Worship Dancing?

This is video shot at Saddleback Church.





Oh my!

Finally Got Them ALL in One Place

Here is a picture of all the children. It is NOT easy to get them all in one place at the same time. My oldest is in college so it was great to nab him while we could. As you can see, we have one "clown". I took a bunch of pictures and this is the picture that is the least clownish of him. EVERY picture I take shows him making some sort of weird face. And that is NOT an exaggeration.

The Nativity

I just went to see this movie with some friends tonight. It was a great movie. The setting was very real and you get an accurate sense of just how life was 2000 years ago. The movie stayed very true to scripture and that was refreshing (except the end part where they sped up Joseph and Mary's escape to Egypt). I loved the Magi; they were wonderfully portrayed. They were very funny, too. Joseph was easy on the eyes and a man you could really respect. He even had a great sense of humor but you have to see the movie to see what I mean. Mary was equally as well portrayed and her role was believable. She was perfect for the film. The scenes of Elizabeth and Mary giving birth made me bawl like a baby. It brought me back 7 months ago when I gave birth to my precious son, Levi. The music was lovely. Herod was portrayed as an evil man in a very controlled way. The scene where Herod ordered the slaughter of all the male children 2 and under brought the horror of that reality to life. It was a real, down-to-earth portrayal of the months leading up to Christ's birth. This movie really cannot compare to the Esther movie at all. This is a quality film and there was nothing cheesy about it. I highly recommend seeing it and it is suitable for tweens and up.

Doublespeak

Author of Doublespeak, William Lutz, wrote:

"Doublespeak is language that pretends to communicate but really doesn't. It is language that makes the bad seem good, the negative appear positive, and the unpleasant appear attractive or at least tolerable. Doublespeak is language that avoids or shifts responsibility, language that is at variance with its real or purported meaning. It is language that conceals or prevents thought; rather than extending thought, doublespeak limits it."

Ever dealt with someone who mastered in doublespeak? It is like trying to grasp the wind or trying to nail Jello to the wall. You will never know where you stand with such a person. You will be hard-pressed to get the truth.