just some fishin is all.
yeah. i heard that on the radio. it doesn’t really seem right, the incredible invasion of privacy.
Tonight when I was working at Applebees my coworker Jenna and I saw a clip of the Michael Jackson memorial service. It was the part when his 11-year-old daughter sobbed into the microphone about how much she loved him. Jenna and I looked at each other—our own eyes filling with tears. “I have to walk away and clean something,” Jenna said as she tried to contain herself. I just stood there. That clip was one of the saddest things I’ve possibly ever seen.
It helps now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a tiny fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God’s work. Nothing we do is complete, which is another way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us. No statement says all that could be said. No prayer fully expresses our faith. No confession brings perfection, no pastoral visit brings wholeness. No program accomplishes the church’s mission. No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
This is what we are about: We plant seeds that one day will grow. We water seeds already planted, knowing that they hold future promise. We lay foundations that will need further development. We provide yeast that produces effects far beyond our capability.
We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the lord’s grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker. We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. Amen.
— Archbishop Oscar Romero (martyred in San Salvador in 1980)
I REALLY want to see this movie.Food, Inc.: Take Action!
I’ve gotten several emails and comments from people who think I’d enjoy the movie Food, Inc. (thanks, Catherine, Georgina, and Shannon!).
Sadly, I haven’t had a chance to see it yet. I’ve read enough about the food industry to have a good idea about the contents of the film, but I’d still love to see it. The practices and manipulations of the food industry should be widely known and it’s great that this movie is trying to spread the word. If you’ve seen it, feel free to comment or reblog and let me know what you thought of it. In the mean time, I checked out the Food, Inc. website and found this list of 10 things you can do to change the food system, many of which I’ve discussed before (click here to get details):
- Stop drinking sodas and other sweetened beverages.
- Eat at home instead of eating out.
- Support the passage of laws requiring chain restaurants to post calorie information on the menus and menu boards.
- Tell schools to stop selling sodas, junk food, and sports drinks.
- Meatless Mondays — Go without meat one day a week.
- Buy organic or sustainable food with little or no pesticides.
- Protect family farms; visit your local farmer’s market.
- Make a point to know where your food comes from — READ LABELS.
- Tell Congress that food safety is important to you.
- Demand job protections for farm workers and food processors, ensuring fair wages and protections.
MISSING JOLIE.
but. the good news is that LAURA is back in america the beautiful! and. that’s so exciting. life is just an ebb and flow of happy and sad.
When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.
— Kahlil Gibran
“I get by with a little help from my friends.” - John Lennon
long car rides with the fam.
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