My friend Andy has really been hitting it out of the park with his posts lately.  Check out this cartoon he drew after he had a very interesting conversation with his young daughter.

Did you know that some countries have theme hospitals?  What I know Ruth wouldn’t give to have the twins in a Hello Kitty Maternity Ward.

Sophie Blackall is a New York artist that takes the Missed Connections ads from craigslist and renders them into really beautiful works of art.  She also sells them on her etsy store.

I loved this post from mental floss on the Top Ten Best Secret Menu items.  I want to order them now!

Ok.  Yes.  I am a mental floss junkie.  But this is another cool post.  Artists that take well-known cartoon characters and make them more realistic.  So cool.

Yeah.  That’s right.  CANDIED.  SALTED.  BACON. YOU ARE MOST WELCOME.

It’s cellular mitosis with doughnuts!

I have not tried to make this yet, but my friend Tris’ sister-in-law posted this sweet recipe for making Pumpkin Spice Latte’s at home.  Because I am singlehandedly funding Jill Casey’s benefits at Starbucks.  I love it so so much.

Not only is this video completely and totally fun, for every 10,000 people who view it, the Dude Perfect guys will sponsor one Compassion child.

Cracked.com makes me laugh so hard.  It reminds me of Shane for some reason.  They are like an irreverent mental floss.  This article about 7 Secrets Only Two Living People Know is so interesting, and it’s funny.  Warning: people cuss.

That’s enough for today.  My hope is that one day I’ll be able to post pictures on this blog (ugh) and I can resume normal postings.  Until then…

I’m notoriously bad at forming complete ideas in Creative Team, as well as usually being the one to knock us off topic. I had some vague idea for an activity and when Monte pressed me to be more specific, I said something to the effect of, “Can’t the teachers just come up with that part?” Andy remarked (sarcastically, I might add) that this was a great new idea for a Bible Study, just giving general suggestions. Kinsley christened our new idea “Mere Suggestions.” And we decided to have a blog contest to see who could come up with the best lesson for “Mere Suggestions.” Below is my lesson:

Mere Suggestions Bible Study
Lesson 3, John’s Revelation (or something)
Biblical Verse: Just pick a verse in Revelation. A couple of verses if you’re feeling crazy.
Learning Goal:

• Students will learn about stuff

Biblical Context: John hung out with Jesus, but he also lived on an island for some reason. Some stuff happened on the island, and now we know how it’s all gonna go down when Jesus comes back. We want the students to know about that part.

Connect Activity:
Make some crazy stuff or do something crazy. Either one will work. Say: There’s some crazy stuff in this Revelation book, and today, we’re gonna talk about it.

The Key Study:
Read the verse(s) you picked out from Revelation. Maybe you want to ask the students what they think about it. For example, if you chose Revelation 9:5, which reads: “They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man,” then you could ask the students what they think that means, if you want. It’s up to you. Then say: This is pretty kooky, but the important thing to remember is that the good guys win.

Transform:
Have the students write some stuff down while some song plays. If it’s about the verse that you talked about, awesome. If not, no biggie. Then, pray.