en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/727341 Comments by jack42 https://ronedmondson.com/2016/08/7-words-encouragement-pastor-busted-perry-noble.html#IDComment1027810212 These could be for anybody, not just pastors. Though I fully understand your concern for pastors. Pride is such a wicked, insidious sin. Thu, 11 Aug 2016 12:25:24 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2016/08/7-words-encouragement-pastor-busted-perry-noble.html#IDComment1027810212 https://ronedmondson.com/2016/12/7-tips-to-read-the-bible-through-in-one-year.html#IDComment777528483 Not a brag, but I've read through the Bible twice in my life, once as part of a Sunday School class going through a chronological Bible, and then with a plan put out by NavPress reading for different areas of the Bible every day. (This later plan I crammed into fourteen months. Some might say I failed, but I say that I read the Bible through in fourteen months.) There is something transformative about reading whole sections of the Bible at one time, somehow a bigger picture then greeting caught up on the minutiae of subtle meanings of a particular word. I'm not discounting that at all, but I think we need a balance of meaning(s) in our reading. I started this plan again a couple of weeks ago. I have wanted to write about whatever occurs to me as I'm reading but have not created a good plan for doing so in my mind. Actually, I've come up with a workable plan, but I'm too lazy to implement it. A couple of things to keep in mind: one, as Ron said, if you miss a day, just catch up or continue on from that point. Give yourself the grace to continue on. And, kind of turf in with this thought is the second thought: it's about reading the Bible, not completing the plan. Wed, 1 Jan 2014 17:54:09 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2016/12/7-tips-to-read-the-bible-through-in-one-year.html#IDComment777528483 https://ronedmondson.com/2013/12/3-questions-to-write-an-easy-personal-development-plan.html#IDComment775717979 I generally get bogged down at "I suck at pretty much everything." Perhaps I should re-evaluate things (though things are kind of sucky right now, what with being unemployed for almost two years and all the financial fun that entails). Sun, 29 Dec 2013 03:27:27 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2013/12/3-questions-to-write-an-easy-personal-development-plan.html#IDComment775717979 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2013/04/the-hardest-thing-for-some-people-in-ministry-to-do.html#IDComment621396756 Almost seems like there could be room for some kind of public advocate/liaison position, one who is passionate about the work and can share that with others. People tend to support the passion rather than the work. Or have some kind of manager come in to take care of the day-to-day matters to free the leader to become a true leader. Not to separate the leader, of course, but to truly free him or her. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:26:38 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2013/04/the-hardest-thing-for-some-people-in-ministry-to-do.html#IDComment621396756 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/12/true-confession-life-as-an-introvert.html#IDComment520170326 Not a pastor, just a guy. Several times I've started out to a party and turned around and gone home. Most of the time when I don't go to a planned, I don't even get out of my apartment. I'm not married or in a relationship, so I have no impetus to push myself. And, introversion coupled with depression? That's a match made in hell. Or at least purgatory. Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:51:12 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/12/true-confession-life-as-an-introvert.html#IDComment520170326 http://www.chadestes.com/2012/06/lets-get-physical/#IDComment376890077 That is hilarious, though I can't imagine discussing synonyms for organs in the testicular area. Fri, 8 Jun 2012 21:29:11 +0000 http://www.chadestes.com/2012/06/lets-get-physical/#IDComment376890077 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/12/the-top-50-shows-of-all-time.html#IDComment235773051 I personally would add Babylon 5 (my 2nd favorite TV show ever, right behind The Dick Van Dyke Show) and Arrested Development. Fawlty Towers is fantastic. If we're adding BBC shows, I would include Doctor Who. My inner geek commands me to. Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:11:21 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/12/the-top-50-shows-of-all-time.html#IDComment235773051 http://amarkedchange.com/2011/07/18/baby-daddy/#IDComment174922022 Congrats to you and Amy, Wes! I will keep you both in my prayers. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:24:51 +0000 http://amarkedchange.com/2011/07/18/baby-daddy/#IDComment174922022 http://trippcrosby.com/blog/2011/06/streaming-thoughts/#IDComment161548603 I'm wondering what I'm going to watch now that I've finished watching After Hours. I'm kind of hungry, too, but I don't feel like going out to get food, and all I have to eat in my apartment is protin shakes. I've had 4 today. That's it. It's way too early to go to sleep (6:57). I want to see Super 8 this weekend, but I don't know if I'll feel like going to see it. Sinus problems suck. It's about 74° in my apartment. I know because that's where the thermostat is set. 1700 titles in my library, and I don't have any clue what I want to watch. That is sad. Not sad in a "starving children" kind of way, of course. I don't know any starving children in Africa. or on any continent, but I know they exist. Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:00:56 +0000 http://trippcrosby.com/blog/2011/06/streaming-thoughts/#IDComment161548603 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/04/seeing-god-as-too-much-god.html#IDComment147654588 I relate to what Walter says. I have complete faith for everyone. Except me. I need someone to have faith for me. I can comprehend God is bigger than my comprehension will ever be (even in heaven). I can comprehend that the Holy Spirit is even more "other" than God is "other". I accept Jesus as Lord and Savior. Growing up as an only child, though, and being completely rejected by all peers in elementary and junior high (primarily, and at church, too), I don't have any sense of connection with people. I mean, I have (very few) friends now, but I'm extremely guarded with people. Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:38:44 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/04/seeing-god-as-too-much-god.html#IDComment147654588 http://chad-estes.tumblr.com/post/3317487574#IDComment128236009 My dad died from brain cancer almost 3 years ago, and still, there are days I just weep at his loss, that it seems almost unbearable. Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:57:05 +0000 http://chad-estes.tumblr.com/post/3317487574#IDComment128236009 http://blog.ourchurch.com/2011/02/08/3-ways-to-make-your-website-beautiful/#IDComment126716843 I'm not a web designer per se, but I dabble and have played around. Some things to consider: 1) if you use a reverse (light text on dark), bump up the text size a couple of points; 2) Make sure there is enough contrast between the text and the background (it's web-cool to have light gray on medium gray, but miserable to read except at very large point sizes), but don't be obnoxious (no blue on red); 3) Be sure the text is a legible size. Young eyes might not have a problem with it, but unless young people are your only intended audience, design more toward the older generation whose eyes might not be so with it any longer. (As I'm approaching 50--how did that happen?--I'm more aware of this, even if I still have pretty good vision unaided, but less so now.) Tue, 8 Feb 2011 17:08:51 +0000 http://blog.ourchurch.com/2011/02/08/3-ways-to-make-your-website-beautiful/#IDComment126716843 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/02/how-happy-are-you-in-life-a-survey.html#IDComment126398128 I think it probably makes sense. All I can see are the things I do wrong. I certainly don't live in any kind of freedom. I'm glad to be saved, but I haven't figured out what I'm saved for. Mon, 7 Feb 2011 02:48:41 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/02/how-happy-are-you-in-life-a-survey.html#IDComment126398128 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/02/how-happy-are-you-in-life-a-survey.html#IDComment126346554 I don't believe happiness = joy. That's a good thing, as I scored a 14. Haven't full much joy lately, either, though. The only ones that are pretty constant in my life: I never feel loved, and I never feel like I matter. Well, maybe a 2 on the "I matter" part, rarely. Sun, 6 Feb 2011 19:51:28 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/02/how-happy-are-you-in-life-a-survey.html#IDComment126346554 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/caption-this-ill-give-you-a-book.html#IDComment124723537 The life of the house slowly walked away. Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:04:16 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/caption-this-ill-give-you-a-book.html#IDComment124723537 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/01/friday-discussion-why-people-dont-attend-church.html#IDComment122772163 I think part of not going is the visual hypocrisy: the "we have everything together" mentality on parade so that people don't know you're broken inside, but everyone is broken, and those that know it don't feel they can fit in or are looking for more authenticity. I think part of it for many men is that church is for women; there's no challenge for them or to them. In my local church, women have something specifically for them at least twice a week; men have 1 thing on Wednesday mornings at 6. That's not quite catering to men. I go, but I'm frustrated. I want more. Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:30:27 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/01/friday-discussion-why-people-dont-attend-church.html#IDComment122772163 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/what-style-of-worship-is-in-heaven.html#IDComment120376393 There will be all of it! I caught a glimpse the first time I heard the song "He Reigns" by the Newsboys, the uniting of all believers in the worship of our Savior and Lord, the eternal One, Not in unison but unity in purpose. (Though imagine billions of voices singing as one!) Except country. God hates country. He told me. Sun, 9 Jan 2011 15:31:17 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/what-style-of-worship-is-in-heaven.html#IDComment120376393 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/we-are-all-different-diversity-week-1.html#IDComment119233749 1) Sweet 2) Dark Chocolate (but pretty much all chocolate is good stuff!) 3) Techno/Trance (DJ Dave Pearce spins some good stuff) 4) Country 5) Watch the movie (as a kid, I read books, but now I read comics) Mon, 3 Jan 2011 02:41:24 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2011/01/we-are-all-different-diversity-week-1.html#IDComment119233749 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/01/scripture-memorization-week-1.html#IDComment119079220 I'll start this week. I might have forgotten by next week, though ;-) Sat, 1 Jan 2011 21:02:09 +0000 https://ronedmondson.com/2011/01/scripture-memorization-week-1.html#IDComment119079220 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2010/12/what-does-the-sign-of-christmas-say.html#IDComment117829629 The Bible is a work (but not merely so) of literature. As with most literature, most things have at least two meanings: what it says, and what it signifies. There are also different shades and levels of meaning. The sign of the babe in the manger serves as proof of the angels' statement. Not only does this sign serve as a marker of the birth of the Savior, but it serves as a demonstration of the type of Savior we have received. Not a general in might and splendor, but a simple child, humble and modest in means. I'm sure there are other messages to find or are known. ***I really hope my simple comment would not be worthy to appear in @BibleStdntsSay's tweet stream. Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:16:19 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/2010/12/what-does-the-sign-of-christmas-say.html#IDComment117829629