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Calling all Elders
Greetings from Knoxville!
Given the possibility that some members of congregations that support me could be reading this Web site I feel it is an appropriate place to type what I am about to type. It is designed toward Elders in the Church. If you are not one you do not need to read this, although you might agree with the sentiment I express.
The longer I live the more convinced I become that Elders need to be aware of Facebook and MySpace. Not just "aware" of it in the "Yeah, I've heard of those places" kind of way, but quite familiar. I encourage Elders to join one or both of the sites. Ministers might want to get on board and do likewise.
Elders are shepherds of the Lord's flock. They should desire to know what the members of the congregation they shepherd are doing. Social networking sites allow them to learn things about members that they otherwise might never find out. Knowing what they face can prove helpful.
I must at this point warn any Elders reading this who are unfamiliar with those sites. You will not always like what you see. You will learn things about people who are dear to you. You will be able to know about their lives and encourage them more effectively than if you did not have this way of contact. However, you will also find that there is a lot of behavior documented on Facebook, for the world to see, that is clearly un-Christian.
I am not recommending that Elders join Facebook and MySpace so they can single out individuals and shun them for their flaws. I am suggesting that these sites will allow the shepherds to see a side of members that they did not know before. With that awareness they can more effectively shepherd and ministers can more effectively minister to the very real needs of this generation.
If Elders were to use these sites with that objective: to look for ways they can guide and strengthen members, then social networking sites would be very advantageous. I hope more Elders will take this approach.
There are things going on in the lives of teenagers and young adults that church leadership needs to be mindful and aware of. Some of these problems are on display on social networking sites. You owe it to the congregation you guide to know their needs and guide the ship effectively. Proper use of these sites can help.
-John
Given the possibility that some members of congregations that support me could be reading this Web site I feel it is an appropriate place to type what I am about to type. It is designed toward Elders in the Church. If you are not one you do not need to read this, although you might agree with the sentiment I express.
The longer I live the more convinced I become that Elders need to be aware of Facebook and MySpace. Not just "aware" of it in the "Yeah, I've heard of those places" kind of way, but quite familiar. I encourage Elders to join one or both of the sites. Ministers might want to get on board and do likewise.
Elders are shepherds of the Lord's flock. They should desire to know what the members of the congregation they shepherd are doing. Social networking sites allow them to learn things about members that they otherwise might never find out. Knowing what they face can prove helpful.
I must at this point warn any Elders reading this who are unfamiliar with those sites. You will not always like what you see. You will learn things about people who are dear to you. You will be able to know about their lives and encourage them more effectively than if you did not have this way of contact. However, you will also find that there is a lot of behavior documented on Facebook, for the world to see, that is clearly un-Christian.
I am not recommending that Elders join Facebook and MySpace so they can single out individuals and shun them for their flaws. I am suggesting that these sites will allow the shepherds to see a side of members that they did not know before. With that awareness they can more effectively shepherd and ministers can more effectively minister to the very real needs of this generation.
If Elders were to use these sites with that objective: to look for ways they can guide and strengthen members, then social networking sites would be very advantageous. I hope more Elders will take this approach.
There are things going on in the lives of teenagers and young adults that church leadership needs to be mindful and aware of. Some of these problems are on display on social networking sites. You owe it to the congregation you guide to know their needs and guide the ship effectively. Proper use of these sites can help.
-John
I wrote this rather than watching the oddly addictive CW show, Gossip Girl.
Are any of you surprisingly addicted to GG? I've only seen a few episodes but it's actually kind of interesting. My how weird my tv tastes have become over the summer....
So, the French Club's skate night is fast approaching (Oct. 7th) and I'm mondo excited about it. I hope it'll be a really great event and something we'll consider doing yearly. Anyway, sis has chosen some excellent french artists to upload onto her ipod so we'll have some lovely beats to skate around to.
