I'm just making it public!!! Friends, please join with me and pray for the peace of Israel.
10/19/2007
10/17/2007
Shameful
"First to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. ..."
"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed. ..."
"Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them. ..."
"Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb. ..."
"Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. ..."
"Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them. ... Such money should now be used in ... the following [way]... Whenever a Jew is sincerely converted, he should be handed [a certain amount]..."
"Seventh, I commend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow... For it is not fitting that they should let us accursed Goyim toil in the sweat of our faces while they, the holy people, idle away their time behind the stove, feasting and farting, and on top of all, boasting blasphemously of their lordship over the Christians by means of our sweat. No, one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants."
"If we wish to wash our hands of the Jews' blasphemy and not share in their guilt, we have to part company with them. They must be driven from our country" and "we must drive them out like mad dogs."
Who would possibly write such heinous and hateful words toward God's chosen people. Who would come up with such a plan to rid the area of Jews? Surely this must be the words of Adolf Hitler or perhaps the Klan. Unfortunately the answer to this is no. These are the words of Martin Luther whom many regard as a pillar of christianity. These words fill me with deepest sorrow and burning rage. Christians, let us never forget that the only pillar of christianity is Christ. Let us live as he lived and love as he loves. Please join with me in humbly asking for the forgiveness of our Jewish brothers and sisters and promising to stand vigilant against all who would hate them.
"Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed. ..."
"Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them. ..."
"Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb. ..."
"Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews. ..."
"Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them. ... Such money should now be used in ... the following [way]... Whenever a Jew is sincerely converted, he should be handed [a certain amount]..."
"Seventh, I commend putting a flail, an ax, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow... For it is not fitting that they should let us accursed Goyim toil in the sweat of our faces while they, the holy people, idle away their time behind the stove, feasting and farting, and on top of all, boasting blasphemously of their lordship over the Christians by means of our sweat. No, one should toss out these lazy rogues by the seat of their pants."
"If we wish to wash our hands of the Jews' blasphemy and not share in their guilt, we have to part company with them. They must be driven from our country" and "we must drive them out like mad dogs."
Who would possibly write such heinous and hateful words toward God's chosen people. Who would come up with such a plan to rid the area of Jews? Surely this must be the words of Adolf Hitler or perhaps the Klan. Unfortunately the answer to this is no. These are the words of Martin Luther whom many regard as a pillar of christianity. These words fill me with deepest sorrow and burning rage. Christians, let us never forget that the only pillar of christianity is Christ. Let us live as he lived and love as he loves. Please join with me in humbly asking for the forgiveness of our Jewish brothers and sisters and promising to stand vigilant against all who would hate them.
10/11/2007
Little Princesses on Safari
Tonight our girls decided that they were going to go on safari. Using 4 year old logic, far superior to our adult cluttered logic, they determined that the best way to do that was dressed as princesses. What we have here is the result. In case you are detail oriented, the safari cost three dollars each which they paid in puzzle pieces. Many animals were found and enjoyed. No animals were harmed. May we all look at life and eachother with 4 year old logic from time to time! Peace, friends!
9/30/2007
Let's Dance
My little darlings already think they are balerina's so we decided it was fitting for them to actually learn how to dance. So we signed them up for beginning ballet, tap and acrobatics. They love class and are excited every time they do something new. Here is a pic of our little dancing darlings.
9/29/2007
Saturday at Home
Our family spent a lazy day together today. Kim had a bit of a fever and so I cancelled my planned day of shooting down in Holden and stayed home to watch the girls. What I gave up in a day out with the guys was repayed three-fold by getting to play with my girls all day and work on cleaning the house. There wasn't any one event or happening that really stands out but it made for a great day. May everyone reading this get to have an unexpected day with their family doing nothing. Better yet, plan one soon and see what a great time it will be.
-- Jason
-- Jason
8/02/2007
posting pictures
I am doing this post so that I can put an updated picture into our main profile. Being a rookie, I am still working on figuring out all of this stuff.
7/26/2007
8 random facts about Kim
I am skipping the intro because you can see it in Jason's post below.
1 - I flew an airplane by myself before I drove a car by myself.
2 - I was hit by a truck when I took my first driving test (not my fault!!!) - thus the reason for #1
3 - I think hair is way over-rated
4 - My favorite computer company is apple and I am happy to finally have my first macbook
5 - I'm tenacious (my husband says in spades)
6 - When parachute pants come back, I will be one of the first to have a pair and wear them with my hot pink, super baggy sweatshirt with matching pink socks.
7 - When I get my master's degree "I'm going to Disneyworld!!!"
8 - I can say Supercalafragalisticexpealadocious backwards like Mary Poppins! Of course, "that's going a bit too far don't you think?"
Now I'm going to piggy-back on the people Jason tagged (we are one after all).
1 - I flew an airplane by myself before I drove a car by myself.
