Archive for November, 2008

The Monday Muse: Thanksgiving Traditions

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Comments Posted on Nov 25, 2008 Last Updated Nov 25, 2008 Posted by Jeff Lash

Having already participated (which means stuffed my face) in four Thanksgiving meals, I am seeing turkey day as more of a week long celebration than a one day event. I am set to break a personal record for more meals and most weight gained in a single holiday. One thing I enjoy about getting together with friends for Thanksgiving is hearing about all of the different family traditions for this holiday. Some families play flag football or board games while others enjoy a long nap in front of TV watching the Detroit Lions get crushed again. My family doesn’t really have much of a tradition other than getting together for lunch and laying around the rest of the day. For us, it is a good time to just enjoy each other’s company and relax from the hectic schedule of normal life. So in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday this week, I want to hear about your family traditions.

What kind of Thanksgiving Day traditions does your family have?

The Word 11.23.08

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Comments Posted on Nov 24, 2008 Last Updated Nov 24, 2008 Posted by Jeff Lash

An important moment in the life of the Israel.

Exodus 6:1-13 (ESV)

6:1 But the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”

2 God spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. 3 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant. 6 Say therefore to the people of Israel, ‘I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment. 7 I will take you to be my people, and I will be your God, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God, who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. 8 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.’” 9 Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.

10 So the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the people of Israel go out of his land.” 12 But Moses said to the Lord, “Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?” 13 But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge about the people of Israel and about Pharaoh king of Egypt: to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

Girl Got Skillz

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Comments Posted on Nov 20, 2008 Last Updated Nov 20, 2008 Posted by Jeff Lash

Check out Milan Simon Tuttle, a 5-year-old girl who has mad dribbling skills with a basketball. Being a baller from Hoosierland, I now feel compelled to dribble my basketball everywhere I go like I did when I was a kid. So if you see me dribbling in line at Kroger, you’ll now know why.

The Monday Muse: Auto Bailout

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Comments Posted on Nov 18, 2008 Last Updated Nov 20, 2008 Posted by Jeff Lash

Earlier today I was reading an article on MSN that talked about a possible bailout for American automotive companies. Ford, Chrysler, and GM are all on the brink of disaster and possible bankruptcy. The overall economy has been a killer for these companies. Add in a dose of Honda and other foreign carmakers who are gaining in popularity and the picture doesn’t look too pretty for the big three. So they are calling on Washington to bail them out of this mess. They are open to just about any stipulation that would be tagged onto a bailout deal. They just need a massive loan to keep operations moving forward.

There are so many questions that came to mind while I was reading this article. Let me just pose two for our discussion.

How did Chrysler, Ford, and GM get to the point of near bankruptcy? And is a governmental bailout the right step in solving the problem?

This bailout is being held up by a strong minority of Republicans in Washington who believe that this loan may not solve the real problem and will only put our government in greater debt. What do you think?

The Word 11.16.08

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Comments Posted on Nov 16, 2008 Last Updated Nov 16, 2008 Posted by Jeff Lash

It is easy for us to skip past the law and think of it as outdated. After all, doesn’t Jesus dying on the cross render the law obsolete? Not so. The New Testament is clear that the law has been fulfilled by Jesus through the cross. The law was made up of protective guidelines for the good of Israel. The law also leads people to Jesus by pointing out the obvious…each person is a sinner in need of a Savior to restore rightness to a broken relationship with God. Jesus is that Savior.

Matthew 5:17-20 (ESV)

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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