Also, since Greg won't be coming and Donna won't be coming and I don't know that many people in the French Club and sis and Maria tend to band together (even though they don't mean to), I invited Cory to [hopefully] insure a buddy for the night. We'll see what happens ;).
I'm finally getting the hang of it in Commercial Art. I'm no pro on Adobe Illustrator, but I'm starting to get it. The project that we're working on right now has us creating 2 logos for faux companies (an all organic, hand made, ethical kids clothing company called "Kidaroos," and a large corporation that uses sweatshop labor-much like Walmart-called "Kid Gear USA"). From there, we have to choose which company we're going to continue designing for, and create a business card, letter head,...and something else that's slipped my memory.
I have a quiz in Art History on Thursday. It's purely for the sake of extra credit, though, so I'm not super stressed. I do, however, want to do extra good so I can get that extra credit (just in case).
I had my first exam in Geology today. It went okay and the test as whole was really pretty easy. Not at all what I was expecting. However, there were a few questions that addressed areas I hadn't studied at all (and in some cases, didn't even recall discussing in class) that I may have bombed. lol Oh well. I guess we'll see how I did later this week. I'm predicting a low B, perhaps, but we'll see. I may not be so lucky.
Intro Print's going well enough. Ralph (prof.) likes me so that's good. The next print we're starting is dealing with aquatint on copperplate (has nothing to do with the color aqua, by the way), and I'm not so sure how I'll do with it. It sounds kind of difficult, but maybe it's not. I think I'm either going to do a nude in a bathtub or else a worms-eye shot of dogwood leaves against a white sky. I don't know which, yet, but it's more likely that I'll do the latter. While I love using the human form in art, sometimes I just don't have the confidence to use my own. lol Plus, do I really want to have an image in which I'm exposing my boobs? Hm...not so much. Though I did come close to that for Litho. So....I may. We'll see.
Other updates?
The starter on our car is broken, so that any time we have to turn on the car we must pop the hood and beat on it until it starts running. It costs $200-something to fix it. Money we just don't have right now-particularly since out financial aid checks STILL HAVE NOT YET COME THROUGH. Yes, classes started at the end of August. Yes, it's been a long ass time for us to still not have them. Yes, it's extremely lame.
My cat, Finn, and sis's cat, Sketch, love candy. Or rather, love dumdum suckers and smarties. We have a bowl of them on our counter (left over from one of my mom's school things) and every day we find chewed up smarties (torn from their single-wrapped packages) and sticky, unwrapped dumdums all over the kitchen, dinning room, and occasionally in more random places (like next to my bed and by their cat box).
Greg wants me to wear the red dress and model for him again. I don't know why (I suck at modeling--can you say awkward?), but I'm supposed to wear it/bring it on Wednesday. So...*shrug*
I ran into Donna today and she's having a rough go. She just can't seem to catch a break. First issues with Perry, then her apartment on the market to be sold and now her grandmother has [possibly] cancer and her kidneys are failing. I just feel so bad for her. She wants to try and get together on Friday if she's in town.
I'm mildly addicted to Johnny Cash as of late. Particularly the songs Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk The Line, Big River, A Boy Named Sue, One Piece At a Time, and Hurt from "The Legend of Johnny Cash" album.
Also, I really like to sing along to music. Not that that's a particularly unique thing (most people do, I assume), I just thought I'd throw that in.
So, the French Club's skate night is fast approaching (Oct. 7th) and I'm mondo excited about it. I hope it'll be a really great event and something we'll consider doing yearly. Anyway, sis has chosen some excellent french artists to upload onto her ipod so we'll have some lovely beats to skate around to.
Also, since Greg won't be coming and Donna won't be coming and I don't know that many people in the French Club and sis and Maria tend to band together (even though they don't mean to), I invited Cory to [hopefully] insure a buddy for the night. We'll see what happens ;).
