Monkey with a deathwish

I know I do this more than blog, but this hilarious. It is a monkey that swings down and taunts these two young tigers by punching them in the face, pulling on their ears andtails. Check it out

Things that you don't know about monkeys.....

I found this and would like to share this because I think that it is funny.....funny that they say that we come from these things......

Start with a cage containing five monkeys.

In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the monkeys with cold water. After awhile, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result - all the monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, if another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his horror, all of the other monkeys attack him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm. Again, replace a third original monkey with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as well. Two of the four monkeys that beat him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey. After replacing the fourth and fifth original monkeys, all the monkeys that have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs.

Why not? Because that is the way it has always been.

Wow! Yes, it is a real post....

Have you ever just walked away from a Bible Study to say that rocked? Mike and I just went through James Chapter 4 down here in the jail, I was teaching. We usually have anywhere between 3-8 guys, tonight 5. It was awesome, the teaching went well, but the best part was how everyone spoke about stuff and added in to the study. It was like just couple of brothers sitting down and talking about how good God is and what he's done for them.....this was happening in JAMES!!!!

Lately that has been the feel for the study, where I am teaching and it is a natural discussion and it has been a total blessing to me. My style of teaching has totally changed. My conviction, as a teacher has gone from," I wonder what I can pick out of here to really bring home to these guys so they can be convicted and move forward in a relationship." Which was very stressful to me, if you notice there were alot of I's and a me, and it left doubting my ability as a teacher and if I was called at all. Now, I just study and do my part and relax....it has nothing to do with me. It isn't my job to convict and set people on the path to a closer walk with Christ......that is God's responsiblity. It is so freeing to come to that understanding and it has only taken me 6 years of teaching through the Bible....Many people have spoken of this, " just relax and let God take care of it." In my mind I was like," That's what I am doing you know it all jerk." But, it took me going through my mind, humbling myself and letting God take control that now I can relax and talk about how God good is.....and that he is good enough to do his own work.....in me and other people. Good is good.....all the time!


P.S. Please pray for us we might be building a new county jail. The one we have, ask Mike, makes Pepin look like the Taj Mahal. We still have the Andy Griffith bars and cells. We would really thank you for your prayers for the jail and the ministry, Thanks

Not again.....YES AGAIN, HA HAHA

I will not continue to post this kind of stuff all the time.....however deep thoughts are funny......

So What happened at C-Stone!?

Calling all bloggers......at least those who ran off to the National (let's throw rocks at the rangers) Park in Colorado and those who came back from C-stone. Sooooo how'd it go!? Nobody's blogged anything so that leads me to believe that you either fell away( stopped blogging) or you died when the trailer lost a bearing... I'm just kidding but it would be nice to know for those of us who didn't get to go.....that and it will be cool to hear how different everybody's experiance was......ta ta fa na......

My wife and I

This my favorite picture of Carrie and I so I thought that I would share it with you all. If you look above our heads it says "We just moved" this was taken when we were travelling with some friends downtown Minneapolis right before we made the trek to Winona.....

The little girl giant

Check this out! I have made puppets before and I can't even imagine the time involved here...