Why can’t we, as Christians, start caring about a person rather than thier choices in books, movies, sexuality, smoking, clothing, hair color, music, piercings, tattoos, drinking, and lord knows what else.
I’m willing to bet our quickness to condemn weighs a lot more than any other aforementioned “sins” on the scale of explanation.
If we can’t be an example of love above anything else, the future of Christianity is looking pretty bleak.
I had lunch with a friend of mine today at a “D” rated burger joint, I have been informed that it stands for “Delicious”. Right…
During that lunch I was reminded what fragile people we are. We all hurt…maybe on different levels, always from different experiences. Eventually we turn that hurt into a dependence…maybe it’s a relationship, a friendship, a career, a substance…maybe it’s even an activity (myspace anyone?). We all pour our trust into this “thing” hoping it will make us happy, finally. I’m convinced that on some level and no matter how small or big our hurt is…we do this. And eventually this relationship or friendship or video game ends or fails us in some way….it always will.
What happens then? What happens when there is nothing to turn to and we have to look it in the face and deal with it?
I believe beautiful things happen. I believe horrible things happen.
I think today was a start of a beautiful thing for my friend. Please pray that he can make a distinction between an “appearance Christian” and a true follower of Jesus Christ. Please pray that he can see the family in the church rather than the politics in the church. Please pray as he learns to put his trust in God..into something that won’t end, into something that won’t fail him.
bangs. Not too sure about them yet.
Oh, and I guess it’s a new color for you guys too since I havn’t posted about that yet. I’m really digging the color. Took me a while though. =)
Just sent my “application” in for good ‘ol RCC. Hoping to get into the cosmo program this next spring semester. God. I don’t even know if I want to do it. I know, I know. I’m half way done and I might as well just finish it. I’ve taken almost a two year break and I probably only have 6-7 months left to finish up. It’s just……do I really want to do this as a career?
Not really.
I need a pro’s and con’s list.
Pro’s:
Con’s:
I guess what I really need to know is this: If I don’t end up going back to school, that doesn’t make me a failure.
Sorry if I’m confusing y’all. I’m going to finish up my cosmo courses, there really isn’t any question on that. I just want to make sure my reasons are pure. I don’t want to be going back just because that’s what I “should” be doing. I don’t want my reason for returning to be because my parents are pressuring me or that I’m sick of the “So, what classes are you taking right now?” question and having to be embarrassed when I answer that I’m not even enrolled right now. I need my reason to be because I want to go back.
And my reason seems to be lost in the fog right now.
On a lighter note…is the “Across the Universe” soundtrack missing some major tunes on it? Or am I just crazy?
which came attached to a new laptop. =) And by “I”, I mean my parents.
here is my best “nobody understands how hard it is to be me” blogger webcam shot:
Not one person could guess my costume last night…I was even wearing purple tights!!!!
I went to a youth workers conference for work this last weekend in San Diego (and stayed one step ahead of the fires on the way home…).
But, anyways I got to take my BEAUTIFUL niece Sarah with me and we spent some quality time jumping on hotel beds, covering up creepy girl in blue dress painting, freaking out when we thought that creepy girl in blue dress was haunting us (tv’s do NOT turn on by themselves!! and drawers don’t open on their own either!!). We slobbered over Family Force 5 twice ( I totally kinda met them!!!!!) and I decided that “Fatty”, as he as known in the band, is a MAN and I will marry him. I saw Phil Wickham for, like, the twenty millionth time this year, and can you believe he didn’t pick me out of 4,000 people and say hi to me?! because Lord knows he remembers me!! riiiiiight….
Anyways here is an outtake of us right before a Hawk Nelson show where they totally admitted that they aren’t evern remotely talented/good! At least they know it….
On other news, my hair is flaming red. New pictures to come soon…ummm, oh yes. I believe I will be Addison from “Grey’s Anatomy” for Halloween this year. Just gotta work on my Beotch face.
I have seen these bands:
And I really only LIKE a few of them. “Thank you” Christian Youth Conference Events for mutiple viewings of Hawk Nelson and a lovely performance by KJ 52, “thank you”.
Before you click on this blog I came across today, please be warned that it links to a disturbing and slightly offensive picture. Although saying that probably just made it that much more tempting.
Anyways, “No Anorexia” is the new campaign released by the Italian fashion brand “NOLITA”. The subject is a girl who has been suffering from anorexia for quite some time. The images used are an explicit look at the way the disease deteriorates the body. Oliviero Toscani, creator of the campaign, had this to say:
“I’ve been looking into the problem of anorexia for years. Who’s responsible? Communication in general? Television? Fashion? So it’s very interesting that in the end a fashion company has understood the problem, and with full awareness has found the courage to take the risk that this campaign involves.”
Hmmm. I love the idea of taking a stand against the un-realistic body expectations that the media portrays….but, I’m not too sure that their intentions are pure. I mean if the idea is to bring awareness against the dangers of anorexia, high five…but if Mr. Toscani was really “looking into the problem of anorexia for years”, I don’t think he would have waited around for a clothing company to take up the cause (which lets be honest, is using the controversy to up sales).
What do you think?
