I just added six to my collection. Some of them have an Easter theme.
Here’s one of them:
So, bless a friend (or two) with one of them!
My Greeting Cards
Soul and Spirit
Roths in Winston
"We always want to give to people that need help."
So this evening I looked at a Google Alert I got for the word Mennonite. Most of the time there’s little to nothing of interest to me in these Alerts.
But I saw David Roth, 10, and Winston (Oregon) mentioned. He’s my cousins’ son!
So I “had” to chase down the article: Read it all
Of Beauty and Ashes
Hey, I just noticed I didn’t change the time for this blog last month! So since the official time change, my posts have been showing two hours earlier than they should have been. What?! I must have adjusted something wrong longer ago. Hang on a bit…I gotta fix that…thanks.
Well, of beauty and ashes…
Debtor, Beware!
I came across this site earlier this morning while checking out a WordPress theme: Short-Term Loans 101.
Here’s a bit from their intro:
| If you’re thinking about getting a short-term loan, be sure to do your research — short-term loans are extremely dangerous — short-term loans cause long-term destruction.
That’s where we come in. Armed with this website, you don’t have to become another statistic — we can help you make the right decision. We’re not affiliated with any short-term loan lender. This website will teach you everything you need to know, whether you’re looking for business short-term loans or payday short term loans. Advice, resources, links and profiles of lenders – it’s all here. Make sure to read up before you get the loan. |
Message to Law Enforcement
Thank you!
When I saw these five officers in this picture:
I thought of these four on the other side of the country:
So, to the living: Thanks again!
And to the families and friends and colleagues of those killed in action in Oakland (and elsewhere): A special thanks to you as well. May you find God’s comfort, peace, and courage.
Heart Warmers
Toddler caught after falling 3 stories
| Two men were being hailed as heroes by police on Monday for catching a toddler who fell 40 feet from a home's third-story window.
Robert Lemire told the North-Andover Mass. Eagle-Tribune newspaper that he was talking on his cell phone Sunday evening outside a pizza shop in Lawrence, about 25 miles north of Boston, when he saw the toddler dangling from a window across the street. |
Inmates baby-sit tot found alone on highway
| A prison work crew kept a toddler safe after the child was found wandering alone on a rural highway, Maryland authorities said.
The six minimum-security inmates shared their lunches with the boy and played with him, while authorities spent hours trying to locate the 2-year-old’s relatives, a correction officer said. |
Thank you, Lord, for good news!
SEND: Don’t Be Dumb
Please, please!
Cell phone or email or blog or Facebook or MySpace or Twitter or whatever: Beware the Send Button!
“The moment you push ‘send,’
the damage is done.”
the damage is done.”
The link will take you to the tragic story about Jessica Logan, who took a non-clothes cell photo of herself and sent it to her boyfriend. In a terrible cascade of forwards and resends, hundreds (if not thousands) of people received it. And Jessica was verbally pummeled face-to-face as well as via phone, text, email, Facebook, MySpace, and who knows what other medium.
Things like this make me mad. And sad.
Our technology allows us to do so much dumb (and worse) stuff on a whim. And regret later.
She did something very foolish in taking that photo of herself. She compounded her error by texting that photo to someone else. At that point, a character flaw or a bad attitude or a wrongly-entered recipient or a wrong key pressed or another foolish choice — and the original recipient sent it on.
And the process was repeated. And repeated. And repeated.
Have you learned the lesson now?
Message to Albert and Cynthia Logan: May you find comforting grace in Jesus Christ. As a dad, father-in-law, and grandpa, my heart aches for your daughter…and for you. I’m sorry. 😥