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I had a hard disk crash last week, which means I am now hopelessly behind in Facebook notes. Yes, I want to do the album cover, and my 15 "desert isle" CDs, and my Musical Facts. Those are all cool. But I don't have time to do those today.

However, these questions, given to me by fellow Nashbillian, JP, have been written up and ready to go for a week..since the day the hard disk crashed...so here you go....(ps: I added the question about wrecks, and today's dream car...) EF

Is it true we are what we drive? Compile a list of vehicles that have been in your life.
(i.e., autos, trucks, any internal combustion or electric/hybrid vehicle)
Instructions: Copy this page to the body in “notes”
Delete previous answers and then add your own.
Tag as many people as you wish to receive it.
Then click “publish” in notes section
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James Taylor Carole King Tribute Show: March 7th

Hey Everybody:

We've got a great Connections Band show coming up weekend after this....

James Taylor/Carole King Tribute Show
FUMC Coppell
420 South Heartz Road
Coppell, TX 75019
(972) 462-0471


This is Connections Band's second show at Coppell, and we are looking forward toseeing good friends again. The women take centerstage for the Carole King set, and this show features FUMCCoppell member, Lisa Rucker, singing and playing someincredible sax.

We'll do songs like "Jazzman", "It's too Late", "How Sweetit is To be Loved By You", "Fire and Rain", and many more.You'll be singing along with every one.

Our beneficiaryfor this show is "Nothing But Nets."

Go
here for complete information and a map to FUMC Coppell.

We hope to see you all at our first show of 2009!!!


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Yeats' Five Book Meme

DIRECTIONS
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:

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Sermons on iTunes, the Blog, and Everywhere

My amazing new laptop is allowing me to try out all sorts of new things. Among them, podcasting.

We're pleased to announce that Northaven now has podcasts of our sermons at iTunes and up at the Northaven website.

Still working on the actual design so that it looks nice and beautiful on the Northaven site. But the podcast feed will basically replace the old "Sermons" page at the Northaven site. You can find that
here.

It's also live on iTunes, at the iTunes store. So, if you've got an iPod and have been itching to get our sermons as iTunes podcast, knock yourself out by going
here.

(If you've gone a non-iPod devise, or just listen to rss audio feeds some other way, you can "subscribe" at that first link I gave...)

The cool thing about an podcast feed, of course, is that you can import it to just about anywhere. So, I've put it here on the blog too. Just scroll down the righthand navigational window, till you find the box that says "Sermons."
You should be able to listen in there too, if like, without ever leaving this page.

Hope you enjoy all this. We'll announce this to the greater Northaven community sometime later this week, when we're done making the web-version look pretty.

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Sixteen Random Things About Me

DMN Reporter , Jeffery Weiss wrote this interesting story that ran in this weekend's paper. It's all about the phenomenon of "25 Random Things." It does seem to be spreading like wildfire, as is Facebook itself. I can tell you from my own non-scientific experience that folks are joining Facebook right and left over these past few months...a virtual (pun intended) explosion of old friends and family.

So, in honor of Jeffery's story, I thought I'd repost my list of "things" to my blog. (For those on Facebook, you'll be seeing this for the second time)

I should self-disclose that when this game was forwarded to me, it was only
sixteen things. Jeffery's story points out that somewhere along the way it jumped the shark to 25. Who knows how that happened. But I'm sticking with my sixteen....

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More on Millard

The entry below is reposted from the Fuller Center website, and has more information about Millard Fuller's death. Pay special attention to the description of how Millard, one of our most influential leaders, was buried: in a simple box, with no grave marker.

Totally consistent with his own spiritual values.

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Why Is Apology So Strange?

"I screwed up."

No, I didn't really screw up. At least, not in any way that I believe I owe you all an apology.

It's an expression. It's something many of us say every day.

Learning to apologize is a key value of a mature adult human being. But to hear the screaming headlines in this morning's papers, you would think President Obama saying "I screwed up" was the most horrible admission a President could ever make.

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Millard Fuller

I was visiting the hospital around lunchtime today, when I got a Twitter that Habitat for Humanity cofounder, Millard Fuller, had died. This news makes me terribly sad, as I consider Millard a personal hero and inspiration.

Like all of us, Millard had feet of clay. But his dreams and visions, his zest for helping the poor and less fortunate, are virtually unrivaled in our time. He is perhaps the most inspirational figure I have ever known, and I am driven to write about him today.

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Connections Band Spring/Summer Schedule

Our Connections Band founding members have been meeting over the past month, and trying to get the Spring/Summer schedule finalized. There are a few more shows to post still, but most of them are now known. All this info. has been posted to the band's website, but I wanted to be sure and respost it here to make sure everybody gets the word.

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