It's not my place to judge.

"What the Bible Says About Healthy Living" by Rex Russell
I usually refrain from reading more than one thing at once unless it's a graphic novel, but I forgot the book mentioned in my last post (unChristian) at my house by accident so I grabbed a different one from the car.  I got this book a while ago at the used book store, but hadn't gotten a chance to read it yet.  I haven't gotten far into it yet, but so far it's a great book.  It talks about eating things as close as they come from nature, seasonal, and certain things for certain health issues.  I'm going to give a better analysis of it once I finish it, though that may be a while since I'm very into unChristian right now!

In other news, things have been amazing.  I told Patrick today that I'm okay with us trying to have his ex-girlfriend Lisa as a part of our lives.  Not necessarily as a good friend or anything (though I don't disregard that possibility whatsoever), but I don't mind her being around sometimes.  I thought today about how she seems to be really trying to salvage a friendship with him, and she seems really happy and happy for us.  I told him that the other day when she started texting I had a feeling in my heart that I should invite her to come to church with us, but I didn't say anything to him about it at the time because I was content in my dislike of her.  Then I thought about how I haven't really met her one-on-one and have no reason to pass judgement on her other than the fact that she's his ex makes me uncomfortable.  But having some of my exes as friends means that I was being an absolute hypocrite.  I don't want to be like that.  So at this point I've told him that I'd really like to get to know her some before we all hang out.  I am hoping she'll either call me, text me, or unblock me on Facebook so that we can talk through messaging.  He's going to bring it up to her.  I just think that if she's trying to be his friend, I shouldn't push her out of his life.  At the least she deserves for me to get to know her. So we'll see how this goes.  I especially want to do this because apparently her new boyfriend is a Christian and she told Patrick that she's praying and has been getting close to God and well, I don't want to push away someone who is trying to have God in their lives (not that I'd push away people who weren't lol).

Well honestly for right now that's about it, maybe I'll have more to say tomorrow :)

unChristian by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons

I was in Walden Books earlier today and decided to look for a book called unChristian.  Pastor Chris Stapleton from The Rock Church talked about it once in a sermon.  I couldn't find it, though I did find another book by Gabe Lyons.  Anyways so off to Cornerstone books I went!  Not only did I find this book, but I also left there with a new devotional that is based around The Message bible.  It's called The Message Remix Solo.  It may be the best devotional I've ever owned and I really can't wait to get started on it!  But back to this book.  In unChristian they at one point poll groups of non-Christians and ask for the opinions on Christians.  One of the things I remember specifically was along the lines of, "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of Christians?"  The two top answers, again...if I remember correctly, were "Hypocrisy" and "Hating homosexuals."  It's terrible that the two first things that non-believers think of Christians are bad things.  Sadly I believe that many Christians give our entire religion a bad name and it's worse because the media coverage of said Christians is thrice that of those of us who are trying to live our lives right!  Okay I admit it...I just wanted to use the word "Thrice." :)

Another question, again I'm trying to recall this from a sermon probably 2 almost 3 years ago, that was asked was if those non-believers knew any Christians and if those Christians acted different than the ones who weren't Christians.  Sorry if that was all smushed and sounded confusing, but I think you get the point.  The answers were astounding, again.  Almost all of those people polled said that they didn't see any difference.  Listen, I'm not saying that we should be all holier-than-thou because that just turns people away and is a terrible idea in general.  What I am saying is that we should live by example.

...and I hate to end there, but I have some things I really need to accomplish today.  I just wanted to make sure I got a blogpost in :).


List for November 8, 2010
_x_1. Deposit money in the bank
_x_2. Look for new devotional
_x_3. Find book "unChristian"
_x_4. Finish closing duties from work last night
_x_5. Work at 4.
_x_6. Contact Teena about cleaning tomorrow
__7. Figure out flat tire situation
__8. Talk to Jesse about one day off per week
_x_9. Pray about what to do about hookah