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“Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.” - Col 3:15

So… what’s on their iPod playlist?

The revealing details below… Who knew McCain was an ABBA man? Is there such thing as an ABBA man?

BARACK OBAMA
1. Ready or Not Fugees
2. What’s Going On Marvin Gaye
3. I’m On Fire Bruce Springsteen
4. Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
5. Sinnerman Nina Simone
6. Touch the Sky Kanye West
7. You’d Be So Easy to Love Frank Sinatra
8. Think Aretha Franklin
9. City of Blinding Lights U2
10. Yes We Can will.i.am

JOHN McCAIN
1. Dancing Queen ABBA
2. Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me ABBA
4. If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
9. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters

The Rev. Rick Warren, often called America’s most influential pastor, will be hosting Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain for what’s being called the civil forum on the presidency.

Warren, who heads up the country’s fourth largest church, is also an author whose books have sold more than 30 million copies.
The candidates will appear together at Warren’s 20,000-member Saddleback mega-church in southern California where they each will be interviewed for an hour.

“I think everybody will be surprised. I’m going to ask all of the tough questions. I just intend to ask them in a civil way,” says Rick Warren.

YOU CAN WATCH THE FORUM LIVE BY CLICKING HERE!!!

Why would a Muslim accept Christ? Why would a Muslim even begin seeking, searching for a relationship with God outside of what they’ve been taught in the Koran?

Some of what Yousef had to say about his change of faith… “I’d say about more than 95 percent of Muslims don’t understand their own religion. It came with a much stronger language than the language that they speak so they don’t understand it … they rely only on religious people to get their knowledge about this religion.”

“Second, they don’t understand anything about other religions. Christian communities live between Muslims and they’re minority and they (would) rather not to go speak out and tell people about Jesus because it’s dangerous for them.”

Friends, there are a lot of Muslims out there, and what is God’s plan for reaching them? It’s you. It’s me. And there is no plan B.

So, as I read Yousef’s words, I realize two things:

1. Yousef says that 95% of Muslims don’t understand their own religion, and it makes me wonder how many Christians really understand our own faith. A recent study showed that over half of evangelical Christians in the U.S. believe that there are many roads to heaven. How can somebody have conflicting beliefs - that the Bible is inerrant (which evangelical Christians believe) but that somehow there are other roads to heaven (which the Bible clearly says there is only one road - Jesus) - How does this happen? Well, frankly, I think it’s because we’ve stopped understanding our own faith. We aren’t digging deep enough into WHY we believe what we believe. If we are going to be effective as God’s plan to reach the world, we need to start with our own faith.

2. Yousef is talking about Christians in the Middle East when he says that “Christian communities live between Muslims and they’re minority and they (would) rather not to go speak out and tell people about Jesus because it’s dangerous for them.” He’s right - it IS dangerous for them. But what about us? What about you and I right here in the cozy lap of civilization? Do we risk our lives just by telling our neighbor about Christ? For the most part, no. You’d think that in a nation such as ours, where all faiths are more or less tolerated, and to share our faith doesn’t usually put our lives in direct danger, that we’d all be a little more vocal, a little more sharing. And hey, I’m guilty as anyone else here - why don’t I step up a little more? If I did, could I make a difference?

We are God’s plan for reaching the world, and telling them that God loves them, and there is no plan B. If we are going to reach people, first we need to understand our own faith. Then, we need to step out of the boat and DO something.

As promised, here’s some photos of our new puppy… Monkey!

He’s an 11-month old Puggle (mix of Beagle and Pug) - and he is HYPER…

I mean, like nuclear-powered-15-cups-of-coffee hyper… He never lays down, he never sits still… 1am this morning he was still super-charged… if only I had 1/20th of his energy!

It was difficult to even get his picture, because he wouldn’t sit still, even for a moment!

Yep, it’s happened again. And again.

Every few months, a story lands on my desk about somebody seeing either Jesus or Mary in the humble form of snack food. I’ve told you about Jesus or the virgin Mary appearing in a grilled cheese sandwich, potato chips, and other crunchy edibles… now, we can add two more to the list.

Pastor Steve Cagg, from Houston, was munching on a bag of Cheetos® when he found one that looked a bit odd. He says at first he thought it looked like a dog, but when he turned it around he saw what he said was an image of Jesus praying.

He has called it - Cheesus.

One doubter says the Cheeto® looks like Lietenant Dan from the movie “Forrest Gump”. But the Cheeto ® is still special to Cragg. He keeps it in a special box so that he doesn’t eat it by accident.

Not to be out-done by a Texan, A Missouri woman now says that she too has found Jesus in a bag of Cheetos®. When Kelly Ramey opened a snack-sized bag of Cheetos®, she felt something unusual and checked it out.

Most of her family and friends believe it looks like a mini orange sculpture of Jesus on the cross. Others see something completely different.

A local minister does not see anything theologically special about the Cheeto®, but thinks some good could come from it.

Ramey doesn’t plan to sell the Cheeto® because it’s bringing a lot of joy into her home. She will keep it in a safe deposit box or put it on display so more people can enjoy it.

What do you think? Post your comment below!

It’s the oldest complete copy of the New Testament, and it’s been scattered around the world for years. Now it’s all coming back together - online!

The British Library says the full text of the Codex Sinaiticus will be available to Web users by next July, digitally reconnecting parts that are held in Britain, Russia, Germany and a monastery in Egypt’s Sinai Desert.

A preview of the Codex, which also has some parts of the Old Testament, will hit the Web on Thursday — the Book of Psalms and the Gospel of Mark.

“Only a few people have ever had the opportunity to see more than a couple of pages of the [Codex],” said Scot McKendrick, the British Library’s head of Western manuscripts.

The Web site will give everyone access to a “unique treasure,” he said.

Check out the preview - http://www.codexsinaiticus.org

When budgets shrink, eating out at restaurants is usually one of the first things to go.

But here’s a unique idea - a cafe that sells all organic food, lets you set your own portion size, and then - here’s the really cool part - you decide how much you’d like to pay for it.

That’s what the One World Everybody Eats cafe is doing in Utah - in fact, they’ve been doing it for 5 years, and they are a perfectly healthy company. Turns out that letting people decide what a fair price really is, could be a pretty good business practice!

Here’s my question to you - it works in Utah, could it work in Sarasota? Do you think our residents are fair and generous, or do you think a cafe like this would be eaten out of business? Leave your comments here!

So here’s an easy way to give back to the world… SearchandGive.com!

It’s a search engine from Microsoft… For every search you make, Microsoft donates a penny to a charity of your choice. Doesn’t sound like much, but it can add up really quickly! So far, they’ve given out over $300,000!

Check it out - SearchandGive.com!!

Okay, so during my recent move to our new house, I managed to lose ALL of my socks.

Just call me sandal-man Dan.

I did, however, find a website that is an online lost and found. It even includes maps of where an item was found, so you can be sure that the ‘found’ item is the one you ‘lost’.

Alas, my socks weren’t there either.

But, hey, if you’ve lost something, check out the site - http://www.thefoundbin.com/

Eh, who needs socks anyway?