How to Avoid Sexual Images & Messages On Billboards
Posted on March 15, 2010 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
Recently I was driving up Sunset Boulevard in hollywood, an area I typically avoid as a native Angeleno. Snarled in traffic, I merely had to lift my gaze an inch or two and I was assailed by the collective efforts of marketing firms and corporations. One billboard caught my eye in particular: an advertisement for a popular Las Vegas casino featuring the curvilinear naked back and buttocks of a woman, covered in kanji tattoos, proclaiming the slogan "Where every night is a happy ending!" Wow, that was subtle. For the uninitiated, this is a reference to "sensual massage" parlors, where a client pays to be masturbated by a massage therapist as the culmination of his service. Ahem.
Read More..>>How To Give a 50th Anniversary Speech - Golden Wedding Speeches
Posted on July 22, 2009 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
Giving a speech is never easy even after 50 years of marriage. Some might even say it isn't easy especially after 50 years of marriage. With the strong emotions and the deeper connection it will always be harder to convey those feelings you have shared with your loved ones with words. Here is a guideline to help you give the speech your deer ones will always remember.
Getting Started
It is appropriate to first thank the guests for coming to the celebration of 50 years in marriage. If appropriate mention a few special guests such as children or especially parents if the couple is blessed enough to have them there. Make sure and mention the 50 years part. Guests are there to applaud such an accomplishment and they want to hear it said out loud.
Read More..>>You Can Build or Destroy ? Which Do You Choose?
Posted on June 25, 2009 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
Such a no-nonsense title - of course we would choose to build instead of destroy … right? Well, I find myself believing this is what I'd choose but if I'm honest and I take inventory of the words I've used throughout the day, I'd have to say there are times I really didn't choose to build so . . . I guess that leaves the other .. I chose to destroy.
Ouch that hurts — and I can only imagine how our words of "destruction" pierce the heart of our Father in Heaven when one of His children is destroying another with their words. If we were all honest, we would realize that at times we choose to destroy others with our words even if we aren't really thinking that is what we are doing.
Read More..>>You Can Build or Destroy – Which Do You Choose?
Posted on June 23, 2009 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
Such a no-nonsense title - of course we would choose to build instead of destroy … right? Well, I find myself believing this is what I'd choose but if I'm honest and I take inventory of the words I've used throughout the day, I'd have to say there are times I really didn't choose to build so . . . I guess that leaves the other .. I chose to destroy.
Ouch that hurts — and I can only imagine how our words of "destruction" pierce the heart of our Father in Heaven when one of His children is destroying another with their words. If we were all honest, we would realize that at times we choose to destroy others with our words even if we aren't really thinking that is what we are doing.
Read More..>>How Bible Songs Can be Useful to You
Posted on June 21, 2009 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
As a new believer, I was introduced to some kids Bible songs like “Behold, Behold,” “The Lord is My Shepherd,” and “I am the Resurrection and the Life”. Many times I was unaware that I was really singing the words of the Bible. But when once I read the verses in the Bible, I found I already knew them.
Yes, help in memorizing Scripture is one of the main benefits of Bible verse songs. music locks the words into a rhythm so that this rhythm dictates the next word. Television advertisers have used this for years to get the name of their product into the minds of the public. I can still sing commercials I heard 50 years ago!
However, though poetry is easy to put to music because of its meter, Bible verses are not so written. Ways to do so successfully is the subject of another article. When it is accomplished, however, the meter of the song dictates the next word and locks it in.
Learning Scripture songs also helps us remember the verses. I can recall numerous times when I think of a verse while speaking and can quote it exactly. In my mind, however, I am really singing the verse quickly. The rhythm and accents of the song was the aid to remember it.
I started writing Bible verses to music when I first taught third grade in a Christian school. I was especially challenged as to how to teach the memory verse to the slower students. The answer was music. Singing the verse aided them in both learning and retaining it.
Bible verse songs also provide a means of meditating on the Scripture. As the song runs over and over in my mind, so do the words. The Spirit has thus used this to apply the Bible verse to my life in numerous situations.
A song can actually clarify the mean of a verse. One example is 2 Corinthians 5:21 that contains a misplaced modifier in modern English. It says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin” The verse is obviously not teaching that we are sinless but that Christ is. Through repetition of the phrases, the song makes this clear.
Bible Songs are also effective means of presenting the Gospel. Several years ago I taught my class all of the verses in the Roman’s Road set to music and then we sang them for a parent assembly. The plan of salvation was presented to the audience in a way that was hard for any unsaved relatives to ignore.
Bible verse songs can help those of us who are aging to retain what we need to know. I find it much easier to forget what I learned now than in the past. But I can still remember a song and thus, music, for me, helps me learn and retain what I am learning.
Online-Dating - Welcome to the 21st Century
Posted on June 14, 2009 - Filed Under society | Leave a Comment
Want to know how easy it is to meet other singles these days? Then you might be in the right place. I've been surfing online-dating sites since the turn of the century. Yes, the 21st Century wiseguy. I hope my experiences will benefit someone that really doesn't care to hang out in the produce section of the grocery store. Or worse, sit on a bar-stool waiting for Mr. or Miss. Right to walk in.
This is going to only be from my perspective, so remember to consider the source. My thoughts and experience might be of use to someone if they don't shy at a warped and morbid sense of humor.
Read More..>>
