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Mondays

They are a funny old day for a pastor.
Many people don’t realise the emotional and spiritual toll that Sunday can take on Pastors.
That is not a whinge, plenty of people have demanding jobs.

But Mondays for me, lately at least, have become a real ‘blah’ day.
Normally they are my wife and my date day….which is just superb. Two kids at school, most people at work, some precious time together. But Melinda’s schedhule with assignments and womens conference has meant that has not happened, so I am left with the day to myself.

I don’t really like that on Mondays, cause part of me wants to go to work, and another part tells me I should take the day off.
I either go to work, or I stay at home or whatever, and end up doing some work at home….

An evangelical theology of ‘crap’

Quite frankly, this is one of the best articles I have ever read.

“Conservative evangelical Christians have long been known for shunning all sorts of behavior considered by others to be morally neutral or enjoyable. Whether it’s drinking alcoholic beverages,1 smoking tobacco products,2 playing cards,3 going to movie theatres,4 dancing,5 or even drinking coffee,6 “fundamentalist”7 Christians are often viewed by outsiders as having a God who is not only a white-clad, frowning prude, but also a “Cosmic Killjoy.”

“Although many liberal scholars and non-Christians believe the Bible is full of crap,16 there’s actually only one place where the word occurs, though it is often scooped up or covered over by modern English translations.”

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H/t Finkelde

Advertising needs to be honest, otherwise people get upset

I get lots of emails from different people….stuff I have subscribed for.
Here are two examples from the last couple of days which I think is dumb advertising.

1. A Christian Multi-Media company sends out a mass email, ‘Free Loops’. Cool I think, they sometimes do give away free stuff. A company like ‘Sermonspice’ give a free one away a month, and of course ‘Muddy River Media’ give away all their stuff for free.
Only problem is that this company (no names no pack drill) is not giving anything away. If you purchase a mpeg pack, for about $45 US (rip off for stuff I could make myself) then you get a loop. That is not free…..that is bad PR

2. 1-Day send out a mass email advertising Nintendo Wi cheap price. Only problem is, I logged on before it was even for sale…waited till it came up, and they were sold out, already. How could that happen? It looks to me like they one for sale, and some lucky joker got that one, and the rest of us missed out. Its just trying to get people to their website…but its dumb advertising because all they do is upset and dissapoint a whole heap of their customers.