BOOK REVIEW: “The Chronicles of Narnia” by C.S. Lewis

8.31.2005 — 1 Comment

I’M FINISHED READING THE SEVEN (7) BOOKS!!!

I can hardly believe how much I enjoyed reading C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia!”

I finished book 7, “The Last Battle” today during my lunch break. At the finish, I wanted to stand and tell everyone at Subway how much I enjoyed these books and how badly they needed to read them. I chose NOT to do such a thing and went outside.

Let me be honest about something here.

Reading these books “changed” something inside of me. Yep. They helped me with my own imagination and my own thought-processes and my own wonderment of just how big God is.

For instance, when you think of Heaven, have you ever wondered how FAR Heaven goes? I mean does it go to a wall somewhere, are we going to be kept in a certain area, or could I, in fact, walk for eternity and NEVER see the same thing twice? Yah, my brain hurts after thinking that, too…

Also – these books, as I’ve said, have given me a new imagination and child-like weirdness, too.

I was on the softball field one night after reading book 1, I think, when I saw a dragonfly hovering close to me. After reading about Narnia and the wonders C.S. Lewis imagined, I actually spoke to the dragonfly and said, “Come here.”

It flew away.

On another night, I actually TRIED to dream about Narnia. Seriously – I layed in bed after finishing one of the books and thought to myself, “wouldn’t it be great to actually have a dream about Narnia, and have my own adventures there – all inside a dream?!” I think I slept that night with no dreams.

All that to say that these books are a timeless treasure that I will enjoy reading again and again! If you haven’t already read the series, they’re on sale @ Amazon for $28.77 with free shipping!

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Planned Parenthood Cartoon

8.31.2005 — 3 Comments

Planned Parenthood Removes Cartoon Advocating Abortion Violence (link to article @ lifenews.com)

When I first read this article, I thought, “How bad could this cartoon really be?”

Then I “Googled” the cartoon and found this: link (91mb). Here’s a link to a much smaller (3.4mb), Windows Media version of the video.

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It’s HUMID!

8.30.2005 — 4 Comments

While much of the Southeast is being clobbered by a huricane, it seems like here in Indiana the humidity decided to move North and rest with us for a bit. Ugh.

I just took a trip to Lowes and Walmart for theBOX-related items and came back nearly drowned in my own sweat. (isn’t that a pretty mental picture?)

Anyways, it’s a good Tuesday. Got a lot done here in the office again today. Finalized a postcard that is off to the printer and will be back in a week’s time (had to rush this one) advertising our Fall Kick Off for theBOX coming up September 21st. Our kickoff is a bit later this year due to many reasons, but mostly because I am a bit overwhelmed. (Honesty is STILL the best policy, right?)

I had lunch with Thomas Hall and Bethany Kinney this afternoon at Courthouse Coffee. They really do have the best chicken salad sandwich in the county! Thomas treated us both to lunch out of the kindness of his heart. If you’re keeping tabs, that’s TWO free lunches in TWO days! Amazing. Thomas and Bethany have been dating now for a bunch of years and Thomas is now on staff here at Warsaw Wesleyan as the part-time music director. He is heading back to IWU as a commuter this year for his Junior year. It’s been great to have him around in the office these last couple of weeks.

Picked up a printer for theBOX tonight, along with some monitor extension cables and a 3″ hole-saw to bore the holes in the famous countertop upstairs. I also figured out a way to lock up the fridge, too! Biased opinion: theBOX is the coolest room in the church!

Tonight, Jess and I FINALLY get a meal together for dinner. I’ve been looking forward to that all day!

Have I mentioned lately that my wife is my best friend and that I would be much less of the Stevan I am without being married to her?

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Uhm, I need one of these..

8.29.2005 — 4 Comments

Video file link. (via)

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A productive Monday.

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Although talking to customer service twice in the same day could be labeled as “ridiculous”, I still call today (thus far) a productive day.

Today I started (and finished) the final draft of two banners that will be hanging in theBOX (our youth room) for the next year! They’re going to be sweet, and when they arrive and I hang them, I will be sure to take pictures of these beautiful banners.

I also enjoyed a great lunch with fellow Youth Pastor, Scott Greene today! He even treated me to the Pizza Hut buffet today! THANK YOU, SCOTT! What a guy!

We’ve got a co-operative youth worship night scheduled for September 25th. Our youth group will join numerous others for a night of Praise & Worship over at Warsaw Community. It will be a great showing of a unified gathering of teens and young adults who all worship the same God! I’m REALLY looking forward to it! We’ve chosen September 25th because it’s the Sunday after “See You At The Pole” – a nationwide rally of young people for prayer. Both events will be incredible this year!

Tonight – accountability @ Hacienda and before sleep, hopefully finishing “The Silver Chair”, book #7 in the Chronicles of Narnia! Oh, and Jess found the old BBC-versions of the Chronicles of Narnia movies on DVD on eBay! We currently have the highest bid on a brand-new set for under $30!

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