Advent Coming Soon

This Sunday is the end of the church year. We are celebrating the feast of Christ the King. It seems like this year has flown by so fast. We have had a presidential election come and go. It is already snowing like crazy here this last week. We are under a Winter Storm Warning right now in my area. However, I do like this time of year with the celebration of Advent and then Christmas. Also, this time of the year brings out the PC crowd to the full extent. We must not say Merry Christmas for fear of "offending" someone. I will never understand how someone can be offended by Merry Christmas? I have had people wish me a Happy Hannukah many times and I am not Jewish. I have never once been offended by that goodwill offering. Someone told me this once and I live by it now. "If no offense was meant, no offense should be taken". When I go to stores now during the Christmas season I make sure to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and not a generic Season's Greetings or Happy Holidays. Next week is Thanksgiving too! Time to give thanks to God and watch football and eat turkey.

The Lady and the Atheist

There was a little old lady, who every morningstepped onto her front porch, raised her arms to the sky, and shouted:'PRAISE THE LORD!' > > > > One day an atheist moved into the house next door. > > He became irritated at the little old lady. > > Every morning he'd step onto his front porchafter her and yell: 'THERE IS NO LORD!' > > > > Time passed with the two of them carrying on this > > way every day. > > > > One morning, in the middle of winter, the littleold lady stepped onto her front porch and shouted: 'PRAISE THE LORD! PleaseLord, I have no food and I am starving, provide for me, oh Lord! > > > > The next morning she stepped out onto her porch andthere were two huge bags of groceries sitting there. > > > > 'PRAISE THE LORD!' she cried out. 'HEHAS PROVIDED GROCERIES FOR ME!' > > > > The atheist neighbor jumped out of the hedges > > and shouted: > > 'THERE IS NO LORD; I BOUGHT THOSEGROCERIES!!' > > > > The little old lady threw her arms into the air and shouted: 'PRAISE THE LORD! HE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH GROCERIES AND MADE THE DEVIL PAY FOR THEM!'

Cleveland Browns

I have been a Cleveland Browns fan since 1980. I remember watching games with my dad throughout the 1980s. I lived through Red Right 88, The Drive, the Fumble, the 4 Quarterback year of 1988 (Kosar,Danielson,Pagel and Strock) The last AFC Championship appearance in 1989. The cutting of Bernie Kosar. The last time the Browns won a playoff game 1994. In 1995 the year the Browns left Cleveland. I told myself that I was done then. However, the pull in 1999 brought me back to the Cleveland Browns. What have we seen since? 2-14,3-13,7-9,9-7,5-11,6-10,4-12,10-6 and now 3-6. We have had 3 NFL Coaches since we came back. Chris Palmer,Butch Davis and now Romeo Crennel. All 3 never a NFL head coach before. We have not had an NFL coach here in Cleveland that has prior experience as a head coach since Nick Skorich back in the 1970s! Romeo Crennel is not a head coach in the NFL. Look at his record 4-12,6-10,10-6, and now 3-6. After 4 years he is 23-32?! I never would have believed that in 1989 it would be the last time I saw the Browns in an AFC Championship game. This is just getting ridiculous, they are getting progressively worse. We need a coach that has a record of turning teams around. Bill Cowher is just sitting there on CBS waiting for the right opportunity. Cleveland is perfect for him. Make Phil Savage the personnel director and let Cowher have a say in personnel decisions. (Similar to Pioli and Belichick in NE) If we can't get Cowher then bring back Marty Schottenheimer. Yeah I know he can't win the big game but at least we got to the big game! Marty brings discipline to the teams he coaches. If the Browns fire Romeo and then hire yet another defensive coordinator I am through. You can't keep repeating the same mistakes and expect a different result.

10 Things you Never hear in Church

TOP TEN THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR IN CHURCH...
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10. Hey! It's my turn to sit in the front pew.

9. I was so enthralled,
I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time.

8. Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.

7. I've decided to give our church the $500 a month
I used to send to TV evangelists.

6. I volunteer to be the permanent teacher
for the Junior High Sunday School class.

5. Forget the denominational minimum salary,
let's pay our pastor
so he can live like we do.

4. I love it when we sing hymns I've never heard before!

3. Since we're all here, let's start the service early.

2. Pastor,
we'd like to send you to this Bible seminar in the Bahamas.

1. Nothing inspires me and strengthens my commitment
like our annual stewardship campaign!