Flylady's Crisis Cleaning Podcast

First time I have used this...very fun to have the Flylady talking you through an hour of cleaning! And it made things nice in advance of the holiday weekend too.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flylady-tools/2008/04/04/crisis-cleaning

Hurley's Blog

Our own Jorge Garcia has a blog!

http://dispatchesfromtheisland.blogspot.com/

LOST Food Helper

Super cool site - where you can get pdf's to label all of your food to be Dharma Initiative food!
http://maxpictures.com/weblog/2007/04/10/lost-labels-for-your-dharma-initiative-needs/



If we have enough time, we will have a complete Dharma meal by the time of the premiere tonight...

American Idol Season of Worship Leader?

It seems that this year, there are more than normal number of worship leaders competing. Of the first six that have been put through, three are nice churchboys.

Although it makes sense. Worship leaders are a talented crew. Every week, they come up with a new set, arrangements, sing, go with the flow. Very good musical skills and lots of practice. It's about time people realize how much talent we have in churches.

And let's face it, it never hurts to have favor from the Man Upstairs. I've often thought that God blesses those who use their musical talents for Him.

And, those Christians are a powerful voting block for AI. Because they are home watching AI instead of something with inappropriate content.

This blog post link does not mention Jason Castro, who played at his church in Houston. BTW Jason will be on the March 4 AI, singing a new song he is releasing.

Anyway, here is the blog post from beliefnet talking about the proliferation of worship leaders on this year's American Idol: http://blog.beliefnet.com/gospelsoundcheck/2009/02/american-idol-is-this-the-seas.html

Top Ten Reasons We Are Happy Charley is Blogging Again

Thank goodness, there's been a run on entries at charley's blog.

This is very good, and in fact there are many reasons it's good. Here are the top ten:

10. He introduced us to blogging. Before, Fr Hubby and I would have to email him our top ten lists.
9. It's a nice way to hear his dry wit and humor, since we are no longer in the same 'hood.
8. Someone has to make sure that the telephone and coffee vendors of the world tow the line.
7. I get to hear from Miss Cindy in his comments, and met my Canadian friend michele through his comments.
6. We know he is still alive, and not buried under an avalanche of textbooks.
5. It's nice to see the various template changes he makes on a monthly basis, and wonder what it would be like to have a blogging provider that actually gives you good template choices.
4. We get to keep up with the Courtenia and her grownupness.
3. It's funny to hear such a relatively calm person in real life rant and rave.
2. It's better than nothing, since Mabel Queen of Dog Blogs doesn't blog anymore.
1. It helps us to advise Presidential candidates on their runningmates.

Jason Castro Performances

Some mighty nice performances on Ellen and Regis & Kelly, from MJ's American Idol blog:

http://mjsbigblog.com/jason-castro-on-ellen-and-regis-and-kelly-video.htm#more-4821

Yes, Virginia, There is a Pentecost

It was hard to have Mother's Day and Pentecost fall on the same day. This has been a weird year, calendar-wise, what with Easter coming so early and all. Well, now Mother's Day and Pentecost were the same day.

And interestingly enough, as noted by Joel at CEC Worship ( http://cecworship.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/pentecost-happy-birthday-church/ ) not so many people are mentioning Pentecost.

I do think it is strange that the church somehow has made Mother's Day a high holiday, but not so much worried about Pentecost.

Maybe it's because a lot of people come to church with their mothers on Mother's Day. Outreach opportunity.

Maybe it's because they are guilty for ignoring Jesus' Mother, Mary. Romophobic guilt.

Maybe it's because the church is largely run and populated by women and they would storm the pulpit if not recognized.

Maybe it's because in today's mobile society, the family is often separated by distance and the church feels like they need to fill the emotional void grown children are not.

I don't know. I'm sure it's really just all innocent and not anything malicious.

But anyway, I pray that all of us, and our mothers, have a fresh visit of the Holy Spirit!

Skullet

And for those of you who miss wearing your mullets... a la Hulk hogan, you can always do the skullet...

http://photo.monkey.net/index.php?showimage=453