Global Warming 101 has a great vid about the wisdom of youth. Watch it.
To Life.!
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
My Trust Is in God
Who can you trust these days? The government? Your doctor? An employer? The bank? The church? A relative? The repairman?
And who will you entrust with your health? your possessions? your life?
As for me, my trust is in God.
Here's how The Platters, Elvis, Lynn Anderson and a whole generation of youthful believers said that, way back when, in simpler times. I was one of them, and I still believe.
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently
By puttin' your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee.
To Life.!
And who will you entrust with your health? your possessions? your life?
As for me, my trust is in God.
Here's how The Platters, Elvis, Lynn Anderson and a whole generation of youthful believers said that, way back when, in simpler times. I was one of them, and I still believe.
Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself and you can look at others differently
By puttin' your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee.
To Life.!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Red Letter Christians
I've appreciated the ministry of Tony Compolo for a long time. Jesus is central to him, to me. Now I read that Tony defines himself as a Red Letter Christian. What a cool concept.
I guess maybe I'm a Red Letter Christian. Or, maybe not, since I tend to avoid politics. I'd rather develop people to carry out the mission of Jesus.
Maybe I'm doing that. As Diane was leaving church today, since I mentioned Red Letter Christians in my message, she commented that she thought that she was a Red Letter Christian too and thanked me for the tag.
As I think about Diane, just beginning the process to become an ordained United Methodist minister, I am rethinking the Red Letter message. I once thought Christianity was about being the "Called Church." But now I think it's about being the "Sent Church." What do you think?
The youth are leaving on their mission trip Thursday. Going to 9/11 Memorial in New York City, then the Holocast Museum in DC. I hope they will come home even more missional than they already are.
Just a note: our rural county, having raised the $17,000 necessary, packaged 76,000 meals in 4 hours Saturday for Kids Against Hunger. Maybe 200 people helped, 20 from our church. The meals consist of dry soy, dry vegetables, vitamins and rice, and were packaged in sealed plastic bags to be shipped to Tanzania. Each meal feeds 4 people. Our youth were there. Missional, yes. Red Letter? We're working on that.
To Life.!
I guess maybe I'm a Red Letter Christian. Or, maybe not, since I tend to avoid politics. I'd rather develop people to carry out the mission of Jesus.
Maybe I'm doing that. As Diane was leaving church today, since I mentioned Red Letter Christians in my message, she commented that she thought that she was a Red Letter Christian too and thanked me for the tag.
As I think about Diane, just beginning the process to become an ordained United Methodist minister, I am rethinking the Red Letter message. I once thought Christianity was about being the "Called Church." But now I think it's about being the "Sent Church." What do you think?
The youth are leaving on their mission trip Thursday. Going to 9/11 Memorial in New York City, then the Holocast Museum in DC. I hope they will come home even more missional than they already are.
Just a note: our rural county, having raised the $17,000 necessary, packaged 76,000 meals in 4 hours Saturday for Kids Against Hunger. Maybe 200 people helped, 20 from our church. The meals consist of dry soy, dry vegetables, vitamins and rice, and were packaged in sealed plastic bags to be shipped to Tanzania. Each meal feeds 4 people. Our youth were there. Missional, yes. Red Letter? We're working on that.
To Life.!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Totem - The Beginning
Spiritual Energy Class. I had never heard of such a thing, so just had to enroll when I learned of a nearby opportunity. I'm learning about Chakras, dream psychology, spirituality, and me. Yep! its great.
Got a paper the other day on creating one's own individual totem, the animals arranged from bottom to top, each charistically representative of one stage of a person's development moving from birth to full maturity.
Stages of development, get it? (Erickson, Maslow, Chakra, etc)
The paper suggested a person take a month or so each in the discovery of which animal best represents each stage of one's self development.
Could be interesting. Don't know how far I'll get, but I definitely know that The Blue Heron is representative of my basic grounding. How so?
I told the story of The Blue Heron in an earlier post. That beautiful creature represents to me:
1. my grounding in God from day #1 (thanks Mom & Dad and so many more)
2. God's abundant providence, care, and provision for me every day of my life
3. the unbelievable invitation from the King of Glory extended to me to make His purpose my purpose
4. God's assurance that I Am Worthy
The Blue Heron is the base on which I will construct my chakra totem. I'm smiling here, feeling good. And any who know me and my story will agree that well I should be. Dale has no other place to begin than with The Blue Heron.
