Sunday March 25

The worship bulletin for this Sunday, March 25 is here. This is going to be a different week at worship. Our theme is repentance and rest. We will focus on examination, confession, receiving forgiveness, praying to God, praying for others, and communion. We will do this through music and media. The Scriptures that set the tone for our meditation are:
Psalm 50
Psalm 119.145-149
Mark 1.35-42

The music is from Moby's 18 (tracks 9, 15, 16) with one song from Hotel (track 14). You can listen to samples at the links.

From Jesus to Christ

This is an Easter article from March 20/28 2005 Newsweek. I personally think Meacham makes some good points and has a good grasp of many of the issues. Yes, if the body of Jesus could have been found, that WOULD have discredited Christianity. And believe it or not, there was more pressure to discredit Jesus in his day than there is today. So, James Cameron, if the remains of Jesus were available for finding, they would have been found. But they weren't. And Jesus was not discredited. And the claims of the disciples and Paul of resurrection appearances are valildated by the subsequent changes in behavior and life.
Some folks don't like the article. Here is one critique.

My WeeMee

This is my WeeMee I created at weeworld.com
Make one yourself. It's fun and...hey! You could make weemes of OTHER PEOPLE!! That opens up all kinds of possibilities, huh?

Cleaning Up

Those of you who have been in my office recently know it was a mess. Well, today I cleaned it! I started right after staff meeting (11am), and finished around 4:40pm. It was in many ways a reorganization and not just cleaning. It started with "zeroing out" my in basket and "zeroing out" my email (that's right, I have 0 email in my inbox). Then it went from there to getting my desk organized for productivity. That spread to the counters that were stacked, and the huge pile of files that needed to be filed (what else would you do with files?). Well, it's done. I do have some loose ends from the cleaning that I tossed in my in basket. I'm going to deal with those and go home. Oh no! I've still got to lead worship and lead youth group Sunday! You mean cleaning my office doesn't get me out of my regular work??

I couldn't talk about it until today...

The U of A Wildcats lost badly to Purdue in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday. The full story is here. It seemed to me that only reserves Jawann McClellan and Brett Brielmeyer played with any intensity at all. The game was so disheartening that I am tempted to stop being a fan. It's that bad. Well, it's only 8 months or so until the next season starts...

This is funny...

Did you see the skit from MadTV about the "iRack"? Whatever your politics, you must admit this is funny! I saw the video on Mark Oestricher's blog. Blame him.

OK Tell me about the band-aids

The clip art band-aids in the worship bulletin Sunday are places you can write the names of people you have hurt or offended in some way--people that you know things are not right between you and them. Yeah, I know the grammar of that last sentence is off the charts bad. So, print up the bulletin and spend some time in silence and solitude and list some names. This becomes a "reconciliation to-do list" for you.

Be reconciled to God. Be reconciled to each other. Amen.

Race Recycling

This is from an email I received from Tucson Clean and Beautiful:

It's that time of year again for the Susan G. Komen "Race for the Cure". If you are not planning to race -- come on out for a couple hours and be a volunteer to help this worthwhile effort.

Not only are there a lot of plastic water bottles used during the race that we do not want to go into the landfill, there is also a lot of orange and banana peels that will be collected and composted at the City's new composting facility. Last year the City was able to recover 56% which is great but why not 100%? With your help we can do it.

Please scroll down for more information and how you can become a volunteer.

We will do a training on Sat Mar 31 from 9 to 10 at Reid Park Ramada 18.

The Race is Sun 15 Apr from 6 AM to 10. Respondents can e-mail me at

wilson.hughes@tucsonaz.gov The link below is to the Race web site.

http://komensaz.org/race/2007/recycle.html

This is another way to be involved and make a difference!