Cause I ain't no Holla Back Girl!
I am listening to this song by Gwen Stefani right now and I freakin' love it! Thanks to Roger who introduced me to this song that is riddled with the "S" word. He played it for me when I was at His and Jes' place during a game night. "The $h!t is Bananas - B-A-N-A-N-A-S!" (I apologize for the swearing and I just got out of church - which is the whole reason why I logged on to blog anyway!)
I went to Fellowship Church Plano this morning - I was bored. This girl came and sat right next to me with her friends - I was cramped. I love praise and worship and when I listen to it at the actual Grapevine campus I love it, but for some reason I just wasn't feeling it this morning. The music was too upbeat and I felt like worshipping, not making a joyful noise. Don't you just want to sometimes not be upbeat? The song leader kept trying to "pump us up" and getting us to make a joyful noise but I just wanted to "be still and know" if you know what I mean.
The sermon was the third in a series called "Thread". The first sermon was good, it was on Easter Sunday and I really enjoyed it, however, I miss BIBLE teaching. Anyone can just get up on stage and preach on a topic and tell funny stories - I don't mean to brag but I am good at that. You give me a topic and I will have you roaring with laughter using anecdotes and self-deprecation. However, if you ask me to exegetically preach Romans or Revelations then I am going to have a much more difficult time - that requires research and in-depth study. I am not saying that Fellowship Church is bad, I'm just not sure that it is for me.
I rented After the Sunset last night with Pierce Bronson, Salma Hayek, Don Cheadle, and Woodey Harrelson. It was MUCH funnier than I thought it would be and I actually liked it. It was entertaining, nothing too over the top, and I enjoyed it so much that I almost watched it again while I had it, but I don't have time to watch movies twice in one weekend - not when I have a BlockBuster movie pass. I do recommend After the Sunset.
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Yeah, I know just what you mean about church. I prefer a more reserved service and I certainly think the one standing at the pulpit should be discussing the bible, not trying to amuse. That is why I'm an Episcopalian. Lots of scripture and ceremony, but a beautiful service.
gwen stefani does rock! some of my musical choices have less than tasteful vocabulary but i fill in with my own words. that makes it okay, right?
eddie, i know exactly where you're coming from. i have the same feelings about Watermark. I really miss DBC teaching.
on a different note, in reply to amanda sue's comment:
i don't even bother to fill it in with other words. i sing it loud and proud. and then, i wonder how the "less than tasteful vocabulary" has made its way into MY vocabulary.
I too was shocked at how good After the Sunset was. Austin kept trying to get me to go when it was in the theaters, but I didn't think it would be any good, but we watched in on the way back from California on the plane (yay for portable DVD players!) and thought it was really good. :)
Eddie - Bananas have been stuck in my head since that night at Jes and Rogers. Not literal bananas but the song and now it is back again with your title.
Ha ha. We'll have to ask roger to bring it to our next game night and we can just put in on repeat over and over and over again. Or we could invent a cheering routine to it. That would be fun, seriously fun. Am I sad or what?
Eddo, I agree with you on both counts as well. We are so blessed to have Tommy teach us "real Bible". If I want fluff, I'll grab a pillow. We watched After the Sunset a couple of weeks ago, and although I am NOT a Woody Harrelson fan, the rest of the movie was good enough to overlook him, and he wasn't his obnoxious self in this one.
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