So I wonder what's next. Red, of course, and the root chakra. But what creature of God's vast kingdom will sit next upon such a fine base as The Blue Heron?
To Life.!
Got a paper the other day on creating one's own individual totem, the animals arranged from bottom to top, each charistically representative of one stage of a person's development moving from birth to full maturity.
Stages of development, get it? (Erickson, Maslow, Chakra, etc)
The paper suggested a person take a month or so each in the discovery of which animal best represents each stage of one's self development.
Could be interesting. Don't know how far I'll get, but I definitely know that The Blue Heron is representative of my basic grounding. How so?
I told the story of The Blue Heron in an earlier post. That beautiful creature represents to me:
1. my grounding in God from day #1 (thanks Mom & Dad and so many more)
2. God's abundant providence, care, and provision for me every day of my life
3. the unbelievable invitation from the King of Glory extended to me to make His purpose my purpose
4. God's assurance that I Am Worthy
The Blue Heron is the base on which I will construct my chakra totem. I'm smiling here, feeling good. And any who know me and my story will agree that well I should be. Dale has no other place to begin than with The Blue Heron.
So I wonder what's next. Red, of course, and the root chakra. But what creature of God's vast kingdom will sit next upon such a fine base as The Blue Heron?
To Life.!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Energy for Life
I haven't been blogging here for a long time. But God is so good, life is so good, I gotta tell the story.
I was talking with a guy today who is 4, maybe 6, years older than me. That puts him in his 70's. He is tired and has no energy.
I thought about that and tried to identify why, even though I'm 67 years old, 40 pounds overweight, have a full time job, and a business on the side, I still have tons of energy (and dreams and schemes).
I came up with these reasons.
1. I sleep well at night - using a CPAP breathing machine for my apnia.
2. I'm happy in my marriage.
3. I do stretching and breathing exercises regularly (learned from Hatha Yoga practice)
4. I use high quality Shaklee vitamin strips daily. The are Absolutely the Best.!!! and Vivix for long life.
5. I live in rural America (God's country). What a privilege. Less stress from congestion, noise, pollution, and over-scheduling.
6. I love Jesus, walk with him a day at a time, and go to my church.
To Life.!
I was talking with a guy today who is 4, maybe 6, years older than me. That puts him in his 70's. He is tired and has no energy.
I thought about that and tried to identify why, even though I'm 67 years old, 40 pounds overweight, have a full time job, and a business on the side, I still have tons of energy (and dreams and schemes).
I came up with these reasons.
1. I sleep well at night - using a CPAP breathing machine for my apnia.
2. I'm happy in my marriage.
3. I do stretching and breathing exercises regularly (learned from Hatha Yoga practice)
4. I use high quality Shaklee vitamin strips daily. The are Absolutely the Best.!!! and Vivix for long life.
5. I live in rural America (God's country). What a privilege. Less stress from congestion, noise, pollution, and over-scheduling.
6. I love Jesus, walk with him a day at a time, and go to my church.
To Life.!
Monday, May 7, 2007
Oprah - It's Easy Being Green
Oh Wow.!!!!! What a deal. No better time to be in the Shaklee family.
Ever since Oprah's EarthDay program, on April 20th, Shaklee's Get Clean Starter Kits (Healthy Home Packs) have been selling off the wall.
Why?
Because after she told about her favorite Shaklee product - Basic H2 - Oprah distributed to everyone in the audience a Shaklee Get Clean kit. And to keep her at-home audience happy as well, she announced the Oprah Special , after which she said, "Please, everyone, just give these green cleaning products a chance. Try them."
The Oprah Special is a 33% discount on the same great Shaklee items given the audience that earth-friendly day. The Oprah Special is available to anyone who buys their kit before May 20. That's $82.oo worth of everywhere-in-the-house-clean for $55.00. And if you buy your kit from a Shaklee distributor (instead of from the link on Oprah's site) you also qualify for a free lifetime Shaklee membership that assures you a 15% discount forever.
Between April 20, when this Oprah EarthDay program aired, and April 30, our Shaklee team alone gave out 229 free Shaklee memberships. If I could give away 100 more memberships and introduce 100 new families to "green cleaning" in the next 10 days...oh, wow!
What if you were to give these green cleaning products a chance?
IMAGINE: Pure Clean that doesn't smell.
