Aaron Reddin onLife, Liberty, and Pursuit of Jesusness

Target.  You know….the store?  Surely you’ve heard the latest ranting about their political and financial goings-on. 

If not, you will.  I need not preface this video with an explanation as the video does it well enough. 

THIS, my friends, is the real beauty of America.  Regardless of your political stances or opinions…..you must admit that the ability to do THIS, is one reason we all stay here…..

Thanks to these two, I would like to announce that I am quitting Christianity, American-ity, Southern…whatever, and I will no longer divulge my gun ownership status. 

Anne gave me the guts.  Basil gave me the desire.  Anne told me it was ok, when Basil made me cry. 

I’ve wanted to return to Nashville, TN someday.  However, if this dude goes any farther than a 3 inch rope, it just won’t happen……I don’t even know if I will call myself American ever again.

All of the “professional” bloggers will tell you that you much find and accept your niche’.  Theirs, obviously, is just simply blogging.  Fine. 

They blog.  They blog about blogging.  They talk about blogging and to some extent they have full creative freedom when it comes to shaping the future of the culture of their blogging niche’. 

Their niche’ is sustainable as many of us who are not “professional” bloggers and whose blogs don’t generate enough revenue for us to quit our jobs will eat up their “wisdom” in hopes of building and bettering our non-professional blogs. 

You see many bloggers who have “made it” taking the time to write posts that will help the wannabe blogger.  I love that about the blogging community.  Most of those popular bloggers do not display an elitist attitude about their success. 

What does this look like in the other blogging niche’ communities though?  Are bloggers who have made it in other particular niche’s sharing their success with others who have a message they hope to spread?  Are they teaching others how to attract up-and-coming bloggers to that niche’? 

If you blog about something other than blogging, who is your go-to person to see how you can grow your niche’ and personal blog?  Or do you simply rely on the “professional bloggers”? 

This is one of the many reasons that I can’t stand to hear the claim that undocumented immigrants are a “drain” on our society….

These are actual businesses here in Little Rock.  I have no words…..maybe you do….they did…

I don’t have all the answers. I know, you’re shocked, right?

But as Christians we are supposed to be following the only one who does have them all. Why, then, do we allow our minds, hearts, people, churches, and doctrine to be infiltrated with things that are absolutely contradictory to what He says?

You probably know where I’m going. It’s just…..where I go….

Sometimes I just have to clarify some of it though and that’s what I’m wanting to do here. You see, I fight a battle. I’ve pretty much come to realize that no matter the cost, my life is about this battle. It’s the battle for absolute freedom from addictions.

Why a battle? Well, because the Church is accepting secular ideals about addictions that contradict Jesus. Christians are selling the notion that addictions never fully go away. And other Christians are buying it. More critical is the fact that most new Christians who are battling addiction are buying it by the truckload.

I’ve posted many posts on here that show the conflict between secular recovery ideals and the very teachings of Jesus. The two simply do not mesh. This post isn’t so detailed in showing the conflict. It’s just a post that says, “Hey! We need to re-examine this thing called recovery that we’re doing in our churches”.  It scares me how much the Church and “trustworthy” well known pastors are taking this stuff in and dishing it out like candy corn at a church hayride on Halloween.

For one who is battling addictions, the point of beginning a recovery journey is probably the most critical of that journey and if people are not getting a solid foundation of Jesus and His teachings on these matters then we may as well just invite them over for some crack and vodka.  

Screw “cool”.  Screw PC.  Screw addictions.  If it takes being labeled a super hyper-charismatic radical freakshow to put people with addictions before the power of the Lord Jesus Christ, then that’s what it’s going to take.  I won’t give up. 

He set me free, and I’ll not shut up. 

One of the greatest Christian cliche’s that I’ve ever heard is this:

“Jesus got up and got out, so that you can get up and get out”.

It’s time we remember that.

This is probably the kind of blog post that has been written 11,672 times, in as many different ways. Oh well.

I’ve found myself, as I do about once a month, realizing that I am completely insufficient. I’m a lame dude, lame employee, lame friend, and I’m a lame husband. I totally suck at life.

Said it before, say it again…..the ONLY good thing in me is Jesus.

But half the time, I’m just stupid enough to think that I’m smart enough to take these things on without Him. Every time I’m stupid enough to think that I’m smart enough, I start the whole stupid cycle all over again!

Doesn’t seem to matter how “far” we get, or how good we think we’re doing. We all have to continually stop and acknowledge that He is the only thing good in us. He is the only thing good in me, I can assure you! You can quickly see it in my life when I start thinking I’m smarter than He is…..

What a foolish and arrogant man I am, to think that I can truly succeed at anything without Him.

That’s all.

Anyone else continually live in this cycle, no matter how many times you think you’ve learned your lesson? 

I’m working on a blog post that takes on immigration and Christianity.  I’m sure it will piss off plenty of my friends, but I think there are some things that need to be discussed. 

What better way to prepare for that, than to show you how NOT funny Ray Stevens is…(still)…

There is just so much crazy awesome stuff out there right now that I can’t help but share with you…..

I can’t keep up with it all! If it doesn’t let up, I’ll never get around to writing another article! That said, this is the greatest picture you’ve ever seen….

First, let me say this:  This “oil spill” sucks.  It’s sad.  It’s horrible.  People died.  It sucks. 

But, if you haven’t even laughed one time at a BP joke that you’ve heard or read, then you have no business on my trashy blog!  :) 

Now….

If you Twitter, surely you have noticed the last, greatest Twitter-er….. @BPGlobalPR

This has been one of the most amusing things I have ever seen.  Some dude does satire very well, and has aimed all his energy at BP.  It’s a freakin’ riot!! 

Here’s one of his Tweets for example:

“The oil leak was caused by a natural gas explosion, or sea fart, which is now having silent but deadly consequences. #bpseafart “  6:26 AM Jun 1st via Twitterrific

If you can’t laugh at that, you should never be allowed to laugh again!! 

So yesterday the dude “behind” this Twitter account “came out” and revealed his partial identity.  In one of the most well written and stated posts regarding BP thus far, please welcome…….

Mr. Leroy Stick!!!! 

Oh….You have to click on his name….my bad.  Or as we are now saying, “My BP”.

Some of us were boycotting BP long before boycotting BP was “cool”.  Yeah, like for at least 3 years.  That’s when Eddie Vedder first clued us in to just how bad their track record and behavior seems to be. 

In 2007 Pearl Jam began to publically denounce BP for it’s environmental negligence.  That year at Lollapalooza in Chicago, they really made a scene when they played a little ditty that they had written specially for our friends at BP. 

If everyone was a rocker, then maybe we would have all stopped these idiots before they started wasting lives and water.  Crank your speakers up, and rock out to this catchy little left hook to the jaw-bone of BP!!

guess I should have had on a bowtie!!!

Really, what makes you think that your name on a sign in the grass is going to prove to me that you deserve my vote?  Not a thing!  I don’t give a crap what your name is or what you are running for….

And your little bumper stickers that you’ve tagged onto them claiming “Pro-Life” and crap like that really aren’t going to get you my vote either.  Instead of telling us where you “stand” on the issues that are basically your only platform, try telling us something about YOU and what makes you worthy of having your name on the side of the freakin’ road. 

Where does all this crap go when it’s over??

There, I said it.