Hey I Owned One of Those....

For the past ten years, every now and then I see something labelled Vintage that I used to own....like this charming paint by number - which had a partner painting and hung in my bedroom.  Perfect for a girl's room done in purple.  This was in a time when purple was not the rage....I was ahead of my time though apparently 30 years ahead!

Too Much Time on Internet

Yesterday I came across this handmade item (in terms of jewellry design) from a Toronto artist on Etsy:

This morning I checked a favourite site - Victoria Trading Company and found this new product:



Now its not too surprising that a jewellery making Victorian style jewellery would end up using the same findings as another company.  But to stumble across on a site I rarely check on a random look through and another one within 12 hours says that I have to get a hobby.  Like cleaning the house, making dinner or writing one of my papers or sermons....nah, I have followers that work in the real world that I need to make these discoveries for!

No! No! Not Magic!

You may know that I have a thing about clowns. Can't stand them and frankly I'm a little afraid of them. Mimes too. Add to the list magic. Can't stand magic shows. Mostly because I know its fake so what's the point? Not only is it fake it is something that is learned - the best magic is a new trick that no one has ever thought of and then once its been performed its old news. I also can't stand the gets up and the theatrics. Doug Henning - say no more.

So while perusing Ship of Fools website I was startled to see a "magic" bible that produces fire when you open it. I traced it to a magic site that has all kinds of Gospel magic for witnessing. Silk scarves, rope tricks - books on how to tell the Gospel with any items the audience has on hand. Yuck. My favourite - 3 card monte -with 2 cards with Christ's face and one of a 100 dollar bill - the trick is to choose money but of course the value is in choosing Christ. Yuck!

Whether it is my healthy secular glasses or my postmodern mind I can't help but think how very wrong it is to use tricks to sell Jesus. There is already a suspiscion that witnessing is a trick to take money or common sense away from non-Christians so why mix the two? I feel a rant coming on...sort of like my feeling about fake greenery and flowers near the pulpit....

See Your Child Speak Hebrew!

Hebrew Sessions for All Ages- See your child speak Hebrew! (Toronto)

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Going to Israel? Come to me for Conversational HEBREW Lessons

Hmm, perhaps Hebrew sign language!

Dead Squirrel Lamp

Friday, March 12, 2010