Powerful Clean that won't burn your eyes.
Smart Clean that's easy on the pocketbook.
And Safe Clean that isn't a danger to the children.
Call or order online today.
TO LIFE.!
Love and God's Blessing (and a Healthy Home)
Dale
Ever since Oprah's EarthDay program, on April 20th, Shaklee's Get Clean Starter Kits (Healthy Home Packs) have been selling off the wall.
Why?
Because after she told about her favorite Shaklee product - Basic H2 - Oprah distributed to everyone in the audience a Shaklee Get Clean kit. And to keep her at-home audience happy as well, she announced the Oprah Special , after which she said, "Please, everyone, just give these green cleaning products a chance. Try them."
The Oprah Special is a 33% discount on the same great Shaklee items given the audience that earth-friendly day. The Oprah Special is available to anyone who buys their kit before May 20. That's $82.oo worth of everywhere-in-the-house-clean for $55.00. And if you buy your kit from a Shaklee distributor (instead of from the link on Oprah's site) you also qualify for a free lifetime Shaklee membership that assures you a 15% discount forever.
Between April 20, when this Oprah EarthDay program aired, and April 30, our Shaklee team alone gave out 229 free Shaklee memberships. If I could give away 100 more memberships and introduce 100 new families to "green cleaning" in the next 10 days...oh, wow!
What if you were to give these green cleaning products a chance?
IMAGINE: Pure Clean that doesn't smell.
Powerful Clean that won't burn your eyes.
Smart Clean that's easy on the pocketbook.
And Safe Clean that isn't a danger to the children.
Call or order online today.
TO LIFE.!
Love and God's Blessing (and a Healthy Home)
Dale
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Refund Time
Wow, my tax man just called and gave me the good news -- a REFUND. I can't believe it. I thought I would be owing owing owing. So celebrated with Linda and Zauresh tonight. Went to our local steak house which has re-opened after being closed since November. Had a grilled chicken dinner. Then went across the street to the ice cream shop and enjoyed a freshly made soft serve ice cream sandwich. oh, yummy.
Small towns are so cool. Ours is a town of 250 people and except for 5 blocks paved all streets are clay and rock. At the steakhouse, which actually faces one of the paved streets, I was able to go over some committee business with a guy, make plans for next wed, set an appointment for tomorrow to get my hair cut and colored, plan a trip to the next drag strip race in Bethany, agree to do a little counseling for a friend, complimented the steakhouse owner/manager (a dear friend of mine) on the changes made and forthcoming in the steakhouse, and assured a skeptical friend that our house remained dry during the wet wet winter in Iowa.
At the ice cream place we planned the next merchants association meeting, talked about inventing an icecream pie, and discussed the 2007 John L. Lewis Museum brochures.
After that we drove home, a 3-block long drive on clay and mud, and I relaxed at the computer, surfing, emailing, checking my feeds and now updating my blog, to which I have just added some of my favorite links.
The museum opens Sunday, April 15 for 6 months. John L.'s spirit seems to be there, giving hope to the overworked and undervalued laborers in this land of plenty and opportunity, of whom there seem to be more and more. He gave life and hope to many. Jesus gave more. More life. More hope.
God's blessings
TO LIFE.!
Small towns are so cool. Ours is a town of 250 people and except for 5 blocks paved all streets are clay and rock. At the steakhouse, which actually faces one of the paved streets, I was able to go over some committee business with a guy, make plans for next wed, set an appointment for tomorrow to get my hair cut and colored, plan a trip to the next drag strip race in Bethany, agree to do a little counseling for a friend, complimented the steakhouse owner/manager (a dear friend of mine) on the changes made and forthcoming in the steakhouse, and assured a skeptical friend that our house remained dry during the wet wet winter in Iowa.
At the ice cream place we planned the next merchants association meeting, talked about inventing an icecream pie, and discussed the 2007 John L. Lewis Museum brochures.
After that we drove home, a 3-block long drive on clay and mud, and I relaxed at the computer, surfing, emailing, checking my feeds and now updating my blog, to which I have just added some of my favorite links.
The museum opens Sunday, April 15 for 6 months. John L.'s spirit seems to be there, giving hope to the overworked and undervalued laborers in this land of plenty and opportunity, of whom there seem to be more and more. He gave life and hope to many. Jesus gave more. More life. More hope.
God's blessings
TO LIFE.!
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