I'm finally getting the hang of it in Commercial Art. I'm no pro on Adobe Illustrator, but I'm starting to get it. The project that we're working on right now has us creating 2 logos for faux companies (an all organic, hand made, ethical kids clothing company called "Kidaroos," and a large corporation that uses sweatshop labor-much like Walmart-called "Kid Gear USA"). From there, we have to choose which company we're going to continue designing for, and create a business card, letter head,...and something else that's slipped my memory.
I have a quiz in Art History on Thursday. It's purely for the sake of extra credit, though, so I'm not super stressed. I do, however, want to do extra good so I can get that extra credit (just in case).
I had my first exam in Geology today. It went okay and the test as whole was really pretty easy. Not at all what I was expecting. However, there were a few questions that addressed areas I hadn't studied at all (and in some cases, didn't even recall discussing in class) that I may have bombed. lol Oh well. I guess we'll see how I did later this week. I'm predicting a low B, perhaps, but we'll see. I may not be so lucky.
Intro Print's going well enough. Ralph (prof.) likes me so that's good. The next print we're starting is dealing with aquatint on copperplate (has nothing to do with the color aqua, by the way), and I'm not so sure how I'll do with it. It sounds kind of difficult, but maybe it's not. I think I'm either going to do a nude in a bathtub or else a worms-eye shot of dogwood leaves against a white sky. I don't know which, yet, but it's more likely that I'll do the latter. While I love using the human form in art, sometimes I just don't have the confidence to use my own. lol Plus, do I really want to have an image in which I'm exposing my boobs? Hm...not so much. Though I did come close to that for Litho. So....I may. We'll see.
Other updates?
The starter on our car is broken, so that any time we have to turn on the car we must pop the hood and beat on it until it starts running. It costs $200-something to fix it. Money we just don't have right now-particularly since out financial aid checks STILL HAVE NOT YET COME THROUGH. Yes, classes started at the end of August. Yes, it's been a long ass time for us to still not have them. Yes, it's extremely lame.
My cat, Finn, and sis's cat, Sketch, love candy. Or rather, love dumdum suckers and smarties. We have a bowl of them on our counter (left over from one of my mom's school things) and every day we find chewed up smarties (torn from their single-wrapped packages) and sticky, unwrapped dumdums all over the kitchen, dinning room, and occasionally in more random places (like next to my bed and by their cat box).
Greg wants me to wear the red dress and model for him again. I don't know why (I suck at modeling--can you say awkward?), but I'm supposed to wear it/bring it on Wednesday. So...*shrug*
I ran into Donna today and she's having a rough go. She just can't seem to catch a break. First issues with Perry, then her apartment on the market to be sold and now her grandmother has [possibly] cancer and her kidneys are failing. I just feel so bad for her. She wants to try and get together on Friday if she's in town.
I'm mildly addicted to Johnny Cash as of late. Particularly the songs Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk The Line, Big River, A Boy Named Sue, One Piece At a Time, and Hurt from "The Legend of Johnny Cash" album.
Also, I really like to sing along to music. Not that that's a particularly unique thing (most people do, I assume), I just thought I'd throw that in.
Olympic Frustration
In 2006, when the Olympics were in Torino, I was very enthusiastic about Curling, of all things. Me, a Southern California native, former resident of Phoenix, AZ and now inhabiting the tropical Gulf Coast of Florida. Curling. Yes. I really enjoyed that sport in 2006.
As far back as my memory goes, I have enjoyed the Olympics. (I mean, you know, when we didn't Boycott.) I would set aside time as an elementary school student to watch the ice skating or women's gymnastics. I remember the Los Angeles Games of 1984, where I was able to view many of the venues with my own eyes, was able to assist our local Olympic Organizers with some supply issues, and even attended a Real Live Olympic Event.
Field Hockey. But I was there! I had a ticket! I cheered for people playing a sport I didn't know anything about...because it was the OLYMPICS.
I've always enjoyed the Games.
