Weekly Wonderings & Wanderings
This entry was posted on 1/26/2009 8:46 AM and is filed under Weekly Wonderings.
It's a cold Monday morning in Music City (notice the alliteration!).
Off we go into the wide world of wonderings and wanderings (more alliteration!).
Five Best Things from the Past Week:
- We got great news from Laura's heart doctor - no serious concerns!
- The season premier of LOST...whoa!
- Finishing the remodeling of Laura's new home office.
- The weather broke - and I got in 18 holes of golf!
- Continued Bible study in the book of James (great job Terry!)
Five Worst Things from the Past Week:
- The lack of quality sports programming on TV...ugh!
- Moving furniture around (at 1AM!).
- Continued Bible study in the book of James (This book smacks me right in the teeth...I love it...but I don't LIKE it. See the C.S. Lewis quote below about his dislike of a certain portion of Scripture...then you will get my drift here!)
- The 100-0 drubbing that Covenant School in Dallas put on Dallas Academy. The aftermath got the Covenant coach fired. My best friend from High School actually teaches English & Theology at the Covenant School (he's not associated with the team in any way). It's a really great school...gotta hate the bad publicity.
- The Predators...demonstrating how poorly a professional team can play hockey!
Quote of the Week:
Someone once cricitized C. S. Lewis for “not caring for the Sermon on the Mount.” This was his reply:
“As to ‘caring for’ the Sermon on the Mount, if ‘caring for’ here means ‘liking’ or enjoying, I suppose no one ‘cares for’ it. Who can like being knocked flat on his face by a sledge hammer? I can hardly imagine a more deadly spiritual condition than that of a man who can read that passage with tranquil pleasure.”
Bible Passage of the Week:
James 1:26-27
"If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
After all of my striving and "religious" efforts...talk about being knocked flat on my face by a sledge hammer!
What I'm Reading Today:
- Right Now - "The Appeal" - John Grisham
- Just Finished - "Extreme Measures" - Vince Flynn
- Next in Line - ...not sure...maybe a classic...we'll see!
