Is it legal to take digital pictures of one's own television screen and put them on the net or web or, well, you know what I mean, out here? 

Cowboys And Christ Outgunning The Bad Guys!

My age probably shows when I say that I love cowboy movies. The "real" kind where the plot involves some serious blood shed and the bad guys get beat in the end, guy gets girl and all the rest of the schmaltz that goes with the territory. "Open Range" captured my imagination and kept it thriving throughout the " same old cowboy plot" length. In one of the scenes "Boss" and "Charlie" are burying "Mose"(killed by the bad guys along with Charlie's dog) and Boss doesn't want to say anything to God because he is angry with Him. Hey, pardner, can we not identify with that? It's okay to get angry with God. I believe God expects that of us every once in awhile. After all there is no human being that can know us as well as we know ourselves, and God knows us even better than that! I believe that being acknowledged as being "there" all of the time is a part of what God truly wants from us. Not just the praise and thanks He collects on Sundays, but the rest of our emotional beings as well. We can be more honest with God then we would ever dare to consider being with anyone we know, and it's just between Him and me, or Him and you. I guess what I'm saying is that it is really confidential. This is the first time since landing in Brookings that I have actually rented a movie myself, and it was not an entirely bad experience, but I have to admit I was surprised at the blood test(that's a joke)required. Great panoramic scenes burst across my screen, and the sounds(400 watts surround)made the whole thing just sort of come alive. I was rooting for the home team from beginning to end. That's how I believe God wants us to be in life, cheering the good on and wishing we could help. We can, every single day we can help. Life becomes even better than the movies when we are actively pursuing a course of fighting alongside the hero against the forces of evil. We don't have to go out with a six shooter on our hip(wouldn't that be nice, though). All we have to do is identify the bad guys (workers of evil), and join forces against them and we shall have earned the honor of rejoicing in the triumph of good over evil. Kevin Costner played a great "savior" role in the movie, but in real life we have one in Christ, and He is truly the greatest of heroes. Whatever the trouble, no matter how dire the circumstances, He is ready to ride through the storm with us and help guide us to the safe haven of a heavenly camp at the end of the roundup. Not to mention the good folks we get to share with along the way and all the great times we have together riding the range of life rounding up strays. Y'all have a really good one now, ya hear! God bless, Preacher.

Looking At Life Through 21st Century Lenses! 

A couple hundred years before my Savior arrived people were writing about faith to one another. I guess that would have been in Old Testament times. Amazing what you can do with the mail! 

Preacher Going On About Politics!

Today The Supreme Court once again voted against God as an active participant in our way of life. It seems the "Ten Commandments" are too "religious" in the state of Kentucky. Have our nation's leaders failed their mission of interpreting the constitution? Looking to the east from SD I don't see any states on the map that have a problem with the 10 big ones for over a thousand miles. Due south 1200 miles is Dallas, Texas, and I never found many people there that didn't understand the connection between the fight for freedom and how God honors those that are on His side(I'm thinking, I was there for at least 6 or 7 years and then back quite often, strike that, I can't think of a single human being straight south of me that would have voted for this sort of stuff). Now, let's head west from here a thousand miles. Nope, I can't say that I've ever run into anyone that thinks this way out there either. So, where are these strange thoughts coming from? Sure, we have some liberal folks in our country, and that's okay, my heaven might have gotten way too crowded if they hadn't chosen the other team. There have to be some that don't agree with me, surely. I think one of my representatives from SD has a hard time with maintaining a Bible based faith perspective, but I'm certain somebody will tell him about what's going on in Washington sooner or later. We'll just pray for Mr. Johnson along with all the people that supported him and hope that he gets wind of this before it spreads back to his home state. That's the thing, the legal types that make these decisions don't have to live with them on a day to day basis, unless you consider the money they're paid and every single dollar says, "In God We Trust." I don't believe a preacher should get involved in politics, so I guess I'd just have to say if they don't want anything to do with the God who built the country let's give those "In God We Trust" dollars to somone who will truly appreciate them. Now somebody for sure is going to take this the wrong way, but it's as simple as I stated it, and it is exactly what I meant! So, if you see something in here, tell your neighbors and tell your friends and your family, let's all get to work on this and see if there aren't a few changes we can make that will help the USA get it's governing heads on straight again. After all, if we don't do it, who do you think is going to keep winning these "battles" in our country? In Christ's Love, Preacher.

Perhaps these are the duct works servicing the chambers of our Supreme Court in the US. I wonder if they realize they were installed by Old Testament Constructionism?  

This "happening" has grown to proportions that now have the locals coming down to sit on bleachers and take in the "scene" compete with R & R blasting from street based speakers!