I have an exam in 7 days.
I have just found out season 3 of Lost has started and 4 episodes are now available.
Need I say more?
Crisis, crisis, crisis
Monday, October 30, 2006
Sunday, October 22, 2006
My guilty pleasure
I have a confession to make...
I love Fear Factor.
I know it's corny.
I know it deliberately
I know it shameless picks good looking women and makes them do swimsuit necessary challenges.
I know.
But i love it!
I even planned my dinner break from writing my essay to coincide with Fear Factor last night.
My name is Ruth and I'm a 'fear factor'oholic.
I love Fear Factor.
I know it's corny.
I know it deliberately
I know it shameless picks good looking women and makes them do swimsuit necessary challenges.
I know.
But i love it!
I even planned my dinner break from writing my essay to coincide with Fear Factor last night.
My name is Ruth and I'm a 'fear factor'oholic.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Great connect group
What a great connect group I am a part of!
I love those who seek truth, and question in order to understand.
What a good night tonight was - you are all legends!
I love those who seek truth, and question in order to understand.
What a good night tonight was - you are all legends!
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Continuing the "does God want you to be rich" conversation
Well first of all - great comments on the previous post which referenced the Time article.
Laura made a really good point in the comments which I have been dwelling on for a while, and I have also just returned from a conference at which one of the speakers made a comment which was rather provocative - particularly with regard to what we had been talking about.
I totally agree that we need to start giving out of the little we have. In fact, most charities like the Red Shield Appeal find that the richer suburbs are often the least generous.
One of the speakers at conference said that there is nothing we can do to help others if we don't have money/resources. I disagreed at first, but then he went on to explain... we cannot send a letter of encouragement as we need to pay for the paper and postage stamp. We cannot call them as we need to pay for the phone call. We cannot go and visit them as we need to pay for the petrol.
And I started to think he was right. While money is not the only thing necessary to help others, without it, we can't really do anything. We can't even survive ourselves in order to help others.
Even Mother Theresa would have needed financial support for her own needs - the place she lived, the sheets for her bed, the food she ate etc and also which allowed her to live and care for people, to feed them, to give them medicine and shelter....
I'm still thinking and dwelling on this and value your thoughts.
Laura made a really good point in the comments which I have been dwelling on for a while, and I have also just returned from a conference at which one of the speakers made a comment which was rather provocative - particularly with regard to what we had been talking about.
I totally agree that we need to start giving out of the little we have. In fact, most charities like the Red Shield Appeal find that the richer suburbs are often the least generous.
One of the speakers at conference said that there is nothing we can do to help others if we don't have money/resources. I disagreed at first, but then he went on to explain... we cannot send a letter of encouragement as we need to pay for the paper and postage stamp. We cannot call them as we need to pay for the phone call. We cannot go and visit them as we need to pay for the petrol.
And I started to think he was right. While money is not the only thing necessary to help others, without it, we can't really do anything. We can't even survive ourselves in order to help others.
Even Mother Theresa would have needed financial support for her own needs - the place she lived, the sheets for her bed, the food she ate etc and also which allowed her to live and care for people, to feed them, to give them medicine and shelter....
I'm still thinking and dwelling on this and value your thoughts.
Worst Slurpee ever
Tryed to get a slurpee after Fusion last night - cause when you feel like a slurpee, there's not much else that satisfies.
Maccas at Brookside couldn't sell me on - they're not allowed to at the moment cause they don't taste very good. Go figure!
So we went to the service station on Samford Rd. Big mistake.
So the moral of the story is - don't buy a slurpee from the service station on Samford Road. It's not just worth it.
Maccas at Brookside couldn't sell me on - they're not allowed to at the moment cause they don't taste very good. Go figure!
So we went to the service station on Samford Rd. Big mistake.
So the moral of the story is - don't buy a slurpee from the service station on Samford Road. It's not just worth it.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
A great approach to spiritual warefare
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Dangerous Blessings - LeadershipJournal.net
What great timing..
There is a really good article I just read today about how we deal with money and blessing!
Dangerous Blessings - LeadershipJournal.net
There is a really good article I just read today about how we deal with money and blessing!
Dangerous Blessings - LeadershipJournal.net
Monday, October 02, 2006
To those who love Roland
I need to find a temporary home for Rolly in couple of weeks so he leaves Melody alone for the 2-3 weeks he would otherwise find her VERY attractive.
If you have a doggy proof backyard, and would be interested in doggy-sitting, let me know!
If you have a doggy proof backyard, and would be interested in doggy-sitting, let me know!
And it's back
Here's a debate that doesn't go away for long....
Let's kill people who are sick, disabled, less than perfect... they are an economic, emotional and resources drain...
Whoops sorry - it's about compassion and dignity.
While in some ways I am sure that some people who jump on the euthanasia bandwagon do so out of a basic premise of what they would term compassion, they seem to lack the ability to either extrapolate what they are advocating, or to learn from past history - or even current events.
What starts as 'let's only allow euthanasia to those who are in their last few weeks, and are in terrible pain', becomes - let's allow anyone who is suffering to get doctors to help them end their life. And then, just as happened in Holland, an otherwise healthy, 26 year old woman, suffering from depression, could ask her doctor to kill her - and he did.
Those who support euthanasia - also erroneously termed 'death with dignity' are in fact being incredibly insulting to those in our society who suffer from disabilities.
Their premise is that life is unbearable and not worth living once your body fails you to a point and you have the extreme indignity of others having to look after your bodily functions.
What message does this send to those who suffer disabilities and need personal care? Is their life inherently undignified and worth ending...? Are we suggesting it is perhaps immoral for those people NOT to choose to end their life because of the pressure they place on family and friends, and the time, money and energy needed to care for them?
This could be any of us, at any time. We are only one accident away from living this way. And it is inherently wrong for someone to suggest we would be better dead, than having someone clean us.
Let's kill people who are sick, disabled, less than perfect... they are an economic, emotional and resources drain...
Whoops sorry - it's about compassion and dignity.
While in some ways I am sure that some people who jump on the euthanasia bandwagon do so out of a basic premise of what they would term compassion, they seem to lack the ability to either extrapolate what they are advocating, or to learn from past history - or even current events.
What starts as 'let's only allow euthanasia to those who are in their last few weeks, and are in terrible pain', becomes - let's allow anyone who is suffering to get doctors to help them end their life. And then, just as happened in Holland, an otherwise healthy, 26 year old woman, suffering from depression, could ask her doctor to kill her - and he did.
Those who support euthanasia - also erroneously termed 'death with dignity' are in fact being incredibly insulting to those in our society who suffer from disabilities.
Their premise is that life is unbearable and not worth living once your body fails you to a point and you have the extreme indignity of others having to look after your bodily functions.
What message does this send to those who suffer disabilities and need personal care? Is their life inherently undignified and worth ending...? Are we suggesting it is perhaps immoral for those people NOT to choose to end their life because of the pressure they place on family and friends, and the time, money and energy needed to care for them?
This could be any of us, at any time. We are only one accident away from living this way. And it is inherently wrong for someone to suggest we would be better dead, than having someone clean us.
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