Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Party in my tummy

Speaking of morbid fascination... I feel a sense of horror and wonder as I watch this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PqjMSNfkU

the good kind of evangelism?

I am always morbidly fascinated by evangelism videos... namely street evangelism, where you go up to people Ray-Comfort-style and engage them in a debate about what the Bible says about how they are going to hell without Jesus. Part of me thinks this is rude and the other part of me... agrees with the first part of me. This is totally rude evangelism.

Don't get me wrong... the Good News involves repentance from sin... and Jesus was rude and confrontational sometimes... but I have to admit I am just not comfortable with the idea that the way to introduce people to Christ is by videotaping yourself accusing them of murder. "Hey, there, S%&$head, want to meet my friend Jesus? By the way, I'm taping this to show my Christian friends."


Are there other forms of public evangelism? the good kind?


I don't know ...these guys are more my style...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKOnqy61ahA

On the one hand it seems like singing in public can be a public nuisance...

...but if you are a street performer, and you are really good at what you do, most people will appreciate that.

There's a deep thought in there somewhere.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

I am proud of my sister

My sister is hanging out with people in Mali for a while. She is learning Bambara and helping them with their agriculture stuff (something to do with Shea trees or Shea Butter or something). Ok lets face it, I have no idea what she does all day but she is awesome. I think she is trying to feed the world or something. She just sent some pics to my parents. See if you can pick her out.



(hint: she smiles a lot)
First correct guess in the comment field gets you the shea butter product of your choice from Bath & Body Works.