what a week September 24, 2009
Posted by highofseventyfive in documenting life.Tags: debates, driving, graphic design, interview, mute math, paper mill playhouse, veritas forum
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well, today i worked 9-5, then 6-9. i can’t really keep my eyes open.
all this week have had to get up pretty early. yesterday i had an interview at the Paper Mill Playhouse.
it seems like a really really perfect job for me. luckily, the person interviewing me was nice. i had gotten lost, and she rescheduled me for 2pm. so i spent pretty much an entire day in north jersey, then rushed home to get to rita’s.
tomorrow i’m working in the morning at rita’s, then i get to see mutemath at the TLA!! i’m really excited. meeting jess tack there, which should be terrific as usual!
saturday, working again at rita’s. then probably going to church at night.
sunday, church, (apple picking?) and a meeting at church.
i have to call starbucks back tomorrow, they got my resume and called me, a good sign!
i didn’t read my bible today. but i listened to a debate in the car about the resurrection. one guy saying, yes there is enough evidence to prove the resurrection really happened, and another guy no, there’s not and it didn’t really happen.
its very interesting. i’m still not finished with an hour + something part 1 of the debate, because the cd kept stopping, and so i’d start it over then i’d hold my finger on the fast forward button (since its an hour long thing, but only one track) and it would get almost there or halfway there and just turn off. oh my old ghetto cd player.
(i know, i should just use an itrip but mine is broken)
i really like listening to debates now. after reading tim keller’s book, i hopped on to the veritas forum, and listen to a debate and talk he posted up there, and i played it at ritas. it was just the right thing. it wasn’t a sermon, so people couldn’t get weirded out. it was a two sided thing, so a listener does not feel pushed, but can remain a bystander and listener. like, the girl i was working with said, “hmm! i would have never thought of any of this stuff, its pretty cool!” and so christianity and the existence of God snuck in there, in a “cool” way.
its making feel pretty smart to listen to these things, like biblical validity, and the resurrection, and the existence of God, and alot of piper sermons lately. i have been finding it easier to tackle some topics in conversation with people. i can’t wait to take the rider kids out to do some surveys or evangelism soon. i’m itching!!
my car’s been acting up too, but i think thats because i’ve been running it pretty hard lately, with all the interviewing and freelancing. yesterday it was really scaring me when i was making turns it would get all lurchy and weird.
turned upside-down by a nutcase August 16, 2009
Posted by highofseventyfive in profound thoughts.Tags: bono, interview, Jesus, nutcase
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second time i’ve read this little excerpt, love it. maybe i’ll read the whole thing someday, although i’m not sure i care enough about the life of Bono to do so:
Assayas: Christ has his rank among the world’s great thinkers. But Son of God, isn’t that farfetched?
Bono No, it’s not farfetched to me. Look, the secular response to the Christ story always goes like this: he was a great prophet, obviously a very interesting guy, had a lot to say along the lines of other great prophets, be they Elijah, Muhammad, Buddha, or Confucius. But actually Christ doesn’t allow you that. He doesn’t let you off that hook. Christ says: No. I’m not saying I’m a teacher, don’t call me teacher. I’m not saying I’m a prophet. I’m saying: “I’m the Messiah.” I’m saying: “I am God incarnate.” And people say: No, no, please, just be a prophet. A prophet, we can take. You’re a bit eccentric. We’ve had John the Baptist eating locusts and wild honey, we can handle that. But don’t mention the “M” word! Because, you know, we’re gonna have to crucify you. And he goes: No, no. I know you’re expecting me to come back with an army, and set you free from these creeps, but actually I am the Messiah. At this point, everyone starts staring at their shoes, and says: Oh, my God, he’s gonna keep saying this. So what you’re left with is: either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase. I mean, we’re talking nutcase on the level of Charles Manson. This man was like some of the people we’ve been talking about earlier. This man was strapping himself to a bomb, and had “King of the Jews” on his head, and, as they were putting him up on the Cross, was going: OK, martyrdom, here we go. Bring on the pain! I can take it. I’m not joking here. The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me, that’s farfetched …
So what you’re left with is: either Christ was who He said He was—the Messiah—or a complete nutcase…The idea that the entire course of civilization for over half of the globe could have its fate changed and turned upside-down by a nutcase, for me, that’s farfetched
