My Life

Change of Address

2005-11-08T07:57:00.000-05:00

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Abandon (relation) Ship {Part A.}

2005-11-01T13:42:00.000-05:00

…or you might end up relation ship-wrecked.

Singles-Definition;
A. Green pieces of paper not in my wallet;
B. Orange pieces of cheese not in my fridge;
C. Yellow species of student not in a relationship;

It seems that dating is a large part of campus life, especially on Christian Campuses. The “Ring by spring or your money back” philosophy is an ever present stronghold that plagues the student body often distracting them from responsibility and rational thought. Some students even feel pressure from their peers to be in a relationship for fear of being shamed a looser. Even the openly single get sucked in and go on ambiguous “non-dates” with various members of the opposite sex. This frivolousness must stop. It is potentially detrimental to the emotional well being of the students and threats itself as a danger to the moral integrity of young men and women. Simply stated; Casual dating is wrong!

The dangerous nature of casual dating hides behind masks of innocence and intention. It justifies itself in a series of “justs” that can spiral straight down to unjust immorality. Just flirting becomes just hand holding, which turns into just kissing and just making out, throw in some petting and just a little fill in the blank and you might end up with “just a little” junior. Granted this is the worse case scenario, that doesn’t make it an improbability.

So what’s wrong with the fugacious nature of casual dating? What is the big deal? Let’s say sexual purity is maintained and no one’s moral standards are compromised; what possible harm could there be? According to Stephen Covey (7 Habits) every relationship has what Covey calls and “emotional bank account”. Whether family, friend, or other we make emotional deposits and withdrawals in each of these relationships. Casual dating is like making numerous withdrawals from an account that isn’t really yours. Ironically these withdrawals are often viewed as an investment. The more that is withdrawn in casual relationships the less there is to invest in legitimate ones.

to be cont...

Tag "Jew" are it!

2005-10-30T15:40:00.000-05:00

The game of internet tag has reached the outer depths of the web and into "My Life". Now I am abliged to give you 5 facinating facts about myself.

1. I just said to lori yesterday "I wish someone would tag me, It would be fun." unknowingly Abbi had tagged me 2 days ago.

2. I have three middle names, Jason Alan Churchill Thorburne Morris is my full name.

3. Over the last 10 years I have worked in a candy store, a gift shop, grounds keeping, house keeping, Wizard costume (at a theme park), Karbon Jacket (snow board instructor), as a dishwasher, kook, waiter, coffe maker, worship leader, meat slicer, design consultant, gelato salesman, and a cateror.

4. I watched my shcools softball team break the world record for the longest continuous softball game, on friday night.

5. Since sept of last year I have collected over 200 phone numbers, since I started school this semester I have collected 63. Of course my old phone had a heart attack and I lost 120 of those #'s.

Nicole Julia Josh Carina Wesley

j.

Elementary Math Skills No Longer Required To Teach.

2005-10-26T13:59:00.000-04:00

13 F's
4 D's
3 C's
3 B's
1 A

That was the test range in my college algebra class yesterday. My teacher said, "This class overall did better than my other classes, more of you passed than failed." 11 people pass and 13 people fail, but in his brilliant calculation more passed than failed; and we did better than the other class? Apparently in algebra 11 is greater than 13. Genius, pure genius. Oh and he cant grade on a curve because somehow it would, "hurt the scores of those who got an A. Im not sure how it would hurt a 95 by giving him 20 extra points but heaven forbid the one A become an A+ . Tectonic plates might shift and Y might no longer = mx+b, ahhhhh!

j.

Sup_r H_ro_s of Th_ Faith

2005-10-24T10:51:00.000-04:00

"I'd like to solve the Puzzle!"...

Let me explain the Wheel of Fortune illusion. I was watching tv the other day (while on break) and WOF was on. The Catagory "before & after" the clue "place" the board looked like this
N_W YORK STAT_
OF MIND
The contestant then asks to buy a vowel.

"superheroes of the faith"?
I am not talking about Bible Man or Larry Boy, I am talking about you and I.
I am talking about faith. You know that mountain moving, water walking, raise people from the dead so you can get through the day, faith.

When was the last time you tried to "move a mountain"? In occult circles supernatural phenomina is far from a rare occorance. All sorts of "neat" hocus pocus can be seen. Walking on walls, levitation, telkenesis, (moving of objects with the mind) and more. Why is it the "dark side" is so demonstrative with its power and yet we practice meekness? Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. How much greater should our power be? Do we not have dominion and authority? Jesus cursed a fig tree and it died for aparantly no reason, he took an evening stroll on the lake and then he says greater things than I will you do. What's stopping us?

