Hi!
Today I received a lot of goodies that were early Christmas gifts, and they helped me feel so loved. It reminded me of the five love languages Gary Chapman details in his book about love languages. They are the language of gifts, healthy touch, acts of service, quality time-listening or doing something fun, and affirming words/praise/compliments.
He asserts everyone has a love language that means the most to them. I like them all, and the gifts are wonderful.
Well, I wanted to share. Merry early Christmas!
Alanda
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Why we should clean up tv and not watch so much
Hi,
Long time no blog. Life sure is full when you have responsibilities and friends. In any case, I'll get back to some evidence of why the television shows should have higher ethics and standards especially for children and note why we should forgo the television more often than we do. Much of this evidence is at http://www.labouroflove.org/tv-toys-&-technology/television/research-on-the-effects-of-television/ . Why reinvent the wheel?
Also, when I was in college, I wrote a paper for linguistics. The paper, "The Effects of Media on Language Acquisition," shows that children who watch a lot of television have their visual part of the brain stimulated, but because they were not verbally interacting with the television, their language/verbal part of the brain did not get exercised and their vocabulary and communication skills decreased.
Another interesting fact is that for social dilemmas, another college class I took, my classmate wrote a paper to determine whether or not violence on television effected children's behavior. Studies show that it does. When writing about how to solve this problem, she suggested that concerned viewers write letters and noted that television executives said one letter was like one or ten thousand opinions to them because for every one person who wrote, one or ten thousand people thought it.
Do you want another reason to forgo TV? It has to do with money. A Yahoo article a while ago said if people stopped paying for cable and used the time working a second job, in a certain amount of years they would have saved enough money from electric and cable bills and earned enough from their other job to be a millionaire.
Well, let's do some good stuff and be well! Be blessed readers!
Long time no blog. Life sure is full when you have responsibilities and friends. In any case, I'll get back to some evidence of why the television shows should have higher ethics and standards especially for children and note why we should forgo the television more often than we do. Much of this evidence is at http://www.labouroflove.org/tv-toys-&-technology/television/research-on-the-effects-of-television/ . Why reinvent the wheel?
Also, when I was in college, I wrote a paper for linguistics. The paper, "The Effects of Media on Language Acquisition," shows that children who watch a lot of television have their visual part of the brain stimulated, but because they were not verbally interacting with the television, their language/verbal part of the brain did not get exercised and their vocabulary and communication skills decreased.
Another interesting fact is that for social dilemmas, another college class I took, my classmate wrote a paper to determine whether or not violence on television effected children's behavior. Studies show that it does. When writing about how to solve this problem, she suggested that concerned viewers write letters and noted that television executives said one letter was like one or ten thousand opinions to them because for every one person who wrote, one or ten thousand people thought it.
Do you want another reason to forgo TV? It has to do with money. A Yahoo article a while ago said if people stopped paying for cable and used the time working a second job, in a certain amount of years they would have saved enough money from electric and cable bills and earned enough from their other job to be a millionaire.
Well, let's do some good stuff and be well! Be blessed readers!
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Bringing About Decent Television
Let's fix television programming. We can do it. Let's boycott advertisers who air their ads on raunchy shows like The Family Guy, American Dad, and whatever other perverted raunchy shows - oh and let's not forget the shows with gratuitous violence. Here is a link to a list of advertisers' contact information http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/advertisers/main.asp . Let's boycott and let the advertisers know so they yank advertising to avoid a revenue loss.
Also, let's pressure cable companies and satellite companies to offer family friendly packages of channels so Americans who buy into that won't subsidize the raunchy, violent programming on the air waves. How do we do that?
Well, you can fill out a survey at http://www.parentstv.org/boone/Pat-Boone-Survey.aspx , and Pat Boone will share the views with some powers that be in the industry.
Next will be a "blog" that shows evidence why this programming is bad for our brain and society. Stay tuned.
Also, let's pressure cable companies and satellite companies to offer family friendly packages of channels so Americans who buy into that won't subsidize the raunchy, violent programming on the air waves. How do we do that?
Well, you can fill out a survey at http://www.parentstv.org/boone/Pat-Boone-Survey.aspx , and Pat Boone will share the views with some powers that be in the industry.
Next will be a "blog" that shows evidence why this programming is bad for our brain and society. Stay tuned.
Persecuted Christians
Some of the world still persecutes Christians. Indonesia, China, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, India, Columbia, Chiapas, and more tolerate harrasment, abuse, and murder of Christians. Persecution.com has evidence.
Why don't more churches talk about this? Why isn't there more exposure in the "mainstream" media? Why don't we write letters to ambassadors of these countries and put pressure on these countries to stop?
I believe if we started groups of people writing letters to those in prison, sending care packages, and pressuring countries to stop more than we do now, there will be a change. Also, people will realize more that it takes more courage to be a Christian than to not be one, and that the freedoms in this country, especially of religious liberty, is to be protected and cherished.
As for taking action by writing to the people in prison for their faith and sending care packages, I do that. Now for those letters...
