Fatherly Thoughts 2

Here's my 2nd and probably final "Fatherly blog thought" for a bit. Connar loves to hear and watch me play guitar. He goes crazy for it. So I regularly break out the 6 string and sing to him. Or sing over him is probably more accurate.

Here I am singing Allison Krauss' "You say it best when you say nothing at all." I find that an appropriate song, though he "can't" say anything at all yet. The smile on his face lets me know that he loves me-another line from the song if you're not familiar with it. And that smile is plenty enough for the time being. Of course he could say to me, "You say it best when you sing nothing at all." But he's too young to tell my voice is bad and hasn't developed the chutzpah to say that yet.

This practice and specifically this picture (click on the picture to get a bigger and clearer image) remind me of Zephaniah 3:17

"The LORD your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing."

That's what God does to His children, and I think that is downright cool. Surprising. Counter-intuitive, but amazing. I guess to be consistent with my Allison Krauss reference, I should have just posted the verse and the picture. You write it best, when you write nothing at all.

Bobby Moynihan - In North American Savings

No video. This was an SNL skit Bobby was in on 1/17.


Commercial: North American Savings

Fred Armisen ... Applicant
Abby Elliott ... Applicant
Will Forte ... Applicant
Bill Hader ... Employee
Darrell Hammond ... Employee
Bobby Moynihan ... Applicant
Andy Samberg ... Applicant
Jason Sudeikis ... Applicant
Kenan Thompson ... Applicant
Michaela Watkins ... Employee
Kristen Wiig ... Applicant
Casey Wilson ... Applicant

Yen Intha Mounam stills - Shena

Cast: Sneha,Vikramaditya, Sarath Babu, Chandana, Aishwarya, Ambika, Vishwa, Shivashankar, Pandu, Ramesh Kanna, Sandra, Suman Shetty, L.B.Sriram
Direction: Nagabhushan
Production: Deva Kumaar Reddy
Banner: Sri Dega Arts
Music: K. M. Radhakrishna











Cast: Sneha,Vikramaditya, Sarath Babu, Chandana, Aishwarya, Ambika, Vishwa, Shivashankar, Pandu, Ramesh Kanna, Sandra, Suman Shetty, L.B.Sriram
Direction: Nagabhushan
Production: Deva Kumaar Reddy
Banner: Sri Dega Arts
Music: K. M. Radhakrishna















Cast: Sneha,Vikramaditya, Sarath Babu, Chandana, Aishwarya, Ambika, Vishwa, Shivashankar, Pandu, Ramesh Kanna, Sandra, Suman Shetty, L.B.Sriram
Direction: Nagabhushan
Production: Deva Kumaar Reddy
Banner: Sri Dega Arts
Music: K. M. Radhakrishna

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The article sans Geoff

Well, it doesn't look like a lot came from my interview with the Kansas City Star Reporter. What can you do? The opportunity to be interviewed was nevertheless still worth my 15 cell phone minutes. And to hear that my readership comprises more folks than I realized was worth the price of admission. To read Rick Montgomery's article, click here. I don't endorse all that's written, I'm simply presenting someone's thoughtful reflection on faith and football. I've reflected on it enough lately, so I shall let someone else speak on it for a change.

Bobby Moynihan - In Da Learnin Train

No video. This was an SNL skit Bobby Moynihan was in on 1/17.


Da Learnin' Train

Rosario Dawson ... Carla Da Funkee Conduktah
Fred Armisen ... Mailman
Abby Elliott ... Dominique
Will Forte ... K
Bill Hader ... Deejay
Bobby Moynihan ... Hector
Andy Samberg ... Jesse
Jason Sudeikis ... Harry Connick Jr.
Kenan Thompson ... Riznatch

Enthiran New stills - Rajini and Aishwarya

Aishwarya Rai everygreen beauty with grace and galm was busy shooting for many movies like Enthiran , Ravana and Sanjay Leela Bhanshali’s next. Here are some exclusive pictures of Aishwarya Rai while she was shooting for Enthiran which stars south superstar Ranjnikanth. Pictures are taken during her visit to Peru at the historical Inca civilisational site of Machu Picchu in Peru. Enthiran which was titled Robot previously is undoubtedly the most awaited movie. Check out exclusive pictures of Aishwarya Rai.

Lara Datta in Maxim Febuary 2009

Fatherly Thoughts 1

I've learned so much about God as Father from simply being a father myself. Now I will say that the Fatherly imagery in the bible instructs us that God is far more than simply a warm, loving, delighted parent (Ancient Near Eastern "father" imagery refers to a Sovereign King), but then again, He is not less than that.

Because a Christian is saved by grace and not anything that he does (Eph 2:8-9), he/she has different motivations to live out his/her faith than a Muslim, a Jew, or "Oprah-ite." Though motivations differ from the latter (where he/she does good deeds TO get in good with God), such are actually far more numerous for the former. Motivation for a radically sacrificial life comes from the knowledge one is already saved, from the fact that good works have been prepared in advanced for Christians to do, that sin is no longer their master, etc.....

But I've really begun to experience a new motivation. There's nothing quite like watching your child grow. From laying down like a blob, to rolling over, to sitting up, and now to crawling. It brings great delight to my heart to see Connar grow.

Now I would still love him just as much if he stopped growing. But when he does grow, develop, and learn, it's an absolute blast for me as a father. I imagine it brings God the Father great joy to see His children growing/learning/developing. Even in small steps. He still loves us when we stop growing for a time, but if we knew how much joy it brought Him to see His children growing, shouldn't we then do all that we can to put ourselves in the path of growth: fellowship, worship, sacraments, the bible, prayer?

Roller Coaster

Today was an up-and-down type of day. I had planned on doing some early morning fishing, finishing by 10 am. However Connar's teeth had other plans and he ended up staying awake from 3-4 'ish' A.M. Not conducive to a 6 am wake up time.

That's OK, because it left me more time to spend at Wachovia this afternoon, figuring out why checks I had supposedly deposited were bouncing. Of course I had never seen these checks before. Apparently someone got a hold of my account and was cashing bad checks. They call that fraud where I come from. So after an hour and a half in Wachovia, we seem to have the problem mostly solved.

Now for the "up" part. I got a call from Rick Montgomery from the Kansas City Star. He wanted to interview me for an article he's writing on God and football- inspired by Kurt Warner's outspoken Christianity. A little while ago, he stumbled upon one of my posts on scripture verses and eye black. Crazy, eh?

So we talked for about 15 minutes this afternoon, and he's going to have the article done sometime this afternoon. He may or may not quote me. But it was still cool to have a visitor to the blog who is an accomplished writer for a major newspaper. I'll post the article here as soon as it comes out.