Off to watch the game of the year (for Canadians, that is, next to the Stanley Cup, of course!). We’ll eat and get stuffed and come home and complain of too much food. But I hope we can exclaim that the Riders win.
And of course, a friend has sent me a text message – actually a forward of a forward of a forward of a forward. And I have to pay! All to remind me of what I already know!
Go, Riders, Go!
As sets go for Christmas programs, this is a fairly easy one. After a short time of conferring together with the directors, we moved a few stage pieces and there we were. Set with the set.
Well, at least, the larger pieces are in place. Over the next two weeks decoration will take place and the tweaks will happen. Then, on December 13th at 10:30 in the morning the program will roll out.
I’m looking forward to it – if you are in the area drop by the Kindersley Alliance Church at 10:30, December 13th. The lunch meal is free!!
Tomorrow morning I will give a meditation at one of our local seniors complexes. I’ve know a number of the residents for these past four years, worked with some of them on inviting the developer to come to town.
Now, I’ll spend time talking to them, not of dreams of a home here, but of a home to come. And in light of that home, the ability to die a good death.
Someone has said that pondering death is one of the best things we can do. I’m becoming more convinced of this. Death reminds us we have eternity to follow, if we follow Jesus. Our aches and pains remind us that we want that eternity. In the midst of all this, the certainty and imminence of death reminds us that we are accountable for what we do now.
I’ll use my father’s recent death to illustrate this – I’m bringing his 1937 Bible, a recent book he was reading and a scripture memory system he used. In the end his end was just a beginning. A good death for a life of eternity!!
Thirty years ago the Sony company created the Walkman. My parents bought various configurations of this portable tape player. Doing dishes, walking, on the plane . . . you could listen to the music you wanted and tune in to the speakers you were craving to hear.
Now, thirty years later the MP3 player and the Ipod have taken over the function of the Walkman. Some children have never experience the Walkman.
So, when the BBC asked a 13 year old to swap his MP3 player for a Walkman, you have to know cultures and antiquities will collide. The outcome? Supposedly it took the kid 3 days to figure out that there was another side to the tape.
And if you are asking, "what is tape?", let me ask another question — have you ever heard of vinyl? And not that stuff on your mom’s kitchen floor!!