What words, for the life of you, can you never spell correctly?
Submitted by Byrne.
"Drawer". Seriously it just now took me several attempts to spell it. It looks like "Draw-er" Shouldn't there be an "O" in the stinking word. I can remember losing in a spelling bee because of this word.
Thursday April 19th - Vincent Padilla fails to secure his first win of the season, however it's Feldman that records the loss. The Indians win 6-4. Sammy Sosa strokes his forth homer.
Friday April 20th - The Rangers get lit up by the Athletics 16-4. McCarthy earns his 3rd loss.
Thursday April 19th - Astros win 8-6 over the Reds, and their record is now 8-6. Brad Lidge is awarded the win. Wheeler records the save (3). Luke Scott and Jason Lane hit a home run. Woody Williams gives up 6 runs over 6 innings.
Friday April 20th - Astros win 6-5 over the Brewers. Craig Biggio hits a grand slam to help seal the victory. Chad Qualls earns the save. Astros sit atop the division with a record of 9-6. Definitely an improvement after they stumbled out of the gates.
OTHER THOUGHTS -
Thursday April 19th
- A-Rod launches his 10th homer of the season. He now has 26 RBIs on the season and in all fairness he committed his second error on the season.
Friday April 20th
- A-Rod hits two more home runs to lead the entire MLB with 12. Yankees still lose.
This was posted by Gman at http://youthministryforum.blogspot.com/. Something I need to refresh with while searching for a church. I keep saying that I'm looking for a church that will love for me to love them. Anyways...
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For those of you who are currently looking for a new ministry remember a few things.
1. Interview the Church thoroughly.
2. If a church acts like its a privilege just to grace their pulpit, then walk away.
3. If you feel like your getting the 3rd degree then walk away.
4. If they will not give you a copy of the past 3 years budgets, then don't even go to the interview.
5. If they act a little skiddish when talking about pay, then pay attention to that.
6. Ask them what an acceptable yearly increase should be.
7. Make sure they completely define your role before you walk in the door.
8. Ask if any 1 person runs the church and then watch everyones body language very carefully.
9. Ask every leader who interviews you what they exactly do in the church. This will allow you to see how motivated they really are.
10. If you are frustrated by the overall process of one church, then walk away. Spend a lot of time in prayer and make sure that you only proceed in God's good timing.
The Rangers were on the bad end of a Mark Buehrle whooping stick, losing 6-9 The White Sox' left hander faced the minimum 27 batters and was a walk away from a perfect game. Buehrle walked Sammy Sosa in the fifth but then promptly picked him off at first base. I find this really impressive. The Rangers may not be a great team, but they do have a knack for hitting the ball. Not tonight however. Not this early season. It doesn't matter if they were able to improve their pitching if they don't start hitting. Jim Thome hit two home runs to lead the Sox' charge. The Rangers are a game and a half behind the A's.
The Astros go above .500 for the first time this year, after a 7-2 win over the Reds. Aaron Harang of the Reds pitched 6 good innings, and was actually leading when he left, but with a 5 run eighth the Astros pulled ahead. Chris Sampson pitched 7 strong innings giving up 2 runs on 5 hits. Biggio failed to get any hits today. The Rangers are now in second place, tied with the Red, half a game behind the Brewers.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
- The Nationals are actually 2 games ahead of the Phillies in the NL East.
- The Mets' John Maine flirted with a no-no up to the 7th inning, when Miguel Cabrera broke it up.
- Dontrelle Willis of the Marlins lost his first game of the year (record now is 3-1)
- The Braves continue to look like a team to beat. They defeated the Cubs 8-6 increasing their record to 10-4.
- Brandon Webb of the Diamondbacks pitched 8 strong innings and recorded 13 K's.
- The Mariners' phenom Felix Hernandez left in the first with tightness in his pitching arm. The team's keeping their lips shut for the moment, say it was for precautionary reasons.
- Albert Pulojs hit a massive home run last night, but was out matched when Barry Bonds placed one in McCovey Cove. Bonds is now 18 away from breaking the record.
From Pastors.com (Click Here for full article)
1. Analyze your reading habits.
- Is your reading planned or spasmodic?
- How many books have I read per year since graduating seminary?
2. Schedule time for reading.
3. Balance your reading.
4. Don’t just read a book; respond to it.
5. Know what not to read
6. Make a monthly trip to the library.
7. Build your own library.
What a stupid list!
