22 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

Just in time for Christmas

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I love Mark Long - he and I have a tremendous friendship, and he really puts me in the Christmas mood when i watch this video . . . I'm thinking maybe a special for next year's Christmas spectacular. . . http://www.blogger.com/img/videoplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DqAAAAP0YN7YpWvFNWPjMMOzGjlWoA1YgUam_kmb6iKTeZRsVjumZmMvMYIChMb3MxEKc-PdCQStIXzvE4Fxxd3jDnDHkUYjjNU_JKmNSWkB5KDTcgSV5vtdH8vQPpN2XTy5b1RjV5b0bilZxPLJJP0cy1sStbmALMtuCjerp01PoOl62Rpv8H71b64RAz2hXh7U0qoHHaImqQqC3kOCTFsmGTqFpXhIZjv4a028pU39pBSPK%26sigh%3DvVC9_PTvW02aBlr7OQkQbFELabM%26begin%3D0%26len%3D86400000%26docid%3D0&nogvlm=1&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer2%3Fapp%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Da412cd1764b9b21d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw320%26sigh%3DoiiwjqavGs_uJD042wca8OiF2YE&messagesUrl=video.google.com%2FFlashUiStrings.xlb%3Fframe%3Dflashstrings%26hl%3DenSpecial thanks to Patrick Bush for allowing me to use his video . . . Merry Christmas!
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21 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

The Presidential Suite . . . Are you kidding me?

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My wife and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary this weekend (Dec 20th). We have stayed at the Peachtree Plaza almost every year for the last 11, including our wedding night. I'm a huge cheapskate, so I always book online, and attempt to get the lowest price. This year - the lowest price was accomplished by an advance pay, no refund reservation. $110.00/night. Not bad. I think the lowest we've ever paid was $96.So, as I do every year, I call a couple nights before and talk with someone at the front desk and tell them that we're celebrating, and could…
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17 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

These guys are friends of mine . . .

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Go to this link and vote for my friends in Wild Sweet Orange . . . Very cool video. VERY talented musicians - Chip (the drummer) is very creative and musical, and Taylor (electric guitarist with his guitar hiked up around his chest) is one of the best guitarists I know in real life.
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10 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

Just in time for this weekend . . .

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This week, Drake had a reading assignment, as he does every week. This week's material was a reader's theatre about Christmas and the "true meaning" of Christmas. They (characters in the theatre) went through suggestions like ornaments, or eating, or presents, and then arrived at the "true meaning" which was family and friends.Drake - after finishing his reading - had to write 3 to 5 complete sentences. Mandy was putting the other boys down to bed. I was at church. This is what she discovered after she came down from bath and bedtime.The picture says this: "It [the reader's theatre]…
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07 Dec 2008
By jasondsears

Ms. Mandy and Ms. Connie

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Ms Mandy and Ms Connie are two HUGE resources at Oak Mountain that your kids need to be involved with.My musical background includes (there's a reason for my laying this out - hang with me) plucking out notes from TV commercials when i was 3 on my fisher price piano, to begging my parents for 4 years to let me take piano. When i was 7 -they figured I might be serious, and so they signed me up. I grew up (until I was 12) in the midwest. When I was 10, we moved (for the 2nd time) back to…
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19 Nov 2008
By jasondsears

Christ the King Sunday

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This Sunday - in the traditional liturgical calendar, is Christ the King Sunday. Traditionally celebrated as the Sunday preceding the 1st Sunday of Advent . . . and setup as a reminder for us to celebrate that Christ is our King - further highlighted in the advent preparation - our King is coming BACK. So as a part of the service this weekend, we're reading a couple questions from the Heidelberg Catechism. This part struck me:"How does Christ's return - to judge the living and the dead - comfort you?"In all my distress and persecution, I turn my eyes to…
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