Relationships: Church or God

This is just a thought. I may elaborate on it later, but I better jot it down before I forget it! Since I'm an observer of people and patterns of behavior, this is one about people who attend church. Mind you, at various times in my life, I have fit in both categories.

A lot of people ascribe to a church as an institution, but forget that at its origins were people who had a personal relationship with Jesus, who met together to worship, learn and fellowship because of that relationship.

My Favorite Steve Jobs Quotes

I never paid much attention to Steve Jobs as a person. I'd heard of him, knew of his products, actually used his products, but that's about all. Since the world is abuzz about his passing tonight, I heard and looked up some quotes by the man. Here are the most profound that I found:

WikiQuotes: Steve Jobs

•     Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life.
•     Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
•     Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
•     No one wants to die. Even people who wanna go to heaven don't wanna die to get there.

 
 

"Waaa!", cries the President. "They're talking about me!"

The latest buzz yesterday and today was about Hank Williams Jr.'s comments likening Obama to Hitler. ESPN yanked his song, "Are You Ready For Some Football?" He was asked something about John Boehner (the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives) and President Obama playing golf together. He replied, "That would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu." He went on to explain that it's because Obama & Boehner are enemies.

Do you remember how the media and everyone who could get national attention was all over Bush, laughing at his remarks putting him down, disregarding that he was the President of the United States? Adolescent attacks. It got so bad that I turned Leno off because of his attacks on Bush. It was apparent that the Liberal Media that is so prevalent on the airwaves hated our President Bush. Did he 'waaa' about it? Did he mention it in a speech before cameras how everyone was talking about him? Naw. But Obama has. Heard him just today.

Vicki explains it like this:

‎ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr.'s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the country singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama.


In an interview Monday morning on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."

Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

Anchor Gretchen Carlson later said to him, "You used the name of one of the most hated people in all of the world to describe, I think, the president." Williams replied, "Well, that is true. But I'm telling you like it is."

That's my 2-cents worth...