Dale Sackrider

Dale has been my leader, my coworker, and my friend in the almost 10 years that I have known him.  We car pooled and sat right next to one another for years and during our walks around the parking lot at work we solved all of the worlds problems.  He has helped me hone my critical thinking processes.

He has always helped me to look at things from a pastoral point of view, as that is his gift which has helped me to handle situations much better than I probably would have without his input.

Though our conversations I have come to a greater understanding of tradition and my own thoughts. (I have always believed a thought is best understood in the company of another)  Our relationship has helped to shape me in many, innumerable ways.

Seriously?  This is what we have come to as Christians?  No wonder the world is laughing at the church.

Bible Pals: Plush Jesus – - LifeWay Christian Stores

• I find it interesting that on “America’s got Talent” there are two Brits and one American determining if America’s got Talent.

• The government as a whole refuses to allow people to suffer the ramifications of their bad decisions.  Stereotypically speaking the Republicans bail out ignorant businesses and the Democrats bail out ignorant individuals.  Why not allow people making bad decisions to serve as a lesson the rest of the country?

• Why with such a promising future and all kinds of entertainment at his fingertips would Michael Vick be involved with dog fighting?

• Researchers have discovered that a single grown moose can release as much methane as an 8077 mile car trip, will there be a call to eliminate moose for the sake of the environment?  Or will environmentalists have to admin that they just want to stifle humans.

• Most people understand that a lot of money will buy you a better lawyer and hopefully less jail time.  But not it only appears that you have to be famous to have your time cut.  Nicole Ritchie only does 87 minutes of an already sad four day sentence?  It must be good to be part of that class of people, I wonder how long people will tolerate it.

• I really wish Dr. No (Ron Paul) stood a chance at the Republican Presidential nomination.  He really supports what I stand for, but he won’t buy votes with taxpayer money so he probably doesn’t stand a chance.

• I heard something today I had never heard before, music was pounding out of a car in the parking lot, not so rare you say?  It was Opera.

• If you haven’t seen it yet, I feel so sorry for this poor girl…

• There are times when I just want to throw in the towel and move to a commune.  Really a farm where a group of people who are not a traditional family all live together produce what they need and just live a simple life.  What would that be like?

Over the weekend I was bowling with my wife, working on my hook, and I told her that recently I have been learning more and more that I had some traces of arrogance in my when it comes to my salvation.  I wasn’t quite able to articulate it to her like I wanted to so I changed the subject and thought about it some more.  The following are the conclusions I came to.

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Scott Harvey

Probably the only reason I made it through Bible College, Scott has been a great friend from the time we met in the hell called the dorms. We have had our troubles, which is one of the reasons I value this relationship I have learned the value of holding onto a good friend when you have found one, although a lot of friends come and go we refused to allow that to happen.

Scott is also the guy I invited to my first time preaching at Wildlife, because as much as I needed the “good jobs” that came from everyone else I needed someone to help me improve, and after the “Good Job” Scott did that. He told me where I was going wrong, he cares more about me than my approval which is a great quality to have in a friend.

This article is well done but a little long, this is something that is a passion of mine, I believe I was probably one of those problem boys, and I may continue to be now.  If it wasn’t for Ron Sprecher (my track coach) and my love of running I probably would have dropped out.  It wasn’t that school was to tough, it was just boring, and in many cases pointless.  I got a D in geometry one semester because I didn’t do homework although I aced the tests, I just thought that was silly.  I obviously knew what I was doing, but I had practice until 6 and then worked 7-11.  I didn’t have time to waste.

Any way if you have boys in your life you should read this article.
The Problem With Boys… – Esquire

The Best Quotes From The Last Year Of Ann Coulter Columns – Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)

Some times I think she has to take the hit of saying what a lot of people are thinking but are to afraid to say.