Thoughts and Amusings

A couple of weeks ago my I found this little gem and showed it to my non christian sister. She was in fits of laughter as it (unfortuanately) described me perfectly. My I pod was full of Christian music and nothing but christian music. This stemmed from my first becoming a christian a few years ago when I changed from listening to Channel Z and ZM and some rather unhealthy stuff and decided that so as to cut out some rather destructive thought life I would go for a 100% Christian diet. Anyway since viewing this track my sister keeps calling my I pod a J pod so I have been diversifying.

Related to this is an article by Jan Johnson about how many Christians need to escape the Christian Ghetto, i.e they live in such a Christianized world with little to no interaction with non christians that they don't know how to interact with the rest of the world properly.

I for example always find it funny when people who have been raised in Christian families all of their lives feel that they have some intimate knowledge of what it is like to live as a non christian or be raised in a non christian household... but anyway...

just like yesterday I am going to be practical here are the things Johnson suggests to get out of the Ghetto.... :)

• Renew former acquaintances (with those that have dropped out of church)
• Befriend neighbours ( this includes those at uni, school, and in the community)
• Join a community group - (this does not mean a Christian ministry group)
• Be hospitable (to people from outside your christian circle)
• Employ nonbelievers

Cartoon (c) 2007 by Ben Lansing (www.benlansing.com, www.tttblog.com)

This cartoon really speaks for itself. God calls you to be radically different. Live it. Not just at Easter but all year round

Since seeing this a few months ago I have often laughed walking down the streets (if you have seen me doing this - now you know why :P ) at the thought of what OT and NT stories would have been like if our favourite characters were plugged in to Ipods. As this cartoon really convicted me.


Yes I do own an ipod but I now only have 68 (legally downloaded) songs hence I don't listen to it a lot. I used to have gazillions of songs on it but it turned out that I was breaking the law by having them on there ( nz law... way behind the times) ( Romans 13:1 -7) So yes.....