1. burn out
when you try to find fulfillment in ministry instead of Him you wear yourself out. If ministry is wearing you out, you are not spending enough time alone with him. Jesus had one the most incomprehensible ministry schedules and yet how often to we se him alone with the father. Early in the morning, mid afternoon, late at night it didn't matter Jesus knew when it was time to step back and refocus.

2. "Fear of man"
fear of man is selfishness with a fancy name. It just means I care more about what people think aobut me than I do about the testimony of Christ. Really what we need is a frim grasp on who we actually are, where our true identity lies. We are children of THE KING. HELLLO!!!! does anyone get that? Sons and daughters of the Creator and Ruler of the Universe. Pause and ponder for just a moment. That's huge do you realize the authority we have on both heaven and earth just because of who HE is?

3. Depression
If you are depressed you have already spent to much time thinking aobut yourself. Where did the joy of the Lord go? It has left because our joy was based on our experience and feeling. God is God reguardless of circumstances. He is worthy of our praise simply because. The Joy of the Lord is our strength. Why is he joyful? Because we are his children. He rejoices simply because we are His. It is this joy which we find our strenght in. No matter how we feel we can be assured he is rejoicing over us just because. We don't need to perform or earn it, that's what makes it unconditional.

We have royal authority, unconditional love, and a God who is always available for conversation and can't wait to spend time with us. So trials come and go, and "life isn't easy" so what. Let's have a little confidence here. Is our God bigger than all extenuating circumstances? Ok then. What about pain and suffering? Jesus was still talking to God on the cross. He is always there.

Love God, Be Strong, Have Faith.
j.

MY PSALM

2005-10-18T10:09:00.000-04:00

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For God almighty is greater than circumstances and emotions.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For the father finds joy in his children and through this joy we are strong.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For God will never leave or forsake rather, His love endures forever.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For He does not send trials out of spite; chastening is for those whom the He loves.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For The Mercies of the Lord are new every morning, not in respect of yesterday’s pain.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For God so loved the world he sent his only son to die as a sacrifice.

Bless the Lord O my soul.
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad,
For He is worthy, if only because of His position as creator and life giver.

I don’t feel like worshiping you but I will
My praise is not out of an abundance of joy
These hands are raised out of obedience
I lift my voice out of respect

O that my joy may be filled
Spirit move in me
Bless the Lord O my soul!
Stir yourself, rejoice and be glad.

The Importance of Being Eldest.

2005-10-12T10:31:00.000-04:00

a world of grown up big kids;

Dizziness is setting in as the tire swing continues in concentric revolutions. A smile and crossed eyes tell a story of uncomfortable pleasure. It is like butterflies but more intense, it is like nausia but not so severe. These jouvenile actions stirr a sense of nostalgia; a whisper of innosence and nievity.

With each season that comes there is a longing for the next and pineing the previous. Children can't wait to be "big kids" the "big kids" wan't to be teanagers, teans college students, college students career, career maried, couples want children, and then want children gone, as they look to retirement. Suddenly the "sun set" years set in and a wish to be young again if only for a day crosses the mind. It seems a humorously viscous circle of the grass is greener sort.

An insincere solution mixed with spiritual gaph (oral garbage) could be offered, but won't for fear of ruining a perfectly good postulation. The intention of this piece is only to prod the mind and to encourage some intelectual stimulation. What is the source of this endemic insecurity and age driven disscontent? Is life so miserable that only the hope of something new makes continuiance worth the effort? Is there an inherantly progressive spirity in man which causes him to always look forward? What is it?

Dizziness has ceased, the swing has stopped spinning and time requires a return to the world of grown up "Big Kids". The park will soon be filled with inhabitants of a more suitable nature, little ones who wont hit their head on the monkeybars don't bow the teter totter. They will dream great immaginative dreams and pretend to be grown up, playing house or school. A game they will be playing much longer than they ever intended. Time requires a return the world of grown up "Big Kids", but maybe just one more trip down the slide, for old times sake.

j.

Humpty Dumb-t ?

2005-10-08T11:38:00.000-04:00

Humpty Dumbty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumbty had a great fall

All the kings horses and all the kings men
Couldent put humpty dumpty together again

It is generally accepted that humpty was some sort of egg like creature. My first question is what was an egg doing on the wall? My second question is why were horses trying to together an egg? No one thought to call the plastic sergon, no lets get knights and horses to put together the fat egg man. How about,
"all the kings doctors and all their RN's couldent put him together again"
Those big horse hooves probably did more damage than good. Its to bad humpty wasn't hard boiled, but they atleast could have made a humpty omlet. I hear horses are great at making omlets. Oh, I'm sorry no their not, there horses! They eat hay and say nay and run in fields all day.

