Monday, May 17, 2010

'Daily Show' Takes on Glenn Beck's Nazi Comparisons

Back in Black - Glenn Beck's Nazi Tourette's

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How can anyone take Glenn Beck seriously? Are those people out of their mind? The worse thing is those so-called Christians who follow Glenn Beck. Where are these so-called Christians coming out from?

Friday, May 14, 2010

Children Are Biased Toward Lighter Skin



Should this surprise us? Honestly, we act as if this is surprising. Just look at our language and the way we use to describe what is negative in our world. We describe evil as dark. When referring to redemptive or good experiences, we describe them by referring with lighter color like white -- the white dove is symbolic of peace and the angel of death is black. The dominance of white as the good color is deeply embedded in our psyche -- particularly where the Western culture is the dominant culture. An example of this dominance is in our tendency to say that light, which is good, is white and that dark, which is evil, is black. It is easy to spot racism when it is a flagrant miscarriage of justice, but the real problem is our silent racism, which is very hard to uncover and it is truly the driving power that still grips our society. One great example is in our metaphorical language to describe positive and negative matrix. This reporting by Anderson Cooper merely asserts the known truth that racism still has a very strong hold on our psyche.


Silent racism is the true destructive power that hold us captive by dividing us against one another and also by putting us against each other.


Silence racism has a strong hold on us; its shackles are invisible and unassuming in daily life. It is also very defensive -- i.e., to say that most of us in mainline America would be most offended and also fervently defend against any accusation of prejudice and racism. As long as, we aren't truly able to see our sin; the truth of our being, we will not be able to free ourselves from the shackles of bigotry, intolerance, prejudice and racism.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Learn To Walk On Water



Okay, it isn't quite walking on water; it is more like running on water. Maybe not as cool as walking on water like Jesus but still very cool. So, how long have these guys spend trying to figure out a way to do what they are doing in this video?

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Beautiful One


Wonderful so wonderful is Your unfailing love
Your cross is spoken mercy over me
No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart can fully know
How glorious, how beautiful You are

Chorus:
Beautiful one I love
Beautiful one I adore
Beautiful one my soul must sing

Powerful so powerful Your glory fills the skies
Your mighty works displayed for all to see
The beauty of Your majesty awakes my heart to sing
How marvelous, how wonderful You are

Chorus:
Beautiful one I love
Beautiful one I adore
Beautiful one my soul must sing

You opened my eyes to Your wonders anew
You captured my heart with this love
‘Cause nothing on earth is as beautiful as You

Jesus

You opened my eyes to your wonders anew
You captured my heart with this love
‘Cause nothing on earth is as beautiful as You

Chorus:
Beautiful one I love
Beautiful one I adore
Beautiful one my soul must sing

My soul, My soul must sing (x3)
Beautiful one x2

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Having Nothing but Giving All



This is a great story of discovering true faith in the most unexpected of places. Faith isn't about personal salvation -- i.e., faith is not about faith in a Savior so as to get out of hell or to escape eternal damnation. Quite contrary, faith is about the meaning of existence. It is about the reason to be and the meaning of being human beings. Faith is discovering the meaning of what it means to be human in the fullest sense of the word. And for us, Christian, it means to be human in the fullest of sense of being created in God's image.

"I just hope that people who are in really rough situations will realize that God didn't forget about them. God is just trying to prepare them for something even bigger, even greater and even more blessed than they can even imagine." That is a honorable thought.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Samsara



Samsara is the story of spiritual love set in the majestic landscape of Ladakh, Himalayas. This is a quest of one man's struggle to find spiritual enlightenment through renouncing the world. And one woman's struggle to keep her enlightened love and life in the world. But their destiny comes to a surprise ending.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Come, Christians, Join to Sing


Come, Christians, join to sing
Alleluia! Amen!
Loud praise to Christ our King;
Alleluia! Amen!
Let all, with heart and voice,
Before His throne rejoice;
Praise is His gracious choice.
Alleluia! Amen!

Come, lift your hearts on high,
Alleluia! Amen!
Let praises fill the sky;
Alleluia! Amen!
He is our Guide and Friend;
To us He'll condescend;
His love shall never end.
Alleluia! Amen!

Praise yet our Christ again,
Alleluia! Amen!
Life shall not end the strain;
Alleluia! Amen!
On heaven's blissful shore,
His goodness we'll adore,
Singing forevermore,
"Alleluia! Amen!"

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Jesus Shall Reign



Jesus shall reign where e'er the sun
doth his successive journeys run;
his kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
till moons shall wax and wane no more.

To him shall endless prayer be made,
and praises throng to crown his head;
his Name like sweet perfume shall rise
with every morning sacrifice.

People and realms of every tongue
dwell on his love with sweetest song;
and infant voices shall proclaim
their early blessings on his Name.

Blessings abound where e'er he reigns:
the prisoner leaps to lose his chains,
the weary find eternal rest,
and all the sons of want are blest.

Let every creature rise and bring
peculiar honors to our King;
angels descend with songs again,
and earth repeat the loud amen.

Monday, May 3, 2010

President Obama and Jay Leno at White House Correspondents Dinner



That was some great comedic routine. But, I still think Bush and his conscience, played by Steve Bridges, was the best comedic routine by a president. That was the funniest monologue.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Praise The Father; Praise The Son



Verse 1
O sovereign God, O matchless King
The saints adore, the angels sing
And fall before the throne of grace
To You belongs the highest praise

Verse 2
These sufferings, this passing tide
Under Your wings I will abide
And every enemy shall flee
You are my hope and victory

Chorus
Praise the Father, Praise the Son
Praise the Spirit, Three in One
Clothed in power and in grace
The name above all other names

Verse 3
To the valley, for my soul
Thy great descent has made me whole
Your word my heart has welcomed home
Now peace like water ever flows

Bridge
Yours is the kingdom and the power
Yours is the glory
Forever