Changes and choices

Changes and choices

The last few weeks have been tough. School has been a challenge as once again I am taking math, which has never been a strong point for me. Last week I ran a red light and took out another car. Praise God no one was hurt though the car I hit had some real damage. It was surreal in a way as I slid into the other car that was also the same make, color, and model as my own! It was like hitting my self. The young girl was driving her mother’s car. I was thankful she was a sweet girl, as it took excessively long for the police to arrive and take our info. I was on the way to pick up the kids from school so had to call the lovely TES to arrange to get them. A coworker of hers was able to get them as she lived a few blocks away.

On top of all this, math class and Psych class are out of sync. One started a week earlier than the other did so I have to think on terms of one class being in week 1 and the other in week 2. This already has caused me confusion as I did week 2 assignments for Psych which was in week one. The teacher, (who found me on Facebook and we are now friends) was gracious. It turns out that she is also a graduate from a Baptist college. The class is on positive psychology so it should be interesting as I balance my theological views with the psychological views. It is nice to know that the teach is a believer as she will understand my struggles… and even better that she is a friend as she will see me on a more personal level.

Now, all last week I was thinking about all the reading and writing I was going to do this week and get caught up on things like adding Christmas music to my radio station…. Moreover, when Monday came, I was burned out! It is now Thursday and I am finally starting to begin to think on terms of writing. Today will also be the day to decide if iggyROCKS! will play Christmas music or not. Usually I upload a show and just repeat it the whole day so I am thinking that is what I will do again this year. I found last years show so I may just upload it. I am not sure why it is so hard to get the Christmas show going each year but it seems to be a chore every year.

I did finalize my decision to step down from leadership at Vineyard. I am just overwhelmed with school and other things. There are a few personal reasons, yet I will not go into those here. I am thinking on terms of starting a study at one of the coffee houses in town that is open to anyone. I am praying that God will direct me in this. Some of you may already know what direction this ministry is heading, and I need your prayer as many people will find this very controversial as well as not udnerstand what I am doing. I am also asking you to pray and consider helping me out in other ways as God leads you.

Other things I am attempting are trying to find a way to help get funds to some ministries in Africa. It seems PayPal and other such online businesses blacklist Africa. The only way to send money seems to be through Western Union yet even that is limited. I am doing a ton of research on all this, and think I may have to set up a PayPal account here in the states. Then I can send the donations to the ministries as people donate and designate which one they want. I am not that happy about handling the money but see no other way to get the donations to these that need it. I jokingly stated to Ivan who is the director at Afayo Foundation Uganda, that those Nigerians really screwed things up for the legit ministries in Africa… and he stated, “Yeah they have cause real problems for us.” (I am speaking of the Nigerian email frauds that have been going on for years now). If anyone knows of any other way, please let me know, otherwise I guess I will become an Unincorporated Association or Donor Advise Foundation.

On a personal note, it seems my gastric bypass surgery is still in the hands of the insurance company. There was a change in policy that now makes it that I need 6 months of weight loss management (WLM). Of course, the local WLM did not know of this change in policy so resubmitted my medical claim again. I should know next week if I would need to wait longer or not. I feel a bit in limbo over all this. For those of you who see this as new news, I decided that for health reasons I am going forward. There seems to be a lot of success in helping diabetes with the Gastric Bypass surgery as it seems to through the body in shock a bit and when is stabilizes things seem to kick in and work better. Since my condition with insulin resistance is not only making me fatter, but also hurting me in other ways, I decided to take the drastic measure to improve my health.

So please pray for me in all this as well as the regular family stuff and have a great Christmas!

a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl=location.href;

New T-Shirt available

Here is a new T-shirt with a message I am spreading. “Hate is not a Christian virtue”. Please buy one if want to help support the different ministries I do. Thanks! BTW I only make $5.00  a shirt if you think the price is too much.

a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl=location.href;

Finally a GOPUSA article I agree with!

Doug Patton has written a rather insightful article on Pat Robertson… and the weird thing is I agree.

I subscribed to this group many years ago when I was more aligned with Rush Limbaugh in my politics… and really have found them a bit out there… they seem to think that the whole reason Ford’s sales are down is because of their boycott (for advertising Advocate in a gay magazine) and not just because car sales are down anyway… Once I followed their source on the Gay Olympics to see if the “near porno pictures” where actually on the Gay Olympics website as they claimed… and after digging deeper into link after link, found something like they posted from Australia in a Mardi Gra parade and never did find the “near porno picture) they claimed was on the Gay Olympics website… I found that less than honest. Personally I see much these guys do is only to raise funds to keep their own “watch group” open. But again I agreed with this assessment of Robertson’s endorsement of Giuliani.

Here is part of the story.

“Pat Robertson has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the presidency. Excuse me while I yawn.

Apparently, Pat didn’t get the memo that Rudy stands for all the things he (Robertson) has claimed to oppose with every fiber of his being for the last forty years. And apparently Rudy didn’t get the memo that Pat’s influence with the so-called “religious right” peaked about a decade ago and has been declining rapidly ever since.”

You can read the rest here.

Be blessed,
iggy

Finally a GOPUSA article I agree with!

Doug Patton has written a rather insightful article on Pat Robertson… and the weird thing is I agree.

I subscribed to this group many years ago when I was more aligned with Rush Limbaugh in my politics… and really have found them a bit out there… they seem to think that the whole reason Ford’s sales are down is because of their boycott (for advertising Advocate in a gay magazine) and not just because car sales are down anyway… Once I followed their source on the Gay Olympics to see if the “near porno pictures” where actually on the Gay Olympics website as they claimed… and after digging deeper into link after link, found something like they posted from Australia in a Mardi Gra parade and never did find the “near porno picture) they claimed was on the Gay Olympics website… I found that less than honest. Personally I see much these guys do is only to raise funds to keep their own “watch group” open. But again I agreed with this assessment of Robertson’s endorsement of Giuliani.

