Chris's Musings

Some of you know that I organize a once a month dinner club for friends and friends of friends to explore new restaurants in the city, meet new people, and have interesting conversation.  I am somewhat of a foodie and started organizing these dinners a few years ago because I wanted to go out to nice dinners but was on a dating fast at the time (and usually you go to restaurants like these on dates), so why not organize a "dinner club?" For this summer, I have themed my picks as the "Summer of Celebrity" and am picking restaurants that are owned by well-known celebrities or have been featured on a national program.  For whatever reason, this month I felt lazy (I say this, because I usually never choose restaurants that are part of national chains) and picked Ted's Montana Grill as it is owned by one of Atlanta's most famous (or infamous) celebrities, media mogul Ted Turner.  I organized for last Thursday night.   On the way from my office to the restauran...

So - at dinner club last night and all around the twitterverse everyone's talking about the end of the world. Yes - somebody else with a formula and some loose scriptural interpretation has predicted it. Again. And he's likely to be wrong. Again.  (Yes - this same guy has predicted it before and struck out). So - while I'm pretty sure I'll see you all and have something witty and snarky to say to you on Sunday, the thought gives me a little pause, because Jesus didn't really tell us when he's coming back.  He just told us that he was. So, it could be today. And I'm not a prophet, and I don't have a formula, but it could be today.  And then again, it could be tomorrow. My question is: Does that make you happy?  Or does that make you afraid? I think there will be two types of people who will fear Jesus coming.  The first are people who have lived like there is no God... and then will see Him, in all of his glory.  That would be very sca...

Did you know that the return of Jesus is scheduled on May 21, 2011? No? How did you know, you may ask me? I saw it on a billboard on I-10 in Louisiana. And you know, interstate billboards like much of the internet, can't be wrong. Well, you know that roadside marketing and internet blog pages (not this one, mind you :) ) are full of interesting stories, and you can't believe everything you read. But, just because I was curious by the fearless prediction and the fact that some person or some group of persons thought it was important enough to spend money to advertise on a billboard, I decided to Google "May 21 2011" just to see what was going on with this, and which "prophet" or group was propagating this thing.  Turns out, like the whole "2012" Mayan calendar thing, someone had done a "Biblical" calculation based on some scriptures pulled out of context (my opinion), young earth theoretical dates, and some extrapolation of ra...

Usually at this point in time, I am packing myself up from LDR to head home after a stomach-satisfying breakfast at the Donut Hole in Sandestin... but alas I did not make LDR this year (can't wait to hear how it was), so I ran in the US 10K Classic this morning (which has the opposite effect of eating at The Donut Hole :) ) I finished the race in 59:59 (yes, I sprinted to finish in under an hour), despite chilling at a few water stops and getting stuck behind a bunch of walkers and non-starters at the beginning (at least that's my excuse for not doing better :) ), and enjoyed grabbing some Publix swag, listening to some music from this local band that was playing at the afterparty, and checked out the chiropractic tent and to my surprise got my neck adjusted.   But the most interesting thing to me was that when I was going back into the main area from the concert stage, there was this guy trying to get past security that obviously wasn't part of the race crowd.  By look...

"I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul? I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, so no one can say that you were baptized into my name. (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.) For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel—not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power." - 1 Corinthians 1:10...

Of course, on occasion we Buckhead and Northpoint members/attenders have whispered in the back halls... it's obvious that the high degree of fashion sense of our worship leaders have now made the quasi-prime time :-) The Stuff Christians Like "Metro Worship Leader Test" How does your church score? :-)