ChurchReport.com post a list of the top 20 youth pastors in America. There are no quantifications for making the list in the post, which makes the whole thing subjective. There is not one pastor not at a mega-church. Can great youth pastors not work at church with 5000 members?
That's not to say that these are great youth pastors, but a top 20 list? Bad idea.
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- 1 KURT JOHNSTON
- 2. DAVID STAAL, SCOTT RUBIN AND DARREN WHITEHEAD
- 3 KEVIN RAGSDALE
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4 PRESTON MITCHELL
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5 JOEL AND AMY STOCKSTILL
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6 JASON GANT
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7 KEVIN D. CALDWELL
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8 KEN OVERHOLSER
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9 BRENT PARSLEY
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10 TRAVIS SYBERT
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11 BRIAN SCHULENBURG AND HEATHER FLIES
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12 BRAD BAKER
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13 JEFF SLACK
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14 TERRY VAN WINKLE
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15 KAREN STEFACEK
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16 CECIL LINKE
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17 REV. ALEX MICHEL
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18 BRAD NELSON
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19 JOE HAYS
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20 BEN HARDMAN
Monday April 16th - An off day for the boys.
Tuesday April 17th - Win 8-1 over Chicago. Robinson Tejada won his second game after pitching 7 innings giving up only one run to the White Sox. Sammy Sosa hit another home run.
Monday April 16th - A 4-3 victory over the Marlins. With a 5-6 the Astros are a game under .500. Chad Qualls struck out 3 of the 5 batters he faced and recorded his second win. Craig Biggio now has 2,942 career hits. He should reached the 3,000th hit this season. A sure Hall of Famer.
Tuesday April 17th - Roy Oswalt pitches another great game and the Astros reach .500 by beating the Florida Marlins 6-1. Carlos Lee goes 3-4 with a double and a round tripper.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
Monday April 16th - Josh Beckett won his 3 game and David Ortiz hit another homer for the Red Sox.
Tuesday April 17th - Todd Jones of the Detroit Tigers now has 7 saves on the season. The Tigers continue to impress me. Adam LaRoche of the Pirates, after being traded from the Braves this offseason, continues to swing at everything, but today he connected with one well enough to send it over the fence. A-Rod goes deep again. So far this season he has 8 HRs, 21 RBIs, .375 batting average, .979 slugging percentage in just 48 at bats. And his hits are important hits. Of course Yankee fans continue to doubt. (Idiots?) John Smoltz, Greg Maddox and Tom Glavine, all former Braves, all took the mound today. The NL West is going to be a tough race between the Diamondbacks and the Dodgers. The Dodgers won tonight, but the injury ridden Diamondbacks are not even in full swing yet.
Marvel.com just released several new Spider-Man 3 wallpapers. I have them in my photos, but here are a few.
Have you ever had plastic or elective surgery? Did you tell anyone? Why or why not?
Submitted by Beth Punches.
No. Why touch up the flawless?
FRIDAY: Kevin Millwood pitches 6 innnings as the Rangers beat the Seattle 5-2. Kinsler hits a homer in the cause.
SATURDAY: Lose to Seattle Mariners 8-3. Adrian Beltre hits his first homer of the season. Vincent Padilla loss his third straight start. Sammy Sosa and Brad Wilkerson each hit a homer run. And the Rangers commit 3 errors.
SUNDAY: Loss big to the Mariners 14-6. End the weekend with the record of 5-7.
FRIDAY: Oswalt pitches another great game and the Astros win 9-6. Phillies actually out-hit the Astros 11-8. Astros score 9 runs off 8 hits. There is 8 home runs in the game, 3 by Carlos Lee alone. That the way to earn $100 million. Ryan Howard hits his first. Wheeler gets his second save.
SATURDAY: Lose the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5. Woody Williams record is now 0-2 as a starter for Houston.
SUNDAY: Postponed. End weekend with the record of 4-6.
OTHER THOUGHTS:
FRIDAY: Zambrano and the Cubs lose again. Big $ Zambrano is now 1-2. Barry Bonds two home runs (#736 and #737), 19 to go. Dontrelle Willis wins his 3rd game as the Marlins beat the Braves.
SATURDAY: Schilling had 8 strong innings and Big Papi his his first homer of the season. Two games are postponed due to weather.
SUNDAY: Major league baseball remembers Jackie Robinson. ESPN was using a great quote of Martin Luther King Jr. about Jackie that I would like to find. 6 games are postponed. Many players wear the #42 in honor of Jackie. Mariano Rivera gives up a game winning homer to the A's in the Yankees loss.
