Consider it All Joy - I -- James 1:1

Here is a sermon from back in June. I wanted to try out Vimeo for posting sermons, and this is the first I am posting. Due to the 500Gb upload limit per month for the free service, I may never catch up to where we are currently, but I will try. :)

Consider it All Joy - I from James Vellenga on Vimeo.

The Next Dan Brown Novel (Courtesy of Slate.com)

A long-forgotten labyrinth deep beneath the streets of Ottawa.
A shadowy cult determined to protect it.
A frantic race to uncover the Kiwanis Club's darkest secret.

The First Glyph

When celebrated Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to the Parliament Buildings to analyze a mysterious geometric form—drawn on a calling card next to the mangled body of the head docent—he discovers evidence of the unthinkable: the resurgence of the ancient cult of the Quintinati, a secret branch of the Kiwanis Club that has surfaced from the shadows to carry out its legendary vendetta against its mortal enemy, the Vatican.

Langdon's worst fears are confirmed when a messenger from the Quintinati appears at the Rideau Canal to deliver a grim ultimatum: Deposit $1 billion in the Kiwanis Club's off-shore bank accounts or the exclusive clothier of the Swiss Guards will be bankrupted. With the deadline fast approaching, Langdon joins forces with the dexterous and enigmatic daughter of the murdered docent in a desperate bid to crack the code that will reveal the cult's secret plan.

Embarking on a frantic hunt, Langdon and his companion follow a 1100-year-old trail through Ottawa's most sacred statues and venerable buildings, pursued by a hypoglycemic assassin the cult has sent to thwart them. What they discover threatens to expose a conspiracy that goes all the way back to Joseph Prance and the very founding of the Kiwanis Club.

For Some Reason This Made me Chuckle

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1) What is your salad dressing of choice? Thousand Islands

2) What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Mandarin

3) What food could you eat for 2 weeks straight and not get sick of? Cocoa Peanut Butter Smoothy

4) What are your pizza toppings of choice? pepperoni, extra cheese

5) What do you like to put on your toast? peanut butter, honey, cinnamon sugar

6) How many televisions are in your house? 2

7) What color cell phone do you have? black

8) Are you right-handed or left-handed? left

9) Have you ever had anything removed from your body? tonsils, kidney stone, slivers

10) What is the last heavy item you lifted? Easy up shelter

11) Have you ever been knocked unconscious? Not that I know of, but I could have been unconscious and not know because I was unconscious at the time.

12) If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die? Nope, God knows and that is good enough for me.

13) If you could change your name, what would you change it to? No idea.

14) Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? No, I like hot sauce and want to keep it that way. Add another zero to the end of that number and I might consider it.

15) How many pairs of flip flops do you own? NONE!!!!

17) Last person you talked to? Justin

18) Last person you hugged? Annette

19) Favorite Season? It is a toss-up between Spring and Fall

20) Favorite Holiday? Thanksgiving

21) Favorite day of the week? I was going to say Sunday afternoon, but it is a tie with Monday.

22) Favorite Month? May

23) First place you went this morning? Classis meeting in Springford

24) What's the last movie you saw? Cars

25) Do you smile often? No.

26) Do you always answer your phone? No

27) It's four in the morning and you get a text message? I would not know since I turn off the ringer of my cell at night

28) If you could change your eye color what would it be? Green . . . no brown . . . no green . . . hold it I have both with Hazel eyes. No change needed.

30) Have you ever had a pet fish? yes still do.

31) Favorite Christmas song? Joy to the World

32) What's on your wish list for your birthday? A real MIG welder.

33) Can you do push ups? A few.

34) Can you do a chin up? Nope. Can't now, never could.

35) Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Neither or both.

36) Do you have any saved texts? Yes, but I can't read them because the screen on my cell is cracked.

37) Ever been in a car wreck? Sort of.

38) Do you have an accent? Canadian!!!

39) What is the last song to make you cry? So long ago I can't remember.

40) Plans tonight? Final prep on sermons for tomorrow.

41) Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom? Yup.

42) Name 3 things you bought yesterday. Adjustable trailer ball mount, 30Amp auto reset breaker, 20 amp auto reset breaker.

43) Have you ever been given roses? Yup.

44) Current hate right now? Our Mazda Protege.

45) Met someone who changed your life? Yes.

46) How did you bring in the New Year? Sleeping.

47) What song represents you? No idea

48) Name three people who might complete this? Annette, and likely no one else who has not already done it.

49) What were you doing 12 AM last night? Reading a book.

50) What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? Time to go to a meeting . . . I don't wanna go.

Seeing Things Differently -- James 1:9-11

How do you see poverty and riches? Check out what we find about it in James.

Seeing Things Differently -- James 1:9-11

Office Cleaning

Closing Thoughts, but Not Yet

I was going to post my closing thought on General Synod, but when I woke up this morning I was exhausted. I tried getting up, but ended up back in bed. Tried again and got some reading and commenting on other blogs done, but now I want to sleep again. I guess this is the big crash I expected based on how busy and draining Synod was. I have a meeting tonight, so I think I will take another nap and see what I can get done.