Some things in life are a mystery, nursery rymes shoulden't be one of them.

j.

7 Habits of Highly Effective Loosers

2005-10-06T08:32:00.000-04:00

1. Brusing you teeth no more than once a week except for the 3 days before your appointment at which point you brush, floss, and mouth wash 4 times a day.

2. Blasting hip-hop out the "woofers" in your woodgrain station wagon as you drive/ roll through the busting metropolis of Onadola Wisconsin ( or any other town whose population is smaller than a NYC public highschool).

3. Checking your weblog six times a day and updating it three with content as deep as an ant hill after its been stepped on. i.e. any thing with lol, omg, yay! or, my personaly favorite wthwit (which is not the licence plate way to spell "with wit", rather it stands for what the heck was I thinking).

4. Getting your insigt and wisdom from me.

5. Wearing out the first few chapters of John in your Bible because you've had to start your devotions over so many times.

6. Being able to quote more than 4 lines of Napolean Dynamite (heck yes I did)

7. Wearing dress shoes with white sox and (emphatically) kahki shorts.

This is all you need for being a complete and total looser. Try to impress your friends as you aquire these skills of lameness. Just follow the 7 easy steps and you to will enjoy a sad exhistance. The opposite sex will reject you, Elders wont trust you, and your own Mother, (if she can get you out of her basement and away from your garfield dvd collection) might even dissown you, but atleast youll be what you have always aspired to be, a bonified looser. Congratulations!

In-sanitary logic

2005-10-03T10:15:00.000-04:00

The other day I visited the local Wal*Mart while waiting in the return line with some friends I suddenly had the urge to "explore the facilities" (which I blame on the turkey and gravey the cafeteria served up). This restroom was pretty high tech. The toliet flushes by itself, the paper towels automatically dispense, even the soap and water are hands free. Thousands of dollars invested so that you and I can feel sanitary when we leave and continue our shopping experience. Here is the thing that gets me though. YOU STILL HAVE TO OPEN THE DOOR! Hello, if one person decides that "hands free" means no hands, (i.e. they dont actually wash their hands) the whole process was in vein. The auto flush, the electric hand dryer, even that little tissue paper seat cover that fell in when you tried to set it down, all a waste of time because some grimey fingered bozo decided he was a lye-0-phobiac. So now the handle to the door (which for some reason opens in, heaven forbid we be able to push it open with our hips or legs or something) is covered in redneck trucker greese.

So really what was the point of all the sanitary gymnastics? Either make the door open out or put in an elec. door. Or you can just except the fact that your shopping at wal*mart your probably related to greesy george anyway so it's not that big of a deal.

Coldplay Colored Ice-cream

2005-09-27T15:56:00.000-04:00

It's in a cone, I scouped it all for you, cookie bits were blue, But it was all yello...(sing it)

I was in the caff yesterday on my way for some delicious frozen deseart ( I never could spell that wright) when I was caught in a moment of sheer awe. Right in front of me set the brightest yelloist (not so sure that's a word) ice cream I had ever seen in my entire life. It seriously looked like highlighter exploded, leaving a neon glow second only to my fathers puma windbreaker from 1987. I kinda wanted to runn it through a plado press and make plagetti out of it. What was this mysteriously bright ice creams flavor, you ask? Cookie dough! That's right it had bright blue balls of choc. chip cookie dough in it. The best thing about the whole expierience was the color of my teeth afterward. O.k. so they didn't look much different than normal but atleast I had an excuse for their lovely hugh. Seriously though if you ever want to convince someone you have horribly bad hygine this is definately the way to do it.

j.

The Declaration of I dependance

2005-09-23T10:06:00.000-04:00

a creed for the modern american;

By: J. Churchill Morris
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to write a new Declaration of Independence as an English assignment, one must take upon himself a great responsibility of considering the ever changing society and its needs, both ubiquitous and rigid.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. I have the right to write my own Declaration of Independence, and to use it as a platform to discuss the social injustice which bereaves me.

I have the right to start this assignment forty-five minuets before it’s due and get a lesser grade than I know I am capable of. I have the right to pay thousands and thousands of dollars for a piece of paper which may or may not prove that I am actually capable of performing the task of which that paper denotes as my profession.

I have the right to drive a large sport utility vehicle when fuel is at record high and complain about how much it cost to fill my tank. I have a right to eat fast food every day and never work out while blaming my obesity on the media and my parents. I have the right to not take responsibility for any of my actions and blame them all on extenuating circumstances.

