Praise and Worship Choruses

Pastor told a story Wednesday night about a farmer who decided one Sunday morning that he was going to drive to church.  He was there for everything, and when he returned home, his wife asked him how the service was(since she didn't go with him).  "Well," he said, "It was pretty good, except, they did something a little different.  They didn't sing Hymns at church this time, but they used 'Praise and Worship Choruses' instead." 

"Hmm." His wife said.  "So, what are the differences between Hymns, and Praise and Worship Choruses?" 

"Well," he said, "If I were to say to you, 'Martha, the cows are in the corn,' then that would be like a Hymn, but if instead, I said,

Martha, Martha, Martha, Martha, Martha,
The cows, the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the brown cows, the black cows, the white cows,
Are in the corn, the corn, the tall corn, the yellow corn, the sweet yellow corn,
Oh, Martha, sweet Martha, big cows are in the beautiful corn.

And I repeated every last bit of that to you four or five times. . . That would be a Praise and Worship Chorus!"


I think that description hits the nail on the head!

Baby Boom?

I think this is pretty funny!  Several hospitals in OKC are reporting a substantial baby boom in the area.  Why?  Well, If you remember right, there was a really large snow storm in Oklahoma City last year at Christmas.  Nine months ago.  Hmm.  I'll bet that's the Lord's sense of humor showing up again!

Katydid Ferocia

Only Yanis could have given us the laugh we got today on bus 6.  He found a cricket yesterday at his house, that is called a camel cricket.  After the bus meeting he started showing it off to everyone, and then left it in a cup in another room as we were leaving.  Bro. Finn stopped myself, Yanis, and Jim Post as we walked past his office to tell us hi, when Yanis remembered that he left his cricket in the other room.  "Hey, Bro. Finn, I found a bug last night, can I go get it and show it to you?"  Bro. Finn said, "Sure! I studied entomology in college, so I might be able to tell you what it is." 
Then as Yanis walked away, Bro. Finn looked at us and laughed and said, "I don't remember a thing about that stuff!" 

Yanis came back with the bug, and Bro. Finn looked at it and said, "Why, This is a Katydid Ferocia!  I can tell by the antennae.  If I remember right these are rare, and Yanis,  I'm pretty sure that they are fairly poisonous!"  Yanis' eyes were pretty big by this time, and he then loudly exclaimed, "I knew it was!"  "How did you know," Bro. Finn asked.  Yanis replied, "Because of the way it acted!" 

Well, the rest of us knew that Bro. Finn was just making every bit of it up, and we were having a very difficult time not laughing our heads off.  When Bro. Finn finally admitted that he was pulling Yanis' leg, I actually think Yanis was relieved that the bug was not poisonous. 

New Gold High!

With our government spending money like crazy, and printing paper bills like they are going out of style, it is no wonder that the price of gold is soaring to a new high.  Today, gold hit a high of $1,276.00+ and settled at a slightly lower price of $1,271.70/oz.  I don't think we will be buying any new jewelry anytime soon!

Chapel Renovation Update

I was at work today, and realized that I had not put anything up about the Oklahoma Baptist College Chapel in a while!  There is a reason for it, the last picture that you see is about where it is right now.  The carpet is here, but we are waiting for for the installer to come and put it in, as well as the hardwood, and tile for the platform and hallway.  It looks really nice in person so far, and a picture really does not make it as nice as it really is.

A good day on the bus!

Well, we had a great day today on bus 6!  There were 27 people altogether, with a few visitors.  We had a few rowdy kids, but for the most part they behaved pretty good.  Miss Bethany bought the snacks for the kids on the way home, and personally, yuk!  She bought Oreo's and cheddar cheese squirt cans, and put the cheese on top of the Oreo's and called them mini cheesecakes!  Not interested.


Otherwise, a pretty good day!

Good BBQ!

While we were on vacation this past weekend, we stopped at a little place in Davis, Ok called Smokin Joe's BBQ.  It was probably the best I've ever eaten, and we had to share a meal!  If you are ever through Davis, you have to stop and eat there.  The food was brought out to us on a tray.  The same kind and size as they give you food on at McDonalds, only, it's not in boxes or anything like that.  I was impressed.  The picture is the one meal that we shared, and when we were done we filled an 8" to go box with the leftovers!

Thanks Joe for a great Meal!

Medieval Times

Medieval Times is a pretty cool place!  It was hard to get good pictures because of some of the lighting, and also because of how far the actors were from where we were sitting.  Here are a few of the pictures.  If you click on the photos, you can see a larger version of it.

Medieval Times

Just a short excerpt of some cool stuff at this place.  Enjoy!

JFK Memorial

Well, We are in Dallas this weekend, and stopped at the Sixth Floor Museum.  I was pretty impressed.  We were not allowed to take any pictures inside the building, but we did get a few from the outside.  The picture on the left shows the window from which JFK was shot.  It was on the sixth floor, last window to the right.  The picture on the right is a close up of that same window.  To see how everything happened seemed to make it a little more real.

Twenty Degrees in Five Minutes!

We just had a really nice cold front come through!  Some pretty hefty storms and a temperature drop from about 95 to 75.  The wife and I just took a nice walk, and with the breeze, it feels better outside than it does in!


After the storm, I walked outside and saw one of the brightest rainbows I have ever seen, and wondered to myself what Noah and his family must have thought as they looked at the very first rainbow.  There were a lot of firsts for that family that year.  Rain, floods, I am sure that lightning and thunder were probably new for them, and a rainbow.

Isn't God good?!