I have a hankering to create a Family Feud style game and need to know what what you think.
Below is a 10 question survey (more to follow). All results are anonymous.
June 2011
Monthly Archive
Tue 28 Jun 2011
Thu 16 Jun 2011
When Will These Thorns Be Gone!
Posted @ 10:38 am {Click to post comment}Category: Personal , Spiritual
Judges 2:20-3:2
Interesting…
It appears the nations were not driven out as a consequence of disobedience to God. You might say it was a removal of blessing. As if to say, “you want to do what you will, then have the results of my blessing removed.”
Then what comes next is quite fascinating. The peoples are left in order to test, to prove, to refine, to make Israel more than they are. There is no doubt reading this passage and continuing through the rest of the book of Judges (and beyond) that this testing was a very painful process.
Then another interesting thing is said in this passage. It goes on to say that part of the reason for leaving the inhabitants in the land is to provide experience for those who had not been to war.
How like my life. Many times I see the results of the after-effect of my having my own way – sometimes weeks or years later. Why doesn’t today’s action make all that go away? It seems to me the “good” in this is for my further refinement. Maybe I have learned a few lessons here and there (I hope) but I need the test to confirm and solidify the lesson. And oft-times to show me that I am not ready yet. Time to renew my efforts and work harder.
Additionally, I am not prepared for the battles ahead without going through this process.
Reminds me of Romans 8:28
Wed 15 Jun 2011
My melding oneness and I have been on a quest to find common activities which we both enjoy. My search has been along the lines of something a little wild and crazy, different. Something that cements memories in the mind. Going to see a movie together is a nice thing – as is dinner, but in 5 years what is remembered is often that which stands out as unique. My personal goal is not to ignore the “common” but the keep from getting in a rut.
Here’s an idea… maybe it works for you, maybe not. Go to Google and type in “top google searches for today“
So here’s our list and what we did with it…(Top Google searches for June 13, 2011)
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2. flag day
3. gop debate
4. godaddy
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7. netflix
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11. gabapentin
13. mount rushmore
14. myanmar
15. hyundai elantra
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18. army wives
19. fran drescher
20. harrison ford
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Well, here were are looking at our list. I look at her and she looks at me, “Who is Michele Bachmann?” Another trip to Google and we’re both educated on a future presidential hopeful. OK, guess that explains #3 – GOP debate. We were not aware of any debate. Hmmm… maybe if we were we’d have had more of an insight into #1.
Continuing down the list… to the next term of interest. (I’m not suggesting we even have a clue about everything in between – it’s just didn’t strike our fancy).
“Bruce Springsteen?” “What about Bruce would cause enough people to search for him that he is #12 on the list?” ”Dunno – let’s move on.”
“Fran Drescher?” ”Did she ever do anything besides that silly sitcom?” ”What in the world?” ”What kind of person would search for Fran?” - or more accurately, “what mass delusion of the populace would cause 1000′s to search for information on her?”
Ok, back to Google to a search on Fran. Wow! Who’d have thunk it! Fran shares her not-so-uncommon experience with her ex. This is made into a TV show. OK that makes sense, at least. The Fran groupies have at least explained themselves by giving me a relevant reason to looking her up.
I think I’ll have to visit this exercise again. It’s always fun to make fun of the masses and there’s nothing like a search on searches to give fodder to make sweeping assumptions about what you’re thinking about.
Hope none of my searches come up in the top 20. Of course it might bore you silly to see: “How many towns were flooded when Shasta Dam was built?” ”When is Voyager 1 leaving the solar system?” or “When was the last time Google took a picture from space of my place in Alaska?”
Mon 6 Jun 2011
Of late I have been attempting to document Bible studies I have been involved in. It’s a no brainer that I document a lesson plan for some regular teaching – such as the Adult Bible class I lead. But I have found it to be more beneficial to both myself and possibly to a future (as yet unknown) audience if I formalize the informal studies.
Thoughts I must consider.
- Is this truly beneficial or am I wasting my time?
- Is this helpful to me in the short-term?
- Will I ever realistically use what I have prepared?
A related thought on this late bullet: I tend to dive in a teach as if from scratch vs. trying to pick up something that is “ready to use.” A large portion is way my brain works. I find that even something I have prepared is only useful to me if I can revisit every aspect. It’s generally not enough to jog my memory.
A thought that crosses my mind from time to time is that maybe someday these mini-studies may have commercial value. The idea sounds good, but I don’t know if I’d ever charge for them. Use them in a group perhaps but sell them at large… who knows.
