Time

As many of you know I rejected Television several years ago. We currently do not have a TV in our home. Although we do own one that we keep at the ranch and occasionally bring home to watch a movie 3-4 times a year. I have come to realize that Television has become a huge problem in our society. People avoid socialization to get home to their "favorite show" and what does our entertainment say about our faith. Does it draw us closer to God? My goal for this next year is to read more, write more and do more. My challenge for you is to attempt going 2 months without a TV in your home. I mean zero television. If you are recoiling at the idea and saying to yourself "I don't watch that much TV" Try it. If it is not that important that two months will be no big deal. If it is a big deal then why not start the New Year on a path to a more vibrant life.

I recommend two months because it takes one month to get over the withdrawl pains and another to find something to do with all that time and energy. Seriously Try it what is two months? What are your giving up? Not to mention think of what you could do with that $50 a month cable bill.

3rd time is the charm

Ok I know three posts in a day is a bit excessive but this is news that just cannot wait. The great one Dr. Wallace Roark has entered the blogosphere. Please check out the link in my link section below. If you know who Dr. Roark is then you are already excited and probably not reading this sentence. For those of you who do not. Sit back engage your mind and be prepared to be educated. And if anyone knows how to fix my template to move the infor back up to the top let me know. I did something wrong and the code is all gibberish to me.

Hunting

So I realize there is no such thing as the perfect church but why do I seem to be drawn to the highly dysfunctional ones? I have always had issues with the KJV only fundenmentalism our church is established on, but I simply felt it was where God wanted me to serve. Recently however our leadership has begun heavily pushing numbers. Publishing the weekly attendence and tithe broken down by SS class. I was not happy with this but kept my mouth shut, now we have also begun getting numerical goals for each class. So finally I expressed my concern and in true Pharsiee fashion was told that numbers represent souls so if I did not care about numbers I did not care about souls. Shorthly after this conversation I was called to the Pastors office and informed that my teaching in the Adult II SS class was no longer needed. Then to top it off I was informed that my wife needed to dress nicer at church. So needless to say we have begun looking for a new church. I want someplace that believes and teaches consistently with scripture but that still loves people. Whay is that balance so hard to find. It seems that the churches that love people reject the Word and the churches that love the Word reject people.