Happy Easter

Something to think about in these "hard economic times"

(Thanks to my nephew Grant for the blog title...)

Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

Mary and I spent Saturday afternoon at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. Thought others might be interested in the pictures. Feel free to ignore them...my feelings will not be hurt (but Mary will be devastated).

This is a slide show. Click on the display to go to the actual pictures.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives...coming to our favorite 5 star gas station

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives recently filmed at the Chef Point Cafe in Watauga, TX. If you live in Fort Worth you should already know this place. If you have visited us we have probably taken you there. It is my second favorite place to take tourists (Babes Chicken Dinner House is #1).

This episode will air on Monday, April 6th on the Food Network. Don't miss it (and have sympathy on us folks that do not have cable).

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

A (humorous) guide to praying before meals...

Here is another humorous blogpost from "Stuff Christians Like"

Not Knowing Which Meals To Pray Before

The Casserole of Hope

There are a number of blogs I follow on a regular basis. Some are about sports, some about news, and many are humorous (I doubt that surprises anyone that knows me).

Anyway, I recently started following the blog "Stuff Christians Like". It is a guys attempt to "be honest and upfront and hopefully a little funny about the issues the church and Christians struggle with sometimes". He goes on to write that he wants "to say, "Whoa, whoa, please don't judge me or God by Christian radio." I want to admit the times we've dropped the ball on issues or ideas that people called to love their neighbor should have knocked out of the park. I want to blow up misconceptions and preconceptions about what it means to be a Christian."

Anyway, I just read his blog post on "The Casserole of Hope" and thought I had to pass it along". If you grew up in the southern church you will find it humorous. If you didn't, you might find it educational. Either way, you should find it funny. The link is below...

The Casserole of Hope

Taking an Info-Techno Sabbath

It is amazing how much technology has invaded our lives. We recently got a new computer from the Dell Outlet and it included a TV tuner. This allows me to record shows just like a Tivo or other DVR (we don't spend money on cable or satellite so we don't get these tools "free" from them).

Anyway, I have found myself waiting until after a show starts to begin watching it. This allows me to watch it on the computer and fast forward through those pesky commercials (when I become King all commercials will be outlawed...there will just be a periodic restroom break where soothing music is played). I also figured out that if I minimize the TV turner so it only takes up half of the screen space I can open a web browser on the other half. The result is I can watch a show and surf the net at the same time. Even though I wind up watching my selected show on a 5"x5" window the fact that I can multi-task makes it worth it.

On the other half of the screen I might be checking my e-mail, reading the paper or monitoring Facebook ...or possible all three with the tab based browsing available on the Firefox browser. How did I ever get along without these tools...

Unfortunately I have found that I feel out of touch when I watch TV on the main unit downstairs in the living room. Mary teases me that I have become a Facebook addict, but I think I have just become addicted to multi-tasking and Facebook is just a tool that lets me multi-task with many other people at the same time.

Regardless, that is not the point of this post. Earlier this morning I read a blog post about an "Info-Techno Sabbath" and I found it intriguing. I am not yet sure what I think about it, but I thought I would share the article with you folks to consider as well.

Enjoy...

Info-Techno Sabbath

Free Access to the ESV Online Study Bible

A blog post from one of our Worship Pastors...

ESV Study Bible