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lanna
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Saturday, November 18, 2006
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Last weekend, something remarkable happened. Something I have never seen done before. Something I never thought would happen....
My dad read the bible.
My dad had come home from work for the weekend (he works 9 hours away.) He said someone at work had been reciting scripture to everyone about everything. He found his old bible, that he has never really used, and started reading things and having us guess what book it was in. Then he came to Ecclesiastes. He insisted that we read the whole book. He and my mother took turns reading, he mostly. HE said he got a lot out of it. He explained, then sent us to bed.
In the morning, for the first time, he took his bible to work with him.
My mom had called him one night and asked what he had been doing.... "Reading Proverbs " was his reply.
I hope he catches on to this and maybe learns something to teach us, instead of us teaching him. I'm PROUD!
Lanna
My dad read the bible.
My dad had come home from work for the weekend (he works 9 hours away.) He said someone at work had been reciting scripture to everyone about everything. He found his old bible, that he has never really used, and started reading things and having us guess what book it was in. Then he came to Ecclesiastes. He insisted that we read the whole book. He and my mother took turns reading, he mostly. HE said he got a lot out of it. He explained, then sent us to bed.
In the morning, for the first time, he took his bible to work with him.
My mom had called him one night and asked what he had been doing.... "Reading Proverbs " was his reply.
I hope he catches on to this and maybe learns something to teach us, instead of us teaching him. I'm PROUD!
Lanna
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW...
I'm studing it now. My mom wants me to since I want to audition for the play that the local privet school is presenting. I want to be a shrew.
To study it yourself, go to http://www.sparknotes.com and from there you can easily get to it. That site is loaded with awesome stuff.
(The school always makes their Shakespeares family friendly.)
Lanna
I'm studing it now. My mom wants me to since I want to audition for the play that the local privet school is presenting. I want to be a shrew.
To study it yourself, go to http://www.sparknotes.com and from there you can easily get to it. That site is loaded with awesome stuff.
(The school always makes their Shakespeares family friendly.)
Lanna
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Killer Media~or not?
In this day and age the media, (music, TV shows, movies, magazines.....) show people how to live life. From childhood until adulthood, the media has us covered. We may not know it, but we are being told what to do, think, and say by the media.
You may ask some simple questions about this statement, such as:
"How is this possible?"
or
"How can we change this? "
I will answer one question at a time.
1) Q. How is this possible?
A. We, the people, subject ourselves to a lot of television and music. These are two things almost nobody can escape from. Everyone watches TV. Everyone listens to music. Everyone does these things everyday. Almost everything the media puts into those shows and songs are not clean for the mind and soul.
You watch and listen to things that tell you how to dress, behave, take care of your body and self......the list goes on....and on.....and on......and so forth.
How do we stop being fed by the media?
Well, there is an alternative!
Now we venture to question 2 (drum roll please!)
2) Q. How can we change this?
A. Just this, go jump of a large bridge! Run across the US barefoot singing "KILLER MEDIA! SAVE YOURSELF!" Sing the national anthem backwards while burping the alphabet from the top of the Empire State Building! MAKE YOUR POINT! You'll get America's attention! You'll see.
NO! STOP! WAIT! I was just kidding, come sit back down. There's more.
Okay, so we have observed one smart, yet expensive way to stop this media problem. Let's venture another, shall we?
How about simply change your media resources? Changing your CD collection from Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys to singers and bands like Jars of Clay, Nichole Nordeman, Switchfoot, Newsboys, Big Daddy Weave, Starfield.......whom dedicate their lives to providing uplifting music. They sing about Christian meanings and/or the deeper meanings of life. They sound just as good. You can find just about ANY style of music in this form. There are even Christian bands and singers whom have put out entire CDs about God without once saying anything about God! Like they don't mention his name or anything. They just get to the point! I like that kind of music, strait to the point.
Read movie reviews before watching them. A good place to visit is http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/ They have a thing called "MORAL RATING" that does just that, rates the morals.
Also, cut down on TV altogether. Cut down a little at a time. Keep yourself busy with other things. You can still watch TV, just not as much. Then that way you cut down on the amount of media you see. (Disney and Nick are terrible. They are bad media loaded.)
So, you see, the world could be a better place without the bad media, BUT that's not happening today, so we'll just start with one at a time.
QUESTIONS????
Lanna
In this day and age the media, (music, TV shows, movies, magazines.....) show people how to live life. From childhood until adulthood, the media has us covered. We may not know it, but we are being told what to do, think, and say by the media.
You may ask some simple questions about this statement, such as:
"How is this possible?"
or
"How can we change this? "
I will answer one question at a time.
1) Q. How is this possible?
A. We, the people, subject ourselves to a lot of television and music. These are two things almost nobody can escape from. Everyone watches TV. Everyone listens to music. Everyone does these things everyday. Almost everything the media puts into those shows and songs are not clean for the mind and soul.
You watch and listen to things that tell you how to dress, behave, take care of your body and self......the list goes on....and on.....and on......and so forth.
How do we stop being fed by the media?
Well, there is an alternative!
Now we venture to question 2 (drum roll please!)
2) Q. How can we change this?
A. Just this, go jump of a large bridge! Run across the US barefoot singing "KILLER MEDIA! SAVE YOURSELF!" Sing the national anthem backwards while burping the alphabet from the top of the Empire State Building! MAKE YOUR POINT! You'll get America's attention! You'll see.
NO! STOP! WAIT! I was just kidding, come sit back down. There's more.
Okay, so we have observed one smart, yet expensive way to stop this media problem. Let's venture another, shall we?
How about simply change your media resources? Changing your CD collection from Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys to singers and bands like Jars of Clay, Nichole Nordeman, Switchfoot, Newsboys, Big Daddy Weave, Starfield.......whom dedicate their lives to providing uplifting music. They sing about Christian meanings and/or the deeper meanings of life. They sound just as good. You can find just about ANY style of music in this form. There are even Christian bands and singers whom have put out entire CDs about God without once saying anything about God! Like they don't mention his name or anything. They just get to the point! I like that kind of music, strait to the point.
Read movie reviews before watching them. A good place to visit is http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/ They have a thing called "MORAL RATING" that does just that, rates the morals.
Also, cut down on TV altogether. Cut down a little at a time. Keep yourself busy with other things. You can still watch TV, just not as much. Then that way you cut down on the amount of media you see. (Disney and Nick are terrible. They are bad media loaded.)
So, you see, the world could be a better place without the bad media, BUT that's not happening today, so we'll just start with one at a time.
QUESTIONS????
Lanna
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