Spanking as discipline…a good thing or a bad thing?

Do You Remember the story of David vs. Goliath?

I saw this come across my desk and it reminded me a little of the story in the Bible of David and Goliath.  This old gentlemen is radically surgical with slingshots which he makes himself out of dogwood, but doesn’t carve one once of dust.  He started mking them in mass quantities after the price of rubber dramatically dropped after WWII.

The coolest thing I heard throughout this interview is he doesn’t take aim, and hits the target every time!  Quarters, Walnuts…you name it.  See for your self:

Guard Duty

We decided to go chasing after Christmas lights last night.  It was a magnificent time and an excellent way to invest into the family.  We had some crispy chicken sandwiches, fries, frosties…listened to serious and humorous Christmas songs, and shared a lot of laughs…and a few scares.

You see, I’m the kind of guy who may not be able to find my way back to the lights of which we might have caught a glimpse.  There are certainly people out there who once they start down a certain road, will continue down that road, and be able to find their way back to that one house that their kids just had to see.  Me?  Not so much.  I gotta’ turn around right there and then…which means who could be hazardous to those oncoming cars, those behind us, and…us!  I got the impression that an entire host of Angels went pleading to the Lord against guard duty for me last night.  I can picture them in a huddle stating their case of how they must avoid guarding me tonight for fear they are not up to the task, or their too tired, or they can’t handle that amount of stress knowing what a large job it is to keep me and those around me safe considering my impressive history of accidents.

They would huddle in that circle and begin looking back at the new angel who doesn’t know his way around earth or its inhabitants very well.  He’s the new guy, so why not give him the tough jobs, right?  Kind of like the reindeer leaving Rudolph out of their games.  “Oh no, new guy…there’s really not a lot of room over here…why not go guard…oh, I don’t know…check out that crazy, white, fatman down there…I think his name his Toby Baker.  He’d be a great on for you to start on.”  And then God pipes up and says, “Now boys, be nice to the new angel.  It’s his first millennium.  He could use someone to show him the ropes, not show him to his ultimate death.

Then the angels would continue their argument to the Lord of how they saved me from chopping my finger off with a hand mixer, and keeping the old Ford Escort together while “Supposedly” driving over the “speed limit” and saving me from severing my head when I accidentally crashed into the road sign which would have never happened if someone didn’t put it right in the middle of the grass on the side of the road…I digress.

I would like to say a big thanks to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for His provisions and protection, and a big shout out to whomever drew the short straw last night and protecting us from 3 sideswipes, two rear-enders, and a t-bone collision.  We had a great time, and getting into an accident would not have been a fun thing, especially since I had just picked up some Black Forrest Gummy Bears.  Merry Christmas!  And drive safe.

Thankful for what???

Yup…it’s November! Where did October go? We’ll wake up tomorrow and it will be Christmas. I have asked a few kids about thanksgiving and for what reason they had to be thankful and their reply was not what I expected. One teenager…let’s call him…oh, I don’t know, Johnny…told me online that his mother didn’t really care about him or life anymore, he doesn’t see his dad a whole lot, and is currently flunking school. Another teen told me that his friend wants him to help him sell some crack on the side, he has been kicked out of school and is on the verge of being expelled at the alternative school, but really has no hope for the future…and still another tells me that his mother is constantly yelling at him for nearly everything from the point he gets up and leaves for school until the point he closes the door and hides under the covers to escape…and they all asked me for what reason they should be thankful. This is a seemingly difficult question to answer to kids who reside in a depressed and angry living environment where God is unfortunately not welcome as a savior, but rather another being on whom their parents or they themselves place the blame for their current demise.
I am in prayer for them often as God constantly brings their faces and stories to my mind and I ask you to join me in prayer for these kids and many more like them whom I counsel online as they are seeking the truth and have the option to allow God to turn their story into a powerful testimony which can indeed change the lives of many.

The “Everything” Project

The above is half of the video we shot, if you would like the full version including behind the scenes commentary and interviews with the cast of the impact this drama had on them, the part they played, an more click here