I have the right to work really hard at becoming successful and the privilege of blessing my Government with an exorbitant amount of taxes on that success. I also have the right to make a great corporation out of a small business and then be called a monster growing and expanding to large.

I have the right to talk on my cell phone wherever and whenever I want. I have the right to be completely self absorbed and write this entire declaration about my self completely disregarding the welfare of others.

I have the right to ignore the tragedy and devastation in other parts of the world because it does not directly involve me. I have a right to blame the military for the death of its volunteers. I have the right watch my wife die a slow painful death while being consoled by another woman. I have the right to hire excellent lawyers to defend me in a court of law and prove my innocence.

I have the right to put an early stop to pregnancy so as to ensure the continuity of my own happiness. I have the right to mentally stereotype people without every meeting them base purely on their appearance, and get upset when the same is done to me. I have a right to sit back and watch while the country I live in destroys itself through the sins of excess. I have rights.

--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness

The Circus Driven Life

2005-09-21T21:53:00.000-04:00

entertaining the crowd while putting your life at risk.

Are you a good Christian? Let's take a look at your day timer.

Sunday - Church in the a.m. lunch with the bretheren (so far so good and good use of the word bretheren)
Monday- Worship Practice at 7 p.m. (serving the Lord with your "gifts" i.e. your 200$ platnum kazoo)
Tuesday- Ladies or Men's Bible study (Ladies make sure you tone down the gossip and get a little of that joyce myers devotional in, because you can be sure your men are studyingy what it takes to be a real man of God i.e. watching the tape of the Monday Night Football game they missed while they were at worhip practice.)
Wednesday - Prayer Meeting at Church (ok well at least it made it on the calender; that's practically going right?)
Thursday - What! a night away from church with your family? We'll let it slide this time I suppose but you should really concider joining the crochet club that meets dowt town. It is good to be envolved with the communtiy you know. That's what Jesus would do.
Friday - Youth group (don't forget the kool aide and the oreo cookie knock offs, teens love that.)
Saturday - Fellowship Potluck ( we will play NT trivial pursuit and watch the passion of the Christ, but you can't stay to long because you have to get tomorrows sunday school message ready for the class.)

Well looks to me like your a good Christian except for those thursday nights I still think you should concider that crochet class.

Sometimes my relationship with God is directly related to how much stuff I do for Him. If I am busy then I must love God. If for some reason I don't have an event with the word church in it on my schedule every night I must be in need of serious repentance. Why do I feel the need to be so busy? Sometimes it feels like a performance and sometimes you feel dead later. Spiritually, physically, mentally it can be exhausting. Service should be an overflow of our relationship as opposed to our relationship being an overflow of our service. Don't walk on the works tite-rope and risk falling into the net of frustration. Don't be a clown and demand the crowd's attention for every little thing you do. And whatever you do, don't stick your head in the lions mouth.

j.

Best week ever

2005-09-17T19:43:00.000-04:00

So this week was really great for me.
I found a good church, I started catching up with my classes, I got a new bike, and I havn't had to fill my gas tank in 3 weeks. Then the weekend hit. My bike was stolen, I missed worship practice, I have a ton of homewoirk and I may never get to fill up my gas tank again.

If the Lord chastens who he loves I am fealing very very loved. Of all the cars in the parking lot you would think the 14 year old dented, blue monster with two flat tires and an air conditioner that has hot & hotter as its climate controll settings, would be the last one left. But aparently their is a market for them.

I guess someone really needed my 15' alloy finish hub-caps (all three of them).
And my six speaker sound system(ok so only two of them work but whatever, people got needs)
Maybe they were really interested in my rare collection of scratched cd's.
More than likely it was the dangling symbols of stupidity hanging from the ignition.
Whatever it was that attracted the thief to my car I hope he or she and it are very happy together, in fact I hope the car celepto and the biker burgerlar roll slowly off into the sunset riding hapily ever after.

bless them that persecute you or something.

