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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Career Class Cleans Community Center
A large group from the career ABF showed up at 8 this morning to help sweep the Community Center. A good (and dusty) time was had by all and it was great to be able to serve in this way. We then went for a delicious brunch at the Cracker Barrel.
Ben-Hur (Part 1)
A couple of Sundays ago I had some time in the church library after my membership interview. In my search for a good book to read, I came across "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace. When I saw the title, I chose it right away for several reasons:
1) Lew Wallace was a Hoosier, born in Brookville (near Cincinnati, OH) and spending much of his life in Indianapolis and Crawfordsville. The book was the best-selling novel of the 19th century.
2) The book is a favorite of the pastor of the church I attended in Connecticut. He's even written a sequel.
3) I saw the movie (1959 starring Charlton Heston) a couple of years ago and really liked it.
I've passed the 100 page mark (out of 500) and the book has not disappointed. It is not a quick reading book, as the author writes in a very descriptive style that requires a lot of thought. I can understand why my previous pastor likes it so much. Here is a segment taken from when the wise men arrive to see Jesus:
The apartment was lighted by a lantern enough to enable the strangers to find the mother, and the child awake in her lap.
"Is the child thine?" asked Balthasar of Mary.
And she who had kept all the things in the least affecting the little one, and pondered them in her heart, held it up in the light, saying, "He is my son!"
And they fell down and worshipped him.
They saw the child was as other children: about its head was neither nimbus nor material crown; its lips opened not in speech; if it heard their expressions of joy, their invocations, their prayers, it made no sign whatever, but, baby-like, looked longer at the flame in the lantern than at them.
In a little while they arose, and, returning to the camels, brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and laid them before the child, abating nothing of their worshipful speeches; of which no part is given, for the thoughtful know that the pure worship of the pure heart was then what it is now, and has always been, an inspired song.
And this was the Saviour they had come so far to find!
Yet they worshipped without a doubt.
1) Lew Wallace was a Hoosier, born in Brookville (near Cincinnati, OH) and spending much of his life in Indianapolis and Crawfordsville. The book was the best-selling novel of the 19th century.
2) The book is a favorite of the pastor of the church I attended in Connecticut. He's even written a sequel.
3) I saw the movie (1959 starring Charlton Heston) a couple of years ago and really liked it.
I've passed the 100 page mark (out of 500) and the book has not disappointed. It is not a quick reading book, as the author writes in a very descriptive style that requires a lot of thought. I can understand why my previous pastor likes it so much. Here is a segment taken from when the wise men arrive to see Jesus:
The apartment was lighted by a lantern enough to enable the strangers to find the mother, and the child awake in her lap.
"Is the child thine?" asked Balthasar of Mary.
And she who had kept all the things in the least affecting the little one, and pondered them in her heart, held it up in the light, saying, "He is my son!"
And they fell down and worshipped him.
They saw the child was as other children: about its head was neither nimbus nor material crown; its lips opened not in speech; if it heard their expressions of joy, their invocations, their prayers, it made no sign whatever, but, baby-like, looked longer at the flame in the lantern than at them.
In a little while they arose, and, returning to the camels, brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and laid them before the child, abating nothing of their worshipful speeches; of which no part is given, for the thoughtful know that the pure worship of the pure heart was then what it is now, and has always been, an inspired song.
And this was the Saviour they had come so far to find!
Yet they worshipped without a doubt.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Purdue Basketball Party
Date: Saturday, Feb. 10
Time: Noon
Location: Matt and Eric's place
Event: Purdue Basketball Game on TV (check the schedule to see who the opponent is.... I'll give you one guess)
Let me know if you can make it.
Time: Noon
Location: Matt and Eric's place
Event: Purdue Basketball Game on TV (check the schedule to see who the opponent is.... I'll give you one guess)
Let me know if you can make it.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Random Photos
Here are a couple of photos.... One sent to me by a friend. The other posted in response to GKnees comment about wishing she could have seem Seema in the snow.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Snow at Last!!!
I was excited to see a few flakes starting to fall outside my office window around 9:30 this morning. These were just the first flakes of what would end up being about half-a-foot of snow over the course of the day. I must confess that, as a meteorologist and snow lover at heart, I probably spent about as much time today looking out the window at the snow and checking out the latest radar image as I did actually working. And then there was the walk in the snow with two of my co-workers later this afternoon. We were pretty well frozen by the time we got back to the office.
My love for the snow was slightly reduced as I navigated the streets on the drive home, but besides fishtailing a few times and sliding around a few turns, it wasn't all that bad. My boss had a 6:15 PM flight out of Indy; I absolutely did not envy him as he left the office at 3:00 to head out into the snow to the airport... I'm sure he will have a story to tell about that drive when he returns.
Ohio State defeats Michigan
I wasn't planning on blogging about Ohio State basketball yet again tonight since I didn't have the privilege of seeing them in person this evening. However, as I was standing there contemplating on what to blog about Eric said something to the effect of, "Why not blog about Ohio State beating Michigan? That way Wendy will know." Then I got to thinking that was a pretty good idea, especially since it was that "Team up North" that the Buckeyes beat. So, for those of you who didn't see the game on ESPN this evening (I'm guessing just about all of you), Ohio State defeated UM 76-63. GO BUCKEYES!!!!!
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