LAUGHING WITH GOD

OK, I'll go ahead and ask "What do you think?" of this video - does a question make a sound if asked in a forest with no one around to hear it? ;-p



Lyrics
(I think I've got them right)

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they''re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one's laughing at God
When it's gotten real late and their kids not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God
When their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one's laughing at God
When they see the one they love hand-in-hand with someone else
And they hope that they're mistaken

No one's laughing at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one's laughing at God
When there's a famine or fire or flood
Chorus
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke

God can be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus

God can be hilarioius - Ha ha - Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God
When they've lost all they've got
And they don't know what for

No one laughs at God on they day they realize
That the last sight they'll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one's laughing at God when they're saying their good-byes

Chorus

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God in a hospital
No one's laughing at God in a war
No one's laughing at God when they're starving or freezing or so very poor

No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
We're all laughing with God

Just playin'

Have a Laugh

Going to the Shack

Hey Everyone,
Just wanted to give you a "head's up" and try to get everyone "on board" and "up to speed" (how many catch phrases are you allowed in one sentence? :-)

So I've read The Shack and enjoyed it and I thought we might try to start a discussion about it. We can touch on some of the controversy if you want but I would rather keep it as positive as possible. I'm thinking we should start in a couple of weeks in order to give some the time to read it or at least begin. So, make some notes about what you liked, disliked, what touched you, etc. and keep watching for the discussion to start!
Love you all,
Keith

Ladies' Breakfast

On November 15th, several of the ladies of the congregation met to fellowship over some yummy breakfast treats and hear an inspiring message from Connie Cummins, friend of Becky Collins who serves as a missionary in Thailand. Connie's message was unbelievable. Aside from her obvious sacrifice to live in a foreign country as a disciple for Christ, her message inspired us to live as an example for those around us.

Big thanks to Connie for her time and to Becky for introducing us to her dear friend!

All Things In Common

The title of the blog is also the title of my sermon this Sunday (Nov.16). Here is a preview of one of the ideas I'm wrestling with: "Is unselfishness other-worldly?" Baby Jesus is the poster-child of what it means to be unselfish (leaving heaven) and the man Jesus is as well (the cross).

We read in Acts 2:44 that the early church "had all things in common" - some have called this communism, others have used it to steal in the name of God. Perhaps it is misused in other ways too.

I think those just reveal a "this-worldliness" instead of following the unselfish example of our Lord's "other-worldliness." This world simply does not understand this kind of unselfishness. For that matter, neither does much of the church. (Including me most of the time). More's the pity.

Blessings

Sermon Reactions for Sunday Nov 9 2008

Sunday's sermon for November 9, 2008 was over Leviticus 10. It was a "tag team" sermon from Keith and Ben. What did you like about it? What did you not understand? Do you have questions about the speaker's viewpoints or do you have a different viewpoint?

A Blog's Beginning

Hey, all! If you're here, I guess you are probably one of our members. If you aren't, please read our "about us" section to learn a bit about our history and our members. We hope this blog can be a place to have discussions, post concerns and prayer requests, share praises and pictures of events, and keep everyone posted about upcoming events. If you are a member and would like to join in posting, we will be glad to give you the sign in information. Otherwise, feel free to post comments on posts and lets get some good discussions going. So, here it goes!