All Style & No Class

2005-09-14T10:29:00.000-04:00

Have you ever wondered what goes through people's minds when they get themselves dressed in the morning? At what point between rubbing the sleep out of your eyes and walking to your dresser is it a good idea to pick out the articles of clothing that will cover your body (and that is the point of clothes contrary to popular belief) for the day.
It is one of the most important daily tasks and yet there is often little or no thought put in. Especially on campus I am petitioning for a no pj's in the dining hall rule in the handbook. That goes for guys and girls. If you have a thing for glow in the dark buzz lightyear footy pj's that's cool but don't feal free to share with rest of us.
And if puppydog pj's wern't enough we also like to wear our gym clothes all day long. Nothing makes a man more attractive than a muscle shirt and athetic shorts (ephasis on the short). OOoo those bulging biceps o wait thats just your XS shirt from banana republic that "shrunk in the wash".
Ladies sometimes rock the athletic look but latlely i'v seen a lot more leg than and a lot less skirt. I wonder if they get a "they use more material in a pair of sox" discount on those little things. At some point they might as well just wear a belt and a bathing suit. Or even better a pair of those mini shorts with the writing on the back that says "stare lustfully here"
Im still convinced that sweatpants should be made illegal in 48 states along with loony-toons tshirts and nascar hats. Which by the is the outfit of choice for any true southern male. Comes with a frew pack of skoal (chewing tobaco) and a styrophome cup. To completly rock this ensamble a red neck and a grimey mustache are required.
I could go on there are the
(I graduated as a home schooler and this the first time I have been allowed to wear jeans, which were handed down to me by my sister who bought them in 1987 girls)

(I love comic books and xbox and steve urkel is my hero guys)

(I dress like those black people I see on mtv even though I grew up in Welsley, white boys)

(My second home is at express or the I just walked out of the A&F catalog guys)

(I died my hair and comb it infront of my face while wearing bandanas around my knees and chains on my hip with a studded belt and a tight t-shirt I got from hot topic kids)

(The boys who wear womens flair boot cut jeans but arn't metrosexuals)

on and on the list goes... What are some fasion fo paux that drive you nuts.

catch up and ketchup

2005-09-09T10:38:00.000-04:00

So now I have been back for about five days. Swimming through a sea of homework, while fighting my natural impulse to sleep instead of work (purely due to the jet lag of course). Most of my classes are going smoothly, math and spanish on the other hand, not so much. My spanish teacher speaks 3 words of english for every 200 spanish and my math teacher has the same ratio of coherant to incoherant sentences.
"I had a real quiz for you all typed up but um well I ah forgot to well I was in my office and then I was walking out and I ah If you would please copy onto a blank sheet what is on the board."

In other news, aparantly souveniers arn't the only thing I picked up in Romania. After spend 2 hours at the hospital the doctor came to the conclusion I had contracted a minor skin infection. Yeah for me! At least I got buy some relly expensive drugs. It should clear up in a few days.

Socially I am doing well (big surprise) in fact somedays I feel like I know to many people. Thursday was like a mini golf game of socialization. I got sucked into 9 different "holes" (groups of friends) in sequential order each with their own special "windmill", "Giraffe" personality.
Most of my friends are black, but from that thier are the sub groups of latino etc. then their are the music people, and the christian leadership people, and of course Lore' and her friend(s). Oh yah then their are the girls who "need help with eng." and who am I to leave a damsil in distress.

As for the food, lets just say as much as I like chef boy ar jim he is no Darlene Sinclair or Abagail Brown, Even Weese's food is better than this. Dave be thankful. Although it could be worse I could be eating Romanian Hot Dogs.

j.

Back and Running.

2005-09-06T08:19:00.000-04:00

First of all let me say this is not the new site that was promised last month that had minor set backs and was unpublishable. This is "temporary untill morissless is fully operational. Tell people about the switch.

Romania was amazing. I love the country, the people, and most of the food.
We saw nearly 40 come to the Lord for the first time, a few deamons cast out and a number of physical healings. Travel on the way there was long and ardjuous almost every leg had a major hicup. This led us to miss our first concert. But once in Cleuj' things started to go much smoother.

We spent the greatest portion of our time ministering at a camp for 15 -25 year olds. 5 days in the mountains of Romania (Transelvania) . It was beautiful we did concerts/worship every night. And worked with the kids during the day. Sports activities, games, etc. Thankfully enough of the kids spoke broken or fluent eng. so we were able to really connect with them.

We also learned a bit of Romanian.

People always tell you a missions trip will change you or make you a new person; like its some kind of new salvation or something. I don't know about all that. What I do know is that my global perspective has been enriched. I know there are people on "the other side of the world" that need jesus, that need our prayer, and our support. Now they are not just children on tv asking for money, they are real people, who know my name and I theirs. The church is alive and well and I am excited to return soon. I miss you all and thank you for your support.

P.S. If you feel the Lord leading to support me in the paying of this trip contact me in an email @ jcmusiqman@gmail.com or send a check to Zions Call, www.zionscall.com

Testing 1 2, 1 2, Is this thing on?

2005-08-08T18:25:00.000-04:00