Monday, June 25, 2007

I Chose Paris, God Chose Iris


Hey dudes...

Today I was at a friends place and he showed me a DVD about an orphan aid project just outside of Capetown in South Africa, I think called the Jerusalem Project. At the helm of this deal is this really beautiful overweight old lady named Iris. They interview her, and one thing she said stuck out - when asked what drove her to give up her house and job to take care of a huge amount of orphans, and what drives her to still do it, she says: "I don't know...I have no figure, i'm not smart...it's just a call"...In other words, what she's saying is - I'm not cool by the world's standards, but i've been called by God, and thats enough for me...

Heres why that rocks my world. I have no doubt that anyone reading this knows that Paris Hilton is in jail, most probably know that shes getting out this week. Isn't that awesome? We've all heard of Paris Hilton, who is famous for being an idiot, and has made tons of money doing it, but no one has or will ever know about Iris, a real hero, who is taking care of about 100 kids by herself and has given her life to do it? Maybe this is what Paul is talking about in Corinthians about the cross as foolishness...about imitating Christ and following after guys and girls like Iris who are losers by the world's standards...The idea that following Christ might mean you wont be famous isn't a new one...I doubt Paul was an extremely cool dude himself sometimes (that comforts me by the way). Friends, it's all backwards, and i'm starting to think thats what the message of the cross sounds like to people sho don't understand it.

Iris, if you ever read this, which you probably won't; please save me a nice guest room in your mansion when we get to heaven.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Facebook Made me Do it




Sorry Peeps. Lets be honest here, cause thats what this is about. I've failed the blogging world, and i'm not going to make any excuses for my lack of responsibility (like that I was in Italy or without internet for a month or working...) Lets face it (see what I did there), its facebook's fault. Nobody probably even reads this thing anymore. If you do, give me a shout and ill keep posting. Actually Ill probably keep posting regardless. Moving on.


The last while has been good. Italy is fantastic; I highly recommend it, but not if you want a relaxing time - there is just too much to see. A highlight for me was in the South, a little town called Sorrento just south of Naples. Kathleen and i found a nice little campground and set up shop for a while there. It was good. Wherever we went we seemed to run into Dora the Explorer, as you can see I shared a laugh and a drink with her one night, and then we ran into her in Rome as well. Her keen sense of direction and knack for finding the coolest spots came in handy. Well, I better go, life seemed to smack me in the face with stuff to do as soon as I got back - let me just say that our Church has a retreat this weekend, and I am looking forward to relaxing and reading my Bible.


By the by, I promise not to slack off like that again. Secondly, check out the band's myspace...www.myspace.com/circleand8th