Merry Christmas…and…I’m sorry if you watch this

My wife went to go get her hair done and I decided to do this:

Really, I am sorry.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Yeah…this is one of those weekends that just seems to keep going. Just when it seems like it’s time to go back to work in the morning…

Ah.  It’s only Saturday afternoon!  (Don’t you love that?)

Has anyone seen The Blind Side yet?  This movie starring Sandra Bullock?

Some friends on twitter over the weekend told me:

MalachiCrane

@johnnymornings dude just watched it. Awesome!!!

joshlauritch

@johnnymornings just saw the blind side today. awesome movie! really good.

ShannonSteele

@johnnymornings incredible movie! and im a tough critic of films. enjoy

mlbfan81

@johnnymornings Haven’t seen “The Blind Side” yet, but it looks REALLY good! Hope to see it b4 it leaves the theater.

And balance that of course with mainstream critics who say the acting is good but the message is weak.  Of course, what they mean is that the movie isn’t full of junk and actually pushes a decent view of the world and positive stuff.  I’m definitely looking forward to this one.

Cooler than…well, this is just cool.

This is one of the only things that has appeared on an electronic screen of any kind that has truly made me laugh out loud in a long time.

Happy Thanksgiving.

You can be thankful for this laugh you’re about to have:

Culture is strikin’ out, baby… (and what I’m thankful for)

Yep, pop culture has been striking out bigtime in my book lately…

I usually just ignore the junk in the media.  It’s hard to believe I actually used to work for a radio station owned by a company which was dedicated to getting people to voice their outrage against bad things that happen in the media…call your senators, etc.  Not saying they are bad people, just saying that’s not how I typically respond.

You’ve probably seen the way culture has been striking out lately:

1. Adam Lambert’s ridiculous performance at the American Music Awards which included stuff like this:’

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. And cool tweet from Matthew West I read this morning:

matthew_west

I’m thankful for Christian radio. I turned on pop radio and heard Britney’s new song, “3.” The lyric? “Living in sin is the new thing..”

matthew_west

Seriously? I have a 3 yr who can pick up the lyrics of any song, and thanks for Christian radio in our car, she won’t be singing that song!!

Yep, the pop princess is at it again.  Not that shocking, but it leads me to my next point:

I’m thankful for Christian radio. Not just as a job, but as a positive, Christian media outlet.  No, it’s not perfect or always done very well, but it’s nice to have, and I do appreciate being a part of it.

Baptisms!

So my friend Scott, along with 719 other people, got baptized at Parkview Church in Orland Park (and Lockport) over the weekend.  Scott’s life, I believe, was changed, and I have no doubt the same is true of all the others’ who made that decision as well.

Pastor Tim Harlow from Parkview was one of the people performing the baptisms and was just elated to have such great events happening at the church over the weekend.  He was on the morning show and had some great things to share:

To read more about why baptism is a great choice for a Christ-follower, check out Tim’s blog

http://www.shine.fm/mornings
http://www.parkviewchurch.com

Others May, You Cannot

In commemmorating Orphan Sunday yesterday (and National Adoption Month) I came across this excellent challenge for Christ followers:

OTHERS MAY: YOU CANNOT
-by G. D. Watson (1845-1924).

If God has called you to be really like Jesus He will draw you into a life
of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands of obedience,
that you will not be able to follow other people, or measure yourself by
other Christians, and in many ways He will seem to let other people do
things which He will not let you do.

Other Christians and ministers who seem very religious and useful, may
push themselves, pull wires, and work schemes to carry out their plans,
but you cannot do it, and if you attempt it, you will meet with such
failure and rebuke from the Lord as to make you sorely penitent.

Others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their successes, of
their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such
thing, and if you begin it, He will lead you into some deep mortification
that will make you despise yourself and all your good works.

Others may be allowed to succeed in making money, or may have a legacy
left to them, but it is likely God will keep you poor, because He wants
you to have something far better than gold, namely, a helpless dependence
upon Him, that He may have the privilege of supplying your needs day by
day out of an unseen treasury.

The Lord may let others be honored and put forward, and keep you hidden
in obscurity, because He wants to produce some choice fragrant fruit for
His coming glory, which can only be produced in the shade.  He may let
others be great, but keep you small.  He may let others do a work for Him
and get the credit for it, but He will make you work and toil on without
knowing how much you are doing; and then to make your work still more
precious He may let others get credit for the work which you have done,
and thus make your reward ten times greater when Jesus comes.

The Holy Spirit will put a strict watch over you, with a jealous love, and
will rebuke you for little words and feelings or for wasting your time,
which other Christians never feel distressed over. So make up your mind
that God is an Infinitely Sovereign Being, and has a right to do as He
pleases with His own.  He may not explain to you a thousand things which
puzzle your reason in His dealings with you, but if you absolutely sell
yourself to be His love slave, He will wrap you up in Jealous Love, and
bestow upon you many blessings which come only to those who are in the
inner circle.

Settle it forever, then that you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit,
and that He is to have the privilege of tying your tongue, or
chaining your hand, or closing your eyes, in ways that He does not seem
to use with others.  Now, when you are so possessed with the living God
that you are, in your secret heart, pleased and delighted over this
peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and management
of the Holy Spirit over your life, then you will have found the vestibule
of Heaven.

Good bloggers and bad bloggers, and nonbloggers

Good bloggers actually blog and use their site, bad ones are “bad about updating” the page, and nonbloggers waste the bandwidth and storage in cyberspace by creating a page, writing a couple random things for a week, and then never return.

A good blogger would have an update on their page of November 3 or November 4

A bad blogger would have their latest post in August

A nonblogger started his blog in April of 2005 and hasn’t returned.

I think I’m a bad blogger, even though I started this page being annoyed by “bads” and “nons.” But it is tough as life goes through seasons.

I hope you’re doing well.

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Idol Worship and stuff

One of the folks I’ve mentioned that I listen to is Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle.

Natalie and I DVR’d his interview segment on last night’s Nightline having to do with what our modern day idols are. If you listen to Driscoll, you know he understands and teaches the importance of recognizing and the ridding of your life from idolatry in all of its forms. This is a great segment…check it out and I’d really love to hear your thoughts…and if you’re honest, what your idols are. One of mine would be simply…living life with comfort and pleasure. How about you?

American Idol Worship

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I Sang

But I shouldn’t have. This was such a bad idea.