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Weekend A La Carte (3/5)
- 03/05/11
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My boy turns 11 today. Double 11 and you end up at 22. I was 22 years old when we found out that Aileen was pregnant with that boy. I feel old.
Too Missional for Abortion - Anthony Bradley writes about abortion in NYC. “The number one social justice issue for African-Americans in New York City is abortion. Period. The city's abortion rate is twice the nation average, with 41 percent of all pregnancies ending in abortion. According to recent data, the rate for blacks is even higher: 59.8 percent. For Hispanics it's 41.3 percent, Asians 22.7 percent, and whites 20.4 percent. In 2009, unmarried women accounted for 84 percent of the abortions in the city.”
Pirate Ship Bedroom - This is pretty much every boy’s dream bedroom. (HT:@Phil_Johnson_)
Church Streaming License - CCLI (those copyright people) have just released a new license that allows churches to legally stream their worship music over the Internet.
Abstinence Rising - “The National Survey on Family Growth released a report yesterday on sexual behavior, sexual attraction, and sexual identity in the U.S. Of all the trends profiled in this report, one has captured the attention of most media: abstinence is on the rise among young adults.”
MC DAC - Denny Burk: “It's my own jubilant tribute to some lyrical madness that Dr. D. A. Carson laid down on a track for Curtis ‘Voice’ Allen.” You’ve got to listen to the very end for the punchline.
Baseball Flow Chart - Here is a flow chart that will help you know which baseball team you should be cheering for.
Sound Guy - I used to be a sound guy (many years ago). I never had it quite this bad.
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Comments (12)
Oh… my… heavens. That rap is amazing! I’m still in shock of its magnificence. DA Carson yells Westside! Ah!
Maybe they should fire the sound man and just have the CCLI music piped in.
Baseball flow chart made me laugh out loud.
So the only thing that separates the Blue Jays fan from the Cardinal fan is one’s willingness to give up a caught ball to a small child? Probably right. When McGwire was poised to break the homerun record, my extended family spent an inordinate amount of time discussing why we would keep the ball if we caught it, and why doing so wouldn’t necessarily make us bad people. :)
Tim,Would you say that those who reach the most people, have the largest churches, speak at the most conferences and sell the most books have no soul?By every contemporary reformed/evangelical standard, the Yankees are obviously blessed. They are the most missional/missionary team (I’ve seen their hats on children in Zambia), they have the most people who attend, they have the most wins, they sell the most merchandise, and they have the most championships. Would Providence so favor those who have no soul? Tut tut! ;)Seriously…funny stuff!Jim
Love the baseball flow chart. Can’t wait for some chowda during opening day.
Wow, that baseball flow chart is accurate: it told me that I should root for the Indians.
But if I choose differently on the mascot question, it tells me I would be… a Blue Jays fan. Are there American Jays fans? I could more easily see myself as a Cards fan, so maybe I overestimate my generosity and would end up keeping the foul ball.
Tim, if you used to be a sound man, I hope you are not now an unsound man…
When I listened to the lady on the phone call to the sound guy, my heart actually went out to her. Obviously, she didn’t communicate well, but I think it is important not to shut out the elderly. She had some valid points.
Hopefully, the sound guy and the pastor of that church spoke with her directly about the issue and resolved the differences. I’d hate to think that they just ended up ushering her out of the church after using her as viral video fodder. That would not be very kind.
I’m a Dallasite, and growing up as a kid, my three favorite teams were the Rangers, Blue Jays, and Astros. In fact, the baseball team my dad coached when I was a kid was named the Blue Jays because of my fondness for the team.
“This is pretty much every boy’s dream bedroom. ”
And some men, myself included!
I was actually very upset when I listened the the “sound guy” video. I know this elderly woman’s disagreements were not well stated and were perhaps superficial concerns that didn’t merit the sound guy or the elders of that church taking too much time to deal with them, but by all means it is wrong to mock her by taking he concerns and making them into a video where the rest of the body and others can laugh at her.
Is the sound guy acting in a 1 Timothy 5 fashion where he treats older women as mothers? Would he mock his mom like this? I was saddened by the video and am increasingly burdened by the way church members devour one another in this day in age where facebook and youtube make it easy to cast stones from afar without ever needing to have face to face, gentle confrontations with our brothers and sisters about our differences.
I think the sound guy needs to repent.
RE: The sound guy…. Yes, she whines like a typical old lady, recounting more maladies than an episode of House, MD. But, the lady has a point on blaring worship. Many times I, too, struggle to find solitude and peace in the nightclub-like atmosphere of many churches. I’m beginning to wonder if “regulative principle” might have some wisdom after all.
Given what she says, she’s found herself in a rock-out-for-Jesus sort of church. If she doesn’t like the the volume level and doesn’t like the rock-style music, she should simply go elsewhere.