enough. I see the poverty and pain - but I don't know how to help. I give money - but I don't want that to be all I do - just fund and never get involved. I need to remember something I learned - its not the successes I have that matter - in regards to my relationship with Christ - but being willing and making myself available. I learned that in Freiburg, Germany. I am still doing God's will even if no one wants to talk to me about God - I only need to be willing.