Friday, February 29, 2008

I was tagged! v 2.0 - 123

[Directions]
  • Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
  • Find Page 123. Find the first 5 sentences.
  • Post the next 3 sentences (in other words start posting at sentence #6).
  • Tag 5 people.
"Yet Adam was created in God's perfect image, with no scars and nothing to hide until after the Fall. This question may offend some Jews, and for that I apologize in advance, but within this context it simply must be asked: Could the hidden disfigurement of circumcision symbolize the idea that the priest - representing all the people - had something to hide, just as the fallen Adam did? Similarly, could a new mother's uncleaness come from her part in bringing another sin-addicted soul into the world? And could a woman's pain in childbirth - which is unnatural according to Genesis - be intended to remind us of our loving God's pain at the other end of life, at our death, which is also unnatural?

For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declare the Sovereign Lord. Repent and live!
- Ezekiel 18:32
Every painful birth heralds an eventual death, and both are part of the curse that Adam and Eve received as the result of the original sin."


I am breaking the rules, I will not tag 5 people. If you read this and have not yet done it, you are tagged!

I was tagged!

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Service Level Coordinator for T-Mobile
2. Chapel Coordinator for Cascade College
3. PSP Director/Intern
4. Lawn Mower - this was my own business when I was about 13

Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Transformers
2. Fight Club
3. Elf
4. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (my favorite Disney movie)


Four places I have lived:
1. Portland, OR
2. Redmond, OR
3. Vancouver, WA

that's all folks!


Four TV Shows that I watch
1. Good Eats
2. Sponge Bob Square Pants
3. Man vs. Wild
4. What's with that house?

Four places I have been:
1. Muncie, IN
2. Danville, KY
3. Prescott, AZ
4. Caldwell, ID

Four people who e-mail me (regularly):
1. Kayte - my boss
2. Various sales guys from Sweatwater
3. Urban Dictionary word of the day
4. Washington Mutual - when the balance on my checking account is low (more often than I wish!)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Ice Cream
2. Popcorn
3. Hebrew National Hot Dogs (Jews really know how to make good meat!)
4. Raw carrots and celery

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Anywhere in Mexico (preferably in the mountains)
2. Outside working in my yard
3. In & Out Burger
4. PUMP Sunday morning praise time

Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year (next 12 months):
1. Financial Peace University
2. Camping
3. Going to a University of Oklahoma Sooners football game with my friend Jim
4. Taking a trip to the coast with my wife and no kids

Four significant/memorable gifts I have received:
1. Isaac
2. Andrew
3. Hannah
4. Moriyah

Four Books that have impacted me the greatest:
1. Matthew inspired by Yahweh
2. 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
3. Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulgham
4. Through Painted Deserts by Don Miller

Four People who have changed my thinking and continue to do so:
1. Jesus the rabbi
2. My best friend Sarah
3. The Apostle Paul
4. The Reverend Ike Graul