This year, though, I am torn. I want to watch Team USA swim and dive and tumble and fence and kick people (Tae Kwon Do?). I do. I want to watch the pageantry. I want to learn about the gems of Chinese culture that have been promised. I just wish I could see these things with a backdrop of clearish skies and without black-clad media watchers (so reported one blogger in Beijing) intimidating the locals.
I am torn because I think it was wrong for China to get to host a global event that celebrates the human spirit when the government is notorious for crushing the spirit of its own people.
Individuals are individuals, all over the world. I honor the athletes. I honor the people of China who have really done a great deal to assist in preparing for a monumental spectacle of ceremony and competition. I just wish I could feel more internal enthusiasm as I bide my time and wait for NBC to broadcast its tape-delayed coverage of events. So that they can get the maximum advertising dollar.
But my support for the Olympics remains. I hope to feel better about London in 2012. I'm almost certain their weather will be better.
In 2006, when the Olympics were in Torino, I was very enthusiastic about Curling, of all things. Me, a Southern California native, former resident of Phoenix, AZ and now inhabiting the tropical Gulf Coast of Florida. Curling. Yes. I really enjoyed that sport in 2006.
As far back as my memory goes, I have enjoyed the Olympics. (I mean, you know, when we didn't Boycott.) I would set aside time as an elementary school student to watch the ice skating or women's gymnastics. I remember the Los Angeles Games of 1984, where I was able to view many of the venues with my own eyes, was able to assist our local Olympic Organizers with some supply issues, and even attended a Real Live Olympic Event.
Field Hockey. But I was there! I had a ticket! I cheered for people playing a sport I didn't know anything about...because it was the OLYMPICS.
I've always enjoyed the Games.
This year, though, I am torn. I want to watch Team USA swim and dive and tumble and fence and kick people (Tae Kwon Do?). I do. I want to watch the pageantry. I want to learn about the gems of Chinese culture that have been promised. I just wish I could see these things with a backdrop of clearish skies and without black-clad media watchers (so reported one blogger in Beijing) intimidating the locals.
I am torn because I think it was wrong for China to get to host a global event that celebrates the human spirit when the government is notorious for crushing the spirit of its own people.
Individuals are individuals, all over the world. I honor the athletes. I honor the people of China who have really done a great deal to assist in preparing for a monumental spectacle of ceremony and competition. I just wish I could feel more internal enthusiasm as I bide my time and wait for NBC to broadcast its tape-delayed coverage of events. So that they can get the maximum advertising dollar.
But my support for the Olympics remains. I hope to feel better about London in 2012. I'm almost certain their weather will be better.
Misc issue post
So ... how have you all been? In case any of you have forgotten or just never knew ... we are entering what is known to be ... the FURNACE of AFFLICTION ... hah!
Well ... that's perhaps an over-dramatized, slightly exaggerated, highly spiritualized ... OY!
So ... first issue: Anyone know why I can't seem to load a new header pic? I've tried a couple of them and they won't go! Never had a problem before?
No really ... for the past, oh, I don't know, 20 so years, summers have been true "testing" times ... to the point that summer is dreaded somewhat. I wish is was not so, but ... I'm just being honest! I do not like summer. I do not enjoy heat ... never have ... unless, of course, I have the freedom to lounge around poolside (or beachside) all day. Since that is not the case, well ... I grit my teeth and bear it ... or bare it? lol
So, the afflictions began with the hacking of my checking account on the eve of our trip South. All but $78 has been recovered now, but ... to us, that's a large sum ... We will recover fully, in time, but thr TRIP ... was fantastic! My son and I went down for an all-too-brief visit with soldiergirl at Ft Stewart, GA ... Top of the Rock! Home of the 3rd Infantry Division! A few choice pics above!
Our trip involved a weekend in Charleston, SC with our friends ... Always a good time and great hosts! I cannot express how good it is to see these two together. They've always been like two peas in a pod. I used to tease them saying they were really twins, just born 3 years apart! He's 22 and she's 18 1/2! It was fun to see them wrestle, chase each other, and just play like kids together ... laughing, teasing, punching! lol
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