Jay's Comments

inprogress : a big weekend...

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:33:21 +0000

I'll be praying for sure! Us drummers gotta stick together.

inprogress : A Shocking Start to 2011

Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:04:07 +0000

Wow! What an awful way to start 2011! I'm glad everything is ok. One thing I resolved to do was to write down prayers people needed and this will definitely be part of that.

tylerstanton.com : 3 Questions

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:26:46 +0000

1. Pumping gas. I'm from Jersey and it's one of maybe 2 states in the entire country where people cannot pump their own gas. 2. Ben Arment 3. Nobody can make themselves burp like I can.

inprogress : give life.

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 03:53:54 +0000

You're an amazing woman Tam. Thanks for your transparency.

inprogress : interactive info

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 02:57:22 +0000

Ok, I'll try something else. I'll go with a musical question. If there was one instrument you could play that would have you compared to the greats who play it, what would it be? As much as I like rock music, I also like jazz. If I could, I would love to be able to play the saxophone.

inprogress : interactive info

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 02:18:40 +0000

Name a movie in the last 10 years you can watch over and over. For me it would be 'High Fidelity.' It never gets boring.

GBrenna.com : Flash 10.1 on the Droid X and Mobile Sites

Wed, 7 Jul 2010 20:38:54 +0000

Sweet. There is also Android 2.2 blowing iOS4 out of the water in JavaScript execution. http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/50551-an...

Shaun in the City : Courageous Just WON the $250k Pepsi Refresh Grant!!!! :-)

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:13:50 +0000

You know, that's just mean. But I like your style Shaun! Keep plugging brother. I love what you're doing.

SayAnythingBlog.com : Obama Going To "Call The Bluff" Of Those Complaining About The National Debt

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 02:20:22 +0000

Remember too that Democrats consider tax cuts to be "spending." Remember, they think it's all of their money. Obama will talk about how the country cannot "afford" to keep in place all of the tax cuts Bush "gave away."

Ron Edmondson : Giveaway: Win a Catalyst East 2009 CD Set

Wed, 2 Jun 2010 14:56:23 +0000

Sounds great. @jaycaruso

Danny J Bixby : More Churches? Or Bigger Churches?

Tue, 25 May 2010 15:36:25 +0000

I think there's so many churches simply because there are so many different styles of worship (and I don't just mean that in the musical sense). I know that our church lost many of the founding members largely because of our move towards more things contemporary. For instance, our Pastor started reading from the New King James Bible and also quotes The Message and other translations as opposed to reading only from the KJV. Also, we eliminated (this was nearly 5 years ago) the 'traditional' service and went 100% contemporary. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's just a preference. The only issue that I have with it is we don't want to see more and more "smaller churches" around simply for the sake of being "smaller." Growth is important to a church. On the flip side of that however is the desire for churches to grow simply for the sake of growing and being able to say, "We have 5000 weekly attend our church."

Danny J Bixby : Social Justice vs Socialism

Fri, 21 May 2010 17:17:10 +0000

Time for a contrary point of view. I don't listen to Beck's radio show or watch his television show (After listening to talk radio and watching cable news for years, it's all just noise really) but I do know from experience that bombast and over the top statements are par for the course for any political host, be it left or right. While right off the bat it would be hard to defend Beck's comments, there is a political angle to it specifically with his mention of Jeremiah Wright. Let's be honest. There are plenty of pastors across the country who trade in teaching about salvation and eternal life through Jesus Christ for a platform that enables them to use their pulpits as a means of making economic or political change. Often that change (which is largely left wing liberal politics) is cloaked in the term "social justice." What I have been reading and hearing is a variation of, "Well if the people aren't going to do what they should, then the government should step in to help the poor and oppressed." Granted, I would agree the church (which is made up of the people who go there) does not do enough. There was some awful statistic that I read which said less than 5% of evangelical Christians tithe. That needs to change. But look at some of these other issues: Cap and trade. Healthcare reform. Increased taxes. Mortgage reform. Financial reform. Look into it. It won't be hard to find somebody attaching the phrase "social justice" to these programs. None of which have anything to do with helping the "poor and the oppressed" (though some might argue otherwise). And of all the things the government can do, the one thing it cannot do for people is bring them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not the "social gospel" of caring for the poor and oppressed (those actions are the implications or results of the gospel) but rather the gospel that teaches that Christ was a living sacrifice for us and died on the cross in effect becoming sin to pay the debt of ours and that salvation comes in believing on this and accepting Him as our Lord and Savior. If we don't do that, then feeding every poor person in the world won't mean a thing the moment they take their last breaths on this earth. So. Acting out in faith and caring for the poor in our communities, cities, counties, states, country and the world? Yes, even if people want to attach the label of "social justice" to it. Tying "social justice" to liberal political programs and policies and proclaiming it in the name of Jesus the way Jim Wallis does? No good. It's wrong. And that goes for both ends of the political spectrum, bet it Wallis or James Dobson. Rant over.

Shaun in the City : Will my Muslim Children Feel Welcome @ Your Church?

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 16:04:36 +0000

Understood. My comment was in the context of salvation not knowledge.

Shaun in the City : Will my Muslim Children Feel Welcome @ Your Church?

Fri, 2 Apr 2010 15:38:44 +0000

Inviting people from other faiths to church services and events should be encouraged. How else are they going to hear about Jesus otherwise? Our church has events that are open to anybody that wants to come. In fact, if you're not reaching out to the community and inviting anybody that wants to come, then you're deviating from what Christ commanded us to do which was to make disciples of ALL nations.

Stuff Christians Like - Jon Acuff : Win a Macbook Pro 13 inch laptop.

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 14:44:43 +0000

Thanks Clover!

Human3rror : Ninja Exit.

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:49:32 +0000

Ninjas don't need doorways to get to the used books across the hall baby!

Big Journalism : Max Blumenthal, You're Being Booger-Boarded

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:49:16 +0000

What brain?

Mr Shields: no one calls me that : Kindle Review: 1 year later - Part 2

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:04:08 +0000

I didn't know about the ability to highlight which makes it that much more intriguing. I was getting into audiobooks for awhile but found it very frustrating not to be able to easily make notes about something in particular or trying to find something after I was finished with it so the audio books have been pushed back and I only listen to fiction.

GBrenna.com : Google Chrome for Mac

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:03:54 +0000

I've been using Chrome for my iMac, but I had the Chromium version which already had bookmark synching and extensions. I love Chrome. I still have to keep Firefox handy because there are still some sites that don't play nice with Chrome.

Human3rror : Caption Please.

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:17:16 +0000

Ok, that's enough of that! My recent post Mom’s Memorial