Tonight, our pastor started a teaching series on the end times. This falls into our NextStep program, which lets people get a little deeper into a specific topic on wednesday evenings. It is more like a class than a sermon.
Prior to his portion of the class, I needed to vamp a bit due to an obligation Kurt had. Below is the result. I hope you enjoy.
Ed’s Super Happy Fun-Time End-Times Quiz
1. The bible speaks of four different colored horses in Revelation. What are the colors?
Red Yellow Pale Black
Cleveland Orange and Brown
ChartreuseFuchsia Goldenrod Salmon
White Red Black Pale
2.The mark of the beast is what number?
a. 1-800-LEMON LAW
b.8-8
c.666
d.867-5309
3.If anyone’s name isn’t in a certain book, they will be cast into the lake of fire. What is the name of the book?
a. The Book of Christ
b. The Book of Life
c. The Book of Believers
d. The Donnelly Directory
4.Of the following, which is the name of one of the four-horsemen of the apocalypse, and which is the name of a My Little Pony:
Dainty Dove
Quackers
Strife
Whizzer
Fiery
Death
Scrumptious
War
Sniffles
Famine
5.Which of the above is the only one actually named in the bible?
6. What is the last word in the book of Revelation, and therefore the bible?
7. Which of the following BEST describes your position on the end times:
Pre-Tribulation
Mid-Tribulation
Post-Tribulation
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
8. In the year 2000, a popular book on the end times was made into a movie. Give me the name of the movie, the star and the hit t.v. series that made the star famous.
9. What are the 12gates made of in the new heavenly city?
One of the jobs I get to do is special event coordinator. Usually, this entails taking a phone call, filling out some paperwork and arranging the details for a group who is going to use our building.
Last night was different. I didn’t get all the answers as to why, but a few volunteers were unable to make it and I was pressed into actual work, serving dinner to families.
The group that was using our facility was the Highmark Caring Place. In a nutshell, they help grieving families, especially kids and teens, who have experienced death. They are using our place until their new building in Warrendale, PA is completed.
So, as I was standing there handing out burgers and dogs, I couldn’t overcome a feeling of helplessness. I knew why every child and family was there. They had experienced unimaginable pain and loss and all I could do was offer a choice of pudding or a cookie.
I have never felt so useless.
Yet, I am also thankful for the people of the Caring Place. I had the chance to watch them systematically set up every room so that healing could take place.
It also reminded me me of how precious life is. And how I can’t wait for bedtime tonight.
“That guy” can take many forms. There is “that funny guy” who always has some witty retort. There is the guy in meetings who just has to comment on everything, and the one who has to say something serious after the funny guy talks.
Then there is “that cynical guy”. He always has a sharp comment on the tip of his tongue, is always ready to personally raise the sarcasm level in the room by 1000% and believes that dark humor is spiritual gift.
Over the past 6 years in my employment, I have become that guy. That cynical guy. I almost let people down if I don’t have some sarcastic remark flying out of my mouth. People have actually asked me if I was all right when I didn’t have something snarky to say.
I don’t want to be that guy anymore. Although I’d like to believe that I am not motivated by legacy, but to some extent I am, I don’t want to be known as that guy. I have a lot of work to do in order to break the habits thy have made me that guy.
How about you? Have you become that guy/ girl? Would you consider your life successful or well lived if you were forever remembered as you are right now?
actually – more like a jog/walk around my new neighborhood.
couldn’t sleep, so i got up around 5:30 and did some reading. then surfed the web a bit. still having lots of nervous energy and not wanting to wake up the rest of the house, i went for my first run since october. i am sure my feet will hate me later (still looking for the right arch support inserts), but it felt really good to get outside and experience the morning.
wildlife encountered:
4 bunnies (1 little baby, ahhhh cute)
4 squirrels
2 dogs (both inside, so i wasn’t chased, but one was angry)
1 deer
lots o’ birds singing
hopefully, i can start a new habit of waking up and briefly hitting the road.
Seth Godin, marketing guru, has really influenced my thinking. From how I should be dealing with those I work with, to the story we tell here at OHC – more than just about anyone else recently, Seth Godin has changed the way I think, and challenged me to be better at customer service and the selling of an idea.
In particular,however, Seth has changed the way I think as a customer. I now have much higher expectations of vendors I deal with. And I am ruined.
Today I placed a call to get info on a product that I am going to buy. I have all ready decided that the acquisition of the product will be highly beneficial to how I operate. When I called to inquire about the product, namely price, I was put on hold. No problem. It was a pleasant experience, actually, with on hold music that wasn’t blowing some speaker cone somewhere and was clean and crisp in terms of audio quality. However, I never got through to a person. I was placed in someone’s voice mail and informed that the person’s mailbox would only be sporadically checked during her absence. This mailbox was designated for those wanting to become a customer. Not a good way to treat a potential client, in my opinion.
If the new customer person was out of the office, then why wasn’t someone else handling the call traffic? At the very least, talking to a person who would say, “Our normal new customer representative is currently away and will be returning on such and such a date. Can I help you with anything, or would you prefer to leave a message?”
This way, I wouldn’t have to save the info, adding another bookmark to an all ready cluttered list, spend the time waiting to call back when someone gets back into the office to ensure my question gets answerewd, or spend time looking up a competitor.
Now, I just annoyed that I have to wait for this miracle product and spending time blogging about it rather than doing my real job.
Thanks Seth.
p.s. Anyone know where I can get some velcro cable straps?
Wow – just finished an intense few days of worship and learning at the Drive 08 conference, at Northpoint.
There was amazing teaching and slamming music. but my overall favorite experience was the staff of Northpoint. All three campuses – Alpharetta, Buckhead and Brown’s Ridge – were represented, and wow – did they bring it.
No question went unanswered. No room was closed to a tour. It was amazing. Maybe its just that southern hospitality thing – but I felt like I had known these people for years after sitting with them for an hour.
Mad props to the Northpoint people.
And I met my blog hero. And he linked me on his blog. Yep. I have a blog crush on Carlos.
Now that I’ve had this awesome experience I have to ask, “Now what do I do?”
