Relive your past
Relive your past - Make a friendship bracelet today.
Evening on the Lake
Relive your past - Make a friendship bracelet today.
Reinventing a company or brand is done from the inside out. This explains why new logos, mission statements, and seminars on “effectively deducing the resource-efficient pathway to maximizing workforce output” are frequently downplayed and rejected as band-aid fixes to deeper problems within an organization. That’s where this ridiculous article from today’s paper about the Presbyterian reinvention (rebranding?) of the Trinity comes into play:
When referring to the Trinity, most Christians are likely to say, “Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.”
But leaders of the Presbyterian Church (USA) are suggesting some additional possibilities: “Compassionate Mother, Beloved Child and Life-giving Womb,” or perhaps “Lover, Beloved and Love that Binds Lover and Beloved Together.”
Or maybe “Rainbow of Promise, Ark of Salvation and Dove of Peace.”…
- K. Connie Kang, Los Angeles Times
You know, in terms of enhancing the clarity of the Trinity, this really goes a long ways in the wrong direction. I too can spout random words and say they relate to the Trinity: “Screwdriver, Drill Bit, and Table Saw.” Or how about “Antelope, Cantelope, and The Force that Binds Fruit to Mammal.”
I’ve an idea: for incorporation of these new ideas into religious education classes, simply let the children fill out simple worksheets, perhaps in MadLibs style. Spaces left open for nouns, verbs, and adjectives … “You see God as [NOUN].” “Your favorite activity is [VERB].” Pretty soon, instead of the antiquated Trinity, we’d have hip, vibrant interpretations of it. From Susie: “I filled out the Trinity MadLib, and realized that the Trinity is a Pine Tree, Diamond, and State Fair Blue Ribbon.” Utter ridiculousness.
I must leave you with a MadLib, obviously. Don’t read ahead! Ok, write down [Name of Person], [Past Tense Verb], and [Noun].
Take your words and put ‘em in … leave your sentences in the comments. One day, [Name of Person] [Past Tense Verb] to New York to see the [Noun].
Amazing tropical pictures - Makes me want to visit Tobago.
Ogio: my next backpack - My current one is going pretty good, but I’ve found that these large day-pack type backpacks work especially well for those full days of classes.
When I say I ran into my English teacher today, I do almost mean it in the literal sense. I was biking and he was driving, the corner was rather blind, and we both swerved and braked in emergency avoidance maneuvers. We casually chatted afterwards, but I the pounding heart-rates of both parties precluded the pretenses most people usually observe in polite conversation. I guess I am a bit socially awkward, not really in a debilitating sense, but still an inconvenience I could do without. My mantra is and almost always has been, be yourself. You can turn up the volume and turn down the volume on the traits, characteristics, and actions that make you as the situation dictates, but you should always go with being you. “Me,” as I currently stand, is a little bit awkward. The price of sincerity, I guess.
After my dental applications, I will cross my fingers waiting for an intereview, which I have been informed will most likely occur. In the interview situation, it is simultaneously important to be oneself, to avoid social awkwardness, and to keep the volume on one’s personality to an elevator music level. Be smart. Be appropriately funny. Make polite conversation. Know things about your surroundings. Do this all in the situation where, similar to my experience of almost running into a car, your heart is racing and your thought process is an adrenaline-blurred mush.
The worn out adage goes “practice makes perfect,” so I will do my best. Hearts racing, we dive into the excitingly-blurry future, hoping to surface where we intended. Or at least we’ll say that’s where we meant to go.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
— Abraham Lincoln
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.
— Abraham Lincoln
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