I had a great time this week in Abilene, but it's good to be back home with my wife and kids. While in Abilene I got to eat at both
Harold's and Sharon Allen's new bar-b-que place on the north side. I had a bowl of brisket and beans just like the old days. I have to admit that Sharon may know bar-b-que better than Joe, or at least how to run a restuarant better.
I got to spend some time with our two summer camp teams, and we come up with some great ideas for next summer's camps. I only had time to hit a few lectures during
ACU's Annual Lectureship. The most notable were a discussion on
U2's use of the Psalms and a great review of the movie "
Crash" led by ACU english professor,
Steven Moore. I hope ACU continues to offer this type of culturally relevant lecture stuff in the future.
My favorite quote from the week was from Rick Atchley. During a forum on unity between the church of christ and christian churches he was describing our religious heritage, and he said, "we speak were the Bible speaks, and were the Bible doesn't speak......we have a whole lot more to say." He went on to suggest that maybe on certain issues of personal opinion we'd be better off keeping our mouth shut. Not a bad idea.
No is Not a bad idea
I think I have told you this before but if you are not into Sufjan Stevens, you need to drop everything and start listening. Its a journey brother and they might have the musical map
Bob booth
you want to be inspiration
off Who?
Stay Booth!
joke.
I find it surprising that Stephen Moore would choose to review a movie such as "Crash". I read a review of the movie recently and it indicated that the F-word was used over 100 times, the S-word is used over a dozen times and that more than 30 times other profanity words were used. The review also said that the viewers are exposed to nudity along with a full body shot of two people in a sexual position.
I wish Stephen Moore would have chosen a better movie to convey the message of racism in our society other than one filled with so much imorality.
yes me too, maybe we should have watch "Pooh Bear's Adventure". Then we could have had a great discussion over wholesome things like love, fun, and of course honey! Great point you idiot!
You know who!
Only two suggestions...
1) Be nice!
2) Be careful of making quick judgements regarding things you havn't seen.
Thanks for the honest discussion!