Archive for December, 2007
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Welcome to the second installment of Bad Prose Corner. It’s been a while since the first one, but in honor of the nice little ice storm we got and the ones that caused three states to call a state of emergency, I have picked out this little bucket of vomit which contains bits of half-digested [...]
Random Acts of Kindness
Monday, December 10th, 2007Last week a gunman walked into the Omaha, Nebraska Westroads mall, opened fire, killed 8 people, then himself. Sunday a man walked into a Christian missionary dormitory, in Colorado, and killed two people. Nine hours later he killed two people in a church in Colorado Springs, before a volunteer security guard fired and killed the [...]
No Ifs, Ands, or Buts
Sunday, December 9th, 2007At church yesterday (Sunday), I sat listening to our worship leader singing. I usually sing along, but I’ve had a bad cold and my voice starts to give out. But in just listening, I found myself drifting into prayer and thinking about the usual stuff in life: family, goals, talents, etc.
I asked God to care [...]
Shooting at Westroads Mall, Omaha Nebraska
Thursday, December 6th, 2007“This sort of thing never happens here.” That’s what people say when being interviewed after a tragedy, in shock that their safe community was invaded by something un-safe. I never really thought much about that statement, until…
Yesterday my sister called to inform me there had been a shooting at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska. Before [...]
Colossians Bible Study
Tuesday, December 4th, 2007He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all thing were created by and for him. – Colossians 1:15-16
We have been studying the book of Colossians [...]
Progress Report (a short story)
Monday, December 3rd, 2007Boss:
I did everything you said, and you don’t have to worry anymore. Not only did I stop him dead in his tracks. But I’m sure he won’t make the same mistake again. It will be a long time until he tries to reach out or do something positive in this community again. I did such [...]
Another store promo…
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007This is another promo for the store, but entirely produced in Microsoft’s Photo Story 3
And now a word from our sponsors…
Saturday, December 1st, 2007When going through Cafe Press’s forum’s, Julie was searching for ways to promote our store, and came across a topic about Animoto.
Animoto is basically an online application that takes photos you upload, combines music (either from their selection of pretty cool music or your own) and somehow makes cool picture transitions that work with the feel of the music.
Right [...]
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