Here is part of the story.

“Pat Robertson has endorsed Rudy Giuliani for the presidency. Excuse me while I yawn.

Apparently, Pat didn’t get the memo that Rudy stands for all the things he (Robertson) has claimed to oppose with every fiber of his being for the last forty years. And apparently Rudy didn’t get the memo that Pat’s influence with the so-called “religious right” peaked about a decade ago and has been declining rapidly ever since.”

You can read the rest here.

Be blessed,
iggy

Found a new blog today… The No Name Pastor

I found a new blog today called The No Name Pastor… somehow this person’s writing sound familiar. Interesting posts there…

Funny thing is… and few might have caught this…

I used to (back when windows 95 was not that old) go to chat rooms to evangelise (since then they have gotten too ugly for me to go to). I used the ID iggy…

In chat room language… iggy or “to iggy” someone is to ignore them.

So in a way (though again most would not catch this) to call myself iggy is to call myself “the ignored one”…

Welcome to my blog roll “No Name”.

Blessed,
iggy

Found a new blog today… The No Name Pastor

I found a new blog today called The No Name Pastor… somehow this person’s writing sound familiar. Interesting posts there…

Funny thing is… and few might have caught this…

I used to (back when windows 95 was not that old) go to chat rooms to evangelise (since then they have gotten too ugly for me to go to). I used the ID iggy…

In chat room language… iggy or “to iggy” someone is to ignore them.

So in a way (though again most would not catch this) to call myself iggy is to call myself “the ignored one”…

Welcome to my blog roll “No Name”.

Blessed,
iggy

Shameless plug: iggyROCKS!

My online radio station iggyROCKS! hit the 74 position on July 12th.

We have added some new shows, such as:

Silent Planet Radio.
Godsquad
iggyTalks on iggyROCKS!

We are also proud to announce we will be broadcasting the Emergent Village Podcast.

We are still rebroadcasting People to People as well as excited to let you know Nation of Rockwell has gone into syndication… Quenton has also found out he and his wife are expecting a child… so congrats to you both!

As well we are always adding new artist and remember some of the classics.

I want to thank the listener for making this station what it is. It was just a hobby that has turned into a ministry for up and coming artists and talent.

Blessings,
iggy

Shameless plug: iggyROCKS!

My online radio station iggyROCKS! hit the 74 position on July 12th.

We have added some new shows, such as:

Silent Planet Radio.
Godsquad
iggyTalks on iggyROCKS!

We are also proud to announce we will be broadcasting the Emergent Village Podcast.

We are still rebroadcasting People to People as well as excited to let you know Nation of Rockwell has gone into syndication… Quenton has also found out he and his wife are expecting a child… so congrats to you both!

As well we are always adding new artist and remember some of the classics.

I want to thank the listener for making this station what it is. It was just a hobby that has turned into a ministry for up and coming artists and talent.

Blessings,
iggy

John MacArthur and Kenneth Nally

Rev. MACARTHUR: “I don’t think we went wrong at all. We have absolutely no regrets. My regret is that Ken Nally took his life.”

BETTY ROLLIN: Kenneth Nally was 24 years old and living with his family in Southern California when he put a gun to his head and shot himself to death. Kenneth was a devout member of the Grace Community Church in suburban Los Angeles, and when he began to suffer from what turned out to be clinical depression, he sought help from one of the church counselors. Kenneth’s parents to this day blame the church for their son’s suicide. They say the counselor, who had no training in psychology and provided only Bible-based advice, seemed not to comprehend the seriousness of Kenneth’s condition.

Here is the story of John MacArthurs “absolutely no regrets.” Here is the story of John MacArthurs “absolutely no regrets.”

The only comment I will make is that this is the type of people that I run into from John MacArthur… they abuse others and “absolutely have no regrets”. It seems that John is just fine having contributed to this persons death. Though he regrets Ken Nalley shot himself. (Talk about double speak!)

It was really sick as John started the spin on this case that God’s Word was on trial… yet truly it was a case of bad judgment and careless words that caused a 24 year old boy to point a gun to his head and pull the trigger.

It was never God’s Word on trial… It was a person who claims to love Jesus, but “has absolutely no regrets” in contributing to another persons death.

Beware of false teachers.

iggy

John MacArthur and Kenneth Nally

Rev. MACARTHUR: “I don’t think we went wrong at all. We have absolutely no regrets. My regret is that Ken Nally took his life.”

BETTY ROLLIN: Kenneth Nally was 24 years old and living with his family in Southern California when he put a gun to his head and shot himself to death. Kenneth was a devout member of the Grace Community Church in suburban Los Angeles, and when he began to suffer from what turned out to be clinical depression, he sought help from one of the church counselors. Kenneth’s parents to this day blame the church for their son’s suicide. They say the counselor, who had no training in psychology and provided only Bible-based advice, seemed not to comprehend the seriousness of Kenneth’s condition.

Here is the story of John MacArthurs “absolutely no regrets.” Here is the story of John MacArthurs “absolutely no regrets.”

The only comment I will make is that this is the type of people that I run into from John MacArthur… they abuse others and “absolutely have no regrets”. It seems that John is just fine having contributed to this persons death. Though he regrets Ken Nalley shot himself. (Talk about double speak!)

It was really sick as John started the spin on this case that God’s Word was on trial… yet truly it was a case of bad judgment and careless words that caused a 24 year old boy to point a gun to his head and pull the trigger.

It was never God’s Word on trial… It was a person who claims to love Jesus, but “has absolutely no regrets” in contributing to another persons death.

Beware of false teachers.

iggy