Have you ever been cutting something in the kitchen and accidently cut yourself? In that instant, time seems to stop, and you can see the razor edge of the knife blade slice into the skin of your finger. And in that same instant, a non-verbal part of your brain thinks, “Oh man! This is going to hurt.” But you don’t feel the pain yet. And in that same instant, another part of your brain is wondering why you didn’t move your finger out of the way while still another part is calling you an idiot for moving the knife into your finger. And as that frozen moment of time begins to slip into the next, you see the blood begin to seep out of the wound. And then suddenly, a tidal wave of pain shoots up your finger and you jerk your hand away. Finally the verbal part of your brain, always slow to respond to such events, says, “Ouch!”
Sometimes, comments from insensitive people feel the same way…
I thought I better document some of the things I have done to tweak MovableType for my weblog/journal. Let’s start with the archives.
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Thank you for being there…
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We remember the 168 victims (149 adults and 19 children), the survivors, and their families of the Oklahoma City Bombing at 9:02 am on April 19, 1995. Our prayers go out for you.
If you are ever passing through town, please stop and visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial. It will be worth your time. And then afterwards, don’t forget to hug your kids…
This song by Switchfoot, “I Dare You to Move”, seems to apply to baptism.
Listen to a clip of this song.
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next
What happens next
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
Today never happened before
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
chorus
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
chorus