The Sackrider Family Blog

Ahhhh…. I guess I forgot to hit the publish button on this one – I noticed this morning it was in my drafts… Doh – its from the beginning of Janurary – enjoy!

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I cleaned out the garage today – well, it would be more accurate to say I tackled cleaning the garage today because I didn’t finish.  I found boxes that we didn’t unpack from the last move.  They are still packed today but instead of being on the left side of the garage, they are on the right side.  We had boxes that were partially unpacked, and some that were simply raffled through in an effort to find something missing.  It was a mess.

I’m sure the neighbors thought I was having a garage sale since I had everything strung out on the driveway for hours.  I want to get rid of everything – and I spent all day on craigslist posting ads to do so… I took pictures of the BowFlex that’s been in the garage since we moved, a painting that I’ve had since before I got married but will never go on our walls as long as Stephanie has a say about it, four chairs that don’t match anything we own since the matching table was destroyed in the move to Arizona 3 years ago, and another table and chairs that we don’t have room for since the move.  We have a washer and dryer that have seen two different garages over the last 3 years, but not a single a load of laundry… And my wife asks me if we should get a storage unit.

I don’t want more storage, I just want less stuff!

I don’t get people who pay for storage units.  If you can’t use it – get rid of it.  We Americans live in mansions compared to the rest of the world, but we still don’t have enough room for our junk!   I bet there are American’s in heaven right now saying “Really, 2500 sq ft!?! That’s not a mansion? Do you have storage units up here?”…

Ok – I’m kidding with that last one – but its hard to imagine that I live in 2000 square foot home and still have too much junk.

When you go into a fast food restaurant, you expect the person behind the counter to say something like “Welcome to Good Burger, Home of the Good Burger, Can I take your order?”… but that isn’t what I got.  She took my friend’s order as expected but when I stepped up in line, the cashier said these words – “You shouldn’t eat here – you’re getting fat!“ I’m not making this up, people. – Read the Rest of the Story at I Quit… Again!

I just read a post at Godfidence.org (http://www.blog.godfidence.org/2008/05/rob-bells-trampoline) that was critical of Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis book (great book – if you haven’t read it, go buy it).  The author of this post was critical of Bell’s analogy that doctrine is more like springs on a trampoline than bricks in a wall.  Bricks in a wall are rigid and cannot be removed or replaced without damaging the wall, but springs can be stretched, review, replace if needed, without damaging the trampoline.  The goes on to say – its more fun on a trampoline too.

Jason at Godfidence said that if you remove *all* the springs then you just have a tarp and that doctrine cannot be removed or changed.  I disagree with him (and commented as much on his post).  If you remove *all* of the bricks from a wall all you have left is mortar – Bell wasn’t suggesting you remove any doctrine, only that you are open to examine them, put them under the microscope, and test them.  If they are true, they will hold up – if they are not, then they weren’t Doctrine to begin with, but instead a misunderstanding of scripture that can be corrected.

Bell goes on to say ‘all truth is God’s truth’.  If I thought the Earth was 6000 years old based on my interpretation of the Bible, and you proved through science that it was 4trillion years old – My understanding of the Bible changes – not my faith. And I believe that is the point of Bell’s approach.

Have you read the book?  When you get a chance, go read Jason’s post… I’d love to hear your thoughts?