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What does a 20-year-old Twinkie look like?

Steve — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:31:33 +0000

We put a Hostess Twinkie in my middle school time capsule. Many of us expected the Twinkie to survive with few ill effects. Apparently there are natural ingredients in a Twinkie because this is what we found when the time capsule came out of the ground:

Fresh Twinkie (left) vs. 20-year-old Twinkie (right)

Bacon Salt

Steve — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:22:24 +0000

Sorry vegetarians, I have to agree with J&D’s – “Everything should taste like bacon.”

Reindeer Roadkill

Steve — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 06:36:37 +0000

Saw this on a walk yesterday. Poor Rudolph!

Reindeer Roadkill

Follow Mii?

Steve — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:23:06 +0000

OK, I’m not a big Nintendo Wii player, but why are people so disturbed by this image of Jesus? Check out a blog entry about Mission Bay Community Church’s attempt to reach people by using the culture. The blog post by “Ryan” at the Two Small Coins blog does a nice analysis.

Our church used secular Easter culture by featuring a chocolate bunny in our local newspaper Easter ad, “You can’t live on chocolate bunnies.”

Is the Wii Jesus using humor to reach people? Or has it gone too far? I think it’s funny and challenges people in a nonthreatening way that tells them that church doesn’t have to be stuffy and boring. But others might argue that it doesn’t take Jesus seriously enough.

What do you think? As we move farther away from a Christian Culture, the church needs to decide where to use culture and where to challenge culture. This is just one of many chances for us to think about it.

NOTE FOR THOSE WHO DON’T FOLLOW VIDEO GAME CULTURE: The Nintendo Wii video game system allows users to create a version of themselves called a “Mii” (pronounced just like “me”) by choosing hair, eyes, skin color, etc. That’s what Mission Bay is playing with.

Guns, Germs, and Abs of Steel

Steve — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:48:46 +0000

OK. There are no guns in this post, but it sounded much cooler with them.

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4) In just days, your constant coughing provides a targeted workout for your abdominal muscles. You don’t even have to think about it – your autonomic nervous system does all the work.

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