2 - I was hit by a truck when I took my first driving test (not my fault!!!) - thus the reason for #1
3 - I think hair is way over-rated
4 - My favorite computer company is apple and I am happy to finally have my first macbook
5 - I'm tenacious (my husband says in spades)
6 - When parachute pants come back, I will be one of the first to have a pair and wear them with my hot pink, super baggy sweatshirt with matching pink socks.
7 - When I get my master's degree "I'm going to Disneyworld!!!"
8 - I can say Supercalafragalisticexpealadocious backwards like Mary Poppins! Of course, "that's going a bit too far don't you think?"
Now I'm going to piggy-back on the people Jason tagged (we are one after all).
7/25/2007
Random Facts of Jason
I was tagged by Rustin to participate in the following meme… so here are the rules:
1. players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
3. players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.
Here goes nothin'---
1. I was originally to be called Jeremiah but was born in 1974 when Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog hit its peak and so the name was scrapped
2. I have never seen E.T.
3. I prefer fruit to nearly anything else edible
4. I attended the Paul Simon concert in Central Park
5. I cannot stand cigarette smoke but enjoy a good cigar or pipe
6. I still love to jump in mud puddles
7. I learn the most about God walking through the woods
8. Numbers continually run through my head
I now tag: Kimberly, Maya, Joy, Glenn, Curt, Shaina, Tim, Carol
1. players start with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. those who are tagged should post these rules and their 8 random facts.
3. players should tag 8 other people and notify them they have been tagged.
Here goes nothin'---
1. I was originally to be called Jeremiah but was born in 1974 when Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog hit its peak and so the name was scrapped
2. I have never seen E.T.
3. I prefer fruit to nearly anything else edible
4. I attended the Paul Simon concert in Central Park
5. I cannot stand cigarette smoke but enjoy a good cigar or pipe
6. I still love to jump in mud puddles
7. I learn the most about God walking through the woods
8. Numbers continually run through my head
I now tag: Kimberly, Maya, Joy, Glenn, Curt, Shaina, Tim, Carol
7/07/2007
6/28/2007
5 Things I dig about Jesus
OK, so I am quietly going about my peaceful voting for my little bros band and perusing various blogs that I haven't seen in a while when I realize that I have been tagged. Well, I'd better get up on this one!
1 - He was a regular guy in a spectacular way. How many times people alluded to the carpenter's son and wonder how he could possibly be the chosen one.
2 - He was never afraid to speak the truth no matter where or when. Especially when it was unpopular to do so.
3 - He covers all my sin on every level.
4 - His ministry began at the opportune moment and lasted just a few years. This gives me hope that I have not missed my "calling" and that the parts of my life that are not in the limelight are just as important.
5 - He's preparing a place...the ultimate hope and joy that life on earth is just the beginning...not the beginning and the end.
I'll leave Jason to make his own 5 and count him as being my tag
1 - He was a regular guy in a spectacular way. How many times people alluded to the carpenter's son and wonder how he could possibly be the chosen one.
2 - He was never afraid to speak the truth no matter where or when. Especially when it was unpopular to do so.
3 - He covers all my sin on every level.
4 - His ministry began at the opportune moment and lasted just a few years. This gives me hope that I have not missed my "calling" and that the parts of my life that are not in the limelight are just as important.
5 - He's preparing a place...the ultimate hope and joy that life on earth is just the beginning...not the beginning and the end.
I'll leave Jason to make his own 5 and count him as being my tag
6/02/2007
Changes
The frank family is having lots of adjustments right now. Our friends the potters just moved to Michigan (their last family pic in front of their house is above). This has been hard on all of us...we will miss them very much.
I (Kim) am switching to a new school in the fall. I had to say goodbye to the many friends I have at Mill Creek (the old school took my keys yesterday) . I am really looking forward to working with K-4 at Kentucky Trail Elementary, but will miss my friends :(
I am also, beginning my Master's degree on June 5 with Baker University. I'll add their logo on another day. This will mean that I have a lot of work to do and the Jason and the girls will be saying goodbye to mommy every Tuesday night for the next 18 months.
This has been a lot of transition at one time. On the bright side...it's now summer time and I should get plenty of R&R before teaching summer school in July. That is, if the girls stop waking up between 5 and 6 am every day.
4/22/2007
Our Farm?!
As a family we have come to the place where we really wish to have more of a small town life. Our desires now are for acres, barns, cows, chickens, sheep, goats, pigs, etc... Anyway, here is a place that we are looking at buying. It is 15 acres and is located in Kingsville, MO. Let us know what you think of it!
4/12/2007
Here's a column that everyone in America should read ---
Imus isn’t the real bad guy
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK - Columnist
Thank you, Don Imus. You’ve given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.
You’ve given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.
You’ve given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.
Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it’s 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.
The bigots win again.
While we’re fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I’m sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent’s or Snoop Dogg’s or Young Jeezy’s latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.
I ain’t saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don’t have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.
It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.
Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.
It’s embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.
I’m no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.
