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Predicated on this Over The Hedge comic, the additional links have been tracked down: YouTube – ORIGINAL Elephant Painting snopes.com: Elephant Painting
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Paul Announcements 5/2 Sharefest 5/14 police tribute with Paul Duncan, Kieran, and Matt, 9 am Women’s retreat this weekend Beach day for no retreaters Tomorrow night Rubio’s fundraiser 3-9 pm Palos Verdes, Torrance, Manhattan Beach Bottles and cans for Uganda trip Encourage each other with the singing of hymns Paul ?? Maybe after sermon? Jon Young man built a house, started filling it with kids House gets rundown Father wants the kids to be a part of construction Process of doing all things Redemption – Tikkun Olam To fix, restore / everything that is broken To put together back into harmony everything that is broken Opposite of God? Not Satan…Chaos, or Hell Everyone brought some chaos of their life into church Roman emperors claimed deity and demanded worship New Testament letters are in that realm of being subversive Ephesus, AD 80, Demition took deity worship more seriously Marks on their … Continue reading →
Bronzeville – The New LATC
Delightful straight play about an African American family that moves to California after the Japanese internment of the 1940’s, allowing them possession of an interred family’s house with one caveat…a young American man from that Japanese family has evaded internment by hiding in the attic! Now this family must adjust to this new surrogate family member in a situation akin to the plight their culture found itself in before Emancipation…a desperate struggle for freedom against an oppressive government. Meet the Goodwins: Patriarch Jodie, leading his family West from Mississippi to Los Angeles; His grandmother Janie, the aging matriarch and reigning chef of the house; His brother Felix who won’t be forced into the military just because the family has a history of fighting for a country that doesn’t recognize their rights…he just wants to play jazz; ….
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Paul Easter hymns and songs Jon A consistent theme of life after death Putting treasures in some celestial kingdom Focus on going to Heaven Earth is not our home Is Heaven our final destination? Was that the New Testament belief that led them to missions? 2 Peter 3:13 Revelation 21:1-5 Sea is symbolic of darkness separating Everywhere you look you can see goodness What it’s supposed to be like Jesus coming down to us John 1:14 Like marriage, it’s a union of two people into one He is one He is the bridegroom, we are the bride Wisdom of Solomon Chapter 3:1-3 Writer describes disembodied souls with God, but wait…there’s more Wisdom 3:7 They will shine forth, some kind of resurrection Matthew 28:1-10 Jesus’ resurrected body, a physicality Why weren’t the disciples waiting there Challenge: believed Messiah would throw Rome out and lead Israel to a renewed existence Didn’t imagine … Continue reading →
Disneyland
As we went through the bag checking line, one of them announced, “Please have your-happy birthday-bags open and ready for inspection”. When I got to him, I complied, but slyly threw in that I didn’t have any happy birthday bags and he chuckled. Yay! Really great host for the last Tiki Room show of the day..when we cheered loudly, he replied, “That makes the Tiki gods smile!”. Awesome! Great tram announcer on our way out…asked about birthdays and anniversaries (coincidentally it was our 17 month anniversary) and engagements and congratulated the birthdays and anniversarys but for engagements he said good luck! Tee hee!
12 Rounds – AMC Westgate 20, Glendale, AZ
The advertisments all highlight the fact that this is a film from the director of Die Hard 2 (which to me is the more lackluster of the quadrilogy) and the producer of Speed (eh), but it’s basically the plot of Die Hard 3. Not to say this is a bad movie…it’s very exciting and terse and enjoyable. John Cena gives a very enjoyable performance (in my opinion not as good as Dwayne Johnson, but not bad for his second tour of the leading man position…The Rock was a little stiff in The Scorpion King) as Officer Danny Shaw, a beat cop in New Orleans who gets dragged into a sadistic terrorist’s 12 round game where the rules are solve the puzzle or people die.
Bright Red/Bright Blue Double Knit Heart with Checkerboard Frame
Started April 3rd while driving to Phoenix for a business trip. 20 stitches wide, 2 stitches by 3 rows per checker square, 30 rows total. Finished April 10th while driving home from said business trip.
Avenue Q – OCPAC
Yay! We got Brian Benoit (the original Trekkie Monster, et al.)! I was lucky enough to see him AND John Tartaglia when I first saw the show in Vegas (before it was trimmed down to 90 minutes), and it’s awesome that he loves doing the show so much that he’s now on the national tour. Great production. Obviously I can (and will) complain about things, but first and foremost, I had a great time! Why didn’t the orchestra play the final hit of “My Girlfriend Who Lives In Canada”? Rod was even sitting there waiting for it?!?!?! Why were lyrics cut from “Schadenfreude”? Straight-A students getting B’s? Ex-es getting STD’s? Watching tourists reading maps? Seeing doormen taking naps? CEO’s getting shackled? Watching actors never reach the endings of their Oscar speech? Brian and Christmas Eve didn’t say that they sold all their wedding gifts for money… Why didn’t the ensemble … Continue reading →
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Paul ??? Jon Holy Spirit this week 2 weeks ago- listening to the voice of God 1 weeks ago- spiritual warfare John 8:31-32 Where’s all the freedom? We know the truth, where’s our freedom. Psalm 51:6 We remember negative things and deflect positive things What happens when the Holy Spirit pushes truth into our innermost being Do you believe that your heart matters to God? Our needs, our concerns, our fears Isaiah 61:1-3 Luke 4 Jesus’ mission: Restore people’s hearts Take passages of scripture like these and repeat them out loud… Gal 5:25 Proverbs ?:? Jesus wants to replace false ideas with truth Isaiah 45:2-3 Takes the work of God’s creation What is He up to in my life John 14:16 It’s like Jesus said, we need a constant counselor Goal of a family: to see glory, encourage it and release it upon the world Joseph David 1 Samuel 17:28 … Continue reading →
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Paul Hosana = deliver us Jon 10 years ago he and Shannon were youth pastors at Bel Air Church, driving home to Alta Dena Stopped walking casually to his car when he saw a mountain lion in the parking lot 1 Peter 5:8-9 Spiritual warfare It’s not for elites It’s part of daily Christian life Revelation 12 defines the battleground Satan doesn’t cease to exist if you don’t think about John 10:10 Do we want the freedom Jesus is offerring? Genesis 1:26-28 Subdue Earth and have dominion Designed to rule Adam goes passive, wimpy At the end of time, we will reign and rule with Christ Matthew 25:14-23 Talents Put into positions of responsibilities Don’t want to sing in a heavenly choir for all time Enter into the joy of your master Get to work Matthew 25:31-34 Original job description: rule and reign We all have a drive to do … Continue reading →