Why don't more churches talk about this? Why isn't there more exposure in the "mainstream" media? Why don't we write letters to ambassadors of these countries and put pressure on these countries to stop?
I believe if we started groups of people writing letters to those in prison, sending care packages, and pressuring countries to stop more than we do now, there will be a change. Also, people will realize more that it takes more courage to be a Christian than to not be one, and that the freedoms in this country, especially of religious liberty, is to be protected and cherished.
As for taking action by writing to the people in prison for their faith and sending care packages, I do that. Now for those letters...
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Introduction
Finally I'll be on the web in more than an email fashion. There are so many ways to express ourselves (me and whoever is reading this). It's about time I start using the web more.
Well, I hope this blog helps you understand that God loves you lots, He is real, and that Jesus was not crazy. He is legitimate. No one has ever disproved the Bible and archaeological evidence supports it. If you have troubles believing this, take a look at Biblical Archaeological review and then look at other histories and how they correlate with the Bible. If anything absolutely disproved the Bible, the media would have a field day.
Now, some of you may be thinking that the Bible says the earth is 6,000 years old and that does not coincide with the carbon dating. Well I say to you, the Bible says God is the Beginning and the End- the Alpha and Omega. In light of this, the matter He used to create could be timeless, before He invented time- the day and the night. So carbon dating and the age of the earth the Bible supports can coexist.
If you have questions about God, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer. Having a belief in Jesus as Lord and Saviour is essential for living a peaceful, meaningful life. By saying prayers in His name, not only do we incorporate our physical and soul actions, we also ask the Most Powerful Force to act in regards to whatever we are asking Him to accomplish. Invoking God's power through Jesus destroys anything that tries to set itself against Him. We may see an immediate answer or we may not, but in any case big things are happening and though we may not see all the answers because we are not omnipotent, good things are happening.
Some of you want proof. Of course you can see testimonials on many Christian ministries and Christian's websites. If you want unbiased testimonies, I've read articles in various magazines about how sick people who are prayed for are more likely to heal. God's power is at work. I'll say this, two friends immediately come to mind who are not doing drugs- one who was addicted to heroin- anymore. I prayed for them for a while and they both are away from that lifestyle and have productive lives. Both have admitted that they felt God calling them to a better place and are glad that I prayed. Another, my friends daughter has a hole in her heart. It is not fully closed, but is smaller than before. Her daughter -less than two- is an everyday miracle.
Do you want more proof? I dare you to ask Jesus to be real to you. I dare you to ask the Highest High Power to show Himself. I dare you to go to church and look for people who match the description of what we should be like in the Bible and ask what their testimonies are. I dare you to read the Bible and call some of our bluff when we do not act right. Let Jesus be real to you.
Thanks for the time and attention. More will be soon.
These sites show more evidence:
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/
http://www.cbn.com/
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6562/apologetics/smj.pdf
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/159/19/2273
Well, I hope this blog helps you understand that God loves you lots, He is real, and that Jesus was not crazy. He is legitimate. No one has ever disproved the Bible and archaeological evidence supports it. If you have troubles believing this, take a look at Biblical Archaeological review and then look at other histories and how they correlate with the Bible. If anything absolutely disproved the Bible, the media would have a field day.
Now, some of you may be thinking that the Bible says the earth is 6,000 years old and that does not coincide with the carbon dating. Well I say to you, the Bible says God is the Beginning and the End- the Alpha and Omega. In light of this, the matter He used to create could be timeless, before He invented time- the day and the night. So carbon dating and the age of the earth the Bible supports can coexist.
If you have questions about God, please let me know and I'll do my best to answer. Having a belief in Jesus as Lord and Saviour is essential for living a peaceful, meaningful life. By saying prayers in His name, not only do we incorporate our physical and soul actions, we also ask the Most Powerful Force to act in regards to whatever we are asking Him to accomplish. Invoking God's power through Jesus destroys anything that tries to set itself against Him. We may see an immediate answer or we may not, but in any case big things are happening and though we may not see all the answers because we are not omnipotent, good things are happening.
Some of you want proof. Of course you can see testimonials on many Christian ministries and Christian's websites. If you want unbiased testimonies, I've read articles in various magazines about how sick people who are prayed for are more likely to heal. God's power is at work. I'll say this, two friends immediately come to mind who are not doing drugs- one who was addicted to heroin- anymore. I prayed for them for a while and they both are away from that lifestyle and have productive lives. Both have admitted that they felt God calling them to a better place and are glad that I prayed. Another, my friends daughter has a hole in her heart. It is not fully closed, but is smaller than before. Her daughter -less than two- is an everyday miracle.
Do you want more proof? I dare you to ask Jesus to be real to you. I dare you to ask the Highest High Power to show Himself. I dare you to go to church and look for people who match the description of what we should be like in the Bible and ask what their testimonies are. I dare you to read the Bible and call some of our bluff when we do not act right. Let Jesus be real to you.
Thanks for the time and attention. More will be soon.
These sites show more evidence:
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/
http://www.cbn.com/
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/6562/apologetics/smj.pdf
http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/159/19/2273
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