But, in my view, he didn’t do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should’ve been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it’s only the beginning. It’s an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.
I watched the Rutgers news conference and was ashamed.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for eight minutes in 1963 at the March on Washington. At the time, black people could be lynched and denied fundamental rights with little thought. With the comments of a talk-show host most of her players had never heard of before last week serving as her excuse, Vivian Stringer rambled on for 30 minutes about the amazing season her team had.
Somehow, we’re supposed to believe that the comments of a man with virtually no connection to the sports world ruined Rutgers’ wonderful season. Had a broadcaster with credibility and a platform in the sports world uttered the words Imus did, I could understand a level of outrage.
But an hourlong press conference over a man who has already apologized, already been suspended and is already insignificant is just plain intellectually dishonest. This is opportunism. This is a distraction.
In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?
I don’t listen or watch Imus’ show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it’s cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they’re suckers for pursuing education and that they’re selling out their race if they do?
When Imus does any of that, call me and I’ll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.
No. We all know where the real battleground is. We know that the gangsta rappers and their followers in the athletic world have far bigger platforms to negatively define us than some old white man with a bad radio show. There’s no money and lots of danger in that battle, so Jesse and Al are going to sit it out.
Imus isn’t the real bad guy
Instead of wasting time on irrelevant shock jock, black leaders need to be fighting a growing gangster culture.
By JASON WHITLOCK - Columnist
Thank you, Don Imus. You’ve given us (black people) an excuse to avoid our real problem.
You’ve given Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson another opportunity to pretend that the old fight, which is now the safe and lucrative fight, is still the most important fight in our push for true economic and social equality.
You’ve given Vivian Stringer and Rutgers the chance to hold a nationally televised recruiting celebration expertly disguised as a news conference to respond to your poor attempt at humor.
Thank you, Don Imus. You extended Black History Month to April, and we can once again wallow in victimhood, protest like it’s 1965 and delude ourselves into believing that fixing your hatred is more necessary than eradicating our self-hatred.
The bigots win again.
While we’re fixated on a bad joke cracked by an irrelevant, bad shock jock, I’m sure at least one of the marvelous young women on the Rutgers basketball team is somewhere snapping her fingers to the beat of 50 Cent’s or Snoop Dogg’s or Young Jeezy’s latest ode glorifying nappy-headed pimps and hos.
I ain’t saying Jesse, Al and Vivian are gold-diggas, but they don’t have the heart to mount a legitimate campaign against the real black-folk killas.
It is us. At this time, we are our own worst enemies. We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.
Rather than confront this heinous enemy from within, we sit back and wait for someone like Imus to have a slip of the tongue and make the mistake of repeating the things we say about ourselves.
It’s embarrassing. Dave Chappelle was offered $50 million to make racially insensitive jokes about black and white people on TV. He was hailed as a genius. Black comedians routinely crack jokes about white and black people, and we all laugh out loud.
I’m no Don Imus apologist. He and his tiny companion Mike Lupica blasted me after I fell out with ESPN. Imus is a hack.
But, in my view, he didn’t do anything outside the norm for shock jocks and comedians. He also offered an apology. That should’ve been the end of this whole affair. Instead, it’s only the beginning. It’s an opportunity for Stringer, Jackson and Sharpton to step on victim platforms and elevate themselves and their agenda$.
I watched the Rutgers news conference and was ashamed.
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke for eight minutes in 1963 at the March on Washington. At the time, black people could be lynched and denied fundamental rights with little thought. With the comments of a talk-show host most of her players had never heard of before last week serving as her excuse, Vivian Stringer rambled on for 30 minutes about the amazing season her team had.
Somehow, we’re supposed to believe that the comments of a man with virtually no connection to the sports world ruined Rutgers’ wonderful season. Had a broadcaster with credibility and a platform in the sports world uttered the words Imus did, I could understand a level of outrage.
But an hourlong press conference over a man who has already apologized, already been suspended and is already insignificant is just plain intellectually dishonest. This is opportunism. This is a distraction.
In the grand scheme, Don Imus is no threat to us in general and no threat to black women in particular. If his words are so powerful and so destructive and must be rebuked so forcefully, then what should we do about the idiot rappers on BET, MTV and every black-owned radio station in the country who use words much more powerful and much more destructive?
I don’t listen or watch Imus’ show regularly. Has he at any point glorified selling crack cocaine to black women? Has he celebrated black men shooting each other randomly? Has he suggested in any way that it’s cool to be a baby-daddy rather than a husband and a parent? Does he tell his listeners that they’re suckers for pursuing education and that they’re selling out their race if they do?
When Imus does any of that, call me and I’ll get upset. Until then, he is what he is — a washed-up shock jock who is very easy to ignore when you’re not looking to be made a victim.
No. We all know where the real battleground is. We know that the gangsta rappers and their followers in the athletic world have far bigger platforms to negatively define us than some old white man with a bad radio show. There’s no money and lots of danger in that battle, so Jesse and Al are going to sit it out.
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