Hi Everyone!
Martin and I have prayerfully been considering a move to Texas for some time now. It is with great reflection, consideration and excitement that we have decided to accept the relocation offer to Dallas Texas. This was not an easy decision, since we value the love, friendship, family and church that we have here. However, the peace that has come with this decision surprises and surpasses anything we could've expected. We know that God has a perfect place and plan for us as we begin this new adventure in our lives.
Mason is even excited, and wants to meet some "cowboys"! We are excited about the excellent schools, and many other opportunities that make this move just right for our family. Martin will be reporting to work in Texas on Monday, February 18th, and we hope to officially head out for Texas on February 28th or 29th.
Please know that each and everyone of you is welcome to visit us in Texas at any time. Our hearts are heavy at the thought of being so far from our dearest, but thankfully we have many friends in Texas, and look forward to many more, as well as finding the church that will become our Texas "family".
We know that there are so many of you we'd like to see before we leave North Carolina, so we'd like to invite each one of you to visit us at our Open House anytime on Saturday, February 23rd. We will be here all day, and would love to see each and everyone of you before we hitch up the wagons and head out. :)
We love EVERYONE of you. Sniff, sniff.
Love,
Martin, Amanda, Mason and Coen
Monday, January 28, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Gossip or "Facts"
I apologize for not writing in so long. I have lots to talk about, but it is usually a soap-box that that will drive me back to the blog, and it has done so today.
Gossip, as defined by Merriam-Webster Online is: 1- a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
2 a: rumor or report of an intimate nature b: a chatty talk c: the subject matter of gossip.
Now, my issue lately is that I get emails about individuals that are sent under the pretense of "political facts". The truth of the matter is, a large number of the "facts" are disputed, and/or reported as INCORRECT or false. Now, I know, you can't believe everything you read, and hear- that's why I bother to check the "facts". But that goes both ways. So if you don't know if it's true or fact, you shouldn't forward it, and you shouldn't repeat it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bible specifically talks about this. So my question is, did the Bible only mean for us to apply this rule of gossip to people who are Christian, or should it apply to everyone? Maybe just the ones who have the same political views as us. I guess that's the way some read it.
The irony is, I have a lot of the same views as those who send/forward/reply to said emails. However, it annoys me IMMENSELY to face a personal attack, just because I bothered to check the facts.
How about, instead of forwarding incorrect information about people we DON'T like- we forward the positive stuff about people we do?
And this my friends, is my rebuttal.
Gossip, as defined by Merriam-Webster Online is: 1- a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
2 a: rumor or report of an intimate nature b: a chatty talk c: the subject matter of gossip.
Now, my issue lately is that I get emails about individuals that are sent under the pretense of "political facts". The truth of the matter is, a large number of the "facts" are disputed, and/or reported as INCORRECT or false. Now, I know, you can't believe everything you read, and hear- that's why I bother to check the "facts". But that goes both ways. So if you don't know if it's true or fact, you shouldn't forward it, and you shouldn't repeat it.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bible specifically talks about this. So my question is, did the Bible only mean for us to apply this rule of gossip to people who are Christian, or should it apply to everyone? Maybe just the ones who have the same political views as us. I guess that's the way some read it.
The irony is, I have a lot of the same views as those who send/forward/reply to said emails. However, it annoys me IMMENSELY to face a personal attack, just because I bothered to check the facts.
How about, instead of forwarding incorrect information about people we DON'T like- we forward the positive stuff about people we do?
And this my friends, is my rebuttal.
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