On Saturday, I purchased a new digital camera -- a Sony Cyber-Shot (for you techies, a DSC-H2). It's a 6 megapixel with 12x optical zoom. Since I consume mass quantities of coffee, it also has an anti-blurr feature :-)Here are a few sample shots. They've been reduced in size and compressed with Photoshop.
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Yoko Ono is in the news, calling for December 8th to be a day of worldwide healing. December 8th was the day John Lennon was killed while walking in New York. Here's the article from the Washington Post:John Lennon's Widow Calls for HealingThe Associated PressSunday, November 26, 2006; 2:38 AMNEW YORK -- Yoko Ono is calling for the anniversary of the death of her husband, John Lennon, to become a day of worldwide healing.In a full-page advertisement appearing in Sunday editions of The New York Times, Ono urges readers to mark the anniversary by apologizing to those who have suffered because of violence and war."Every year, let's make December 8th the day to ask for forgiveness from those who suffered the insufferable," writes the former Beatle's widow, who signs the letter Yoko Ono Lennon.Ono urges readers to take responsibility for failing to intervene on behalf of victims around the world."Know…
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LifePoint will be working with City of Refuge to provide Christmas gifts for homeless children in San Diego. City of Refuge is located in Sherman Heights and serves the poor and homeless in San Diego's urban areas.There are two ways to help: purchase a gift or give money. If you purchase a gift, please spend no more than $15 per gift so that each child will receive an equal gift. City of Refuge also prefers to receive your gift unwrapped so they can properly sort them. LifePoint will be receiving gifts and money until December 9. Let’s work together to spread the love of Jesus to his precious children this Christmas season.Gifts can be delivered on Sundays to 4698 Alvarado Canyon, Suite A, from 9:00-10:30 or after 12 noon. Please make checks payable to "LifePoint" and earmark it for Christmas gifts.LifePoint Christian Community4698 Alvarado Canyon, Suite Awww.lifepointcommunity.comSundays @ 10:30
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I grew up in a church tradition that sang mostly hymns; in fact, for much of the time we sang only hymns. One of the hymns I remember singing went like this ...When upon life's billowsYou are tempest tossed, When you are discouragedThinking all is lost,Count your many blessingsName them one by one,And it will surprise youWhat the Lord hath done.Count your blessingsName them one by one.Count your blessingsSee what God hath done.Count your blessingsName them one by one.Count your many blessingsSee what God hath done.I count among my many blessings a family that raised me with Christian values. My mother and father modeled humility, servanthood, and a love for others.I count among my many blessings a family that consists of a loving wife and two beautiful daughters.I count among my many blessings a church family that has been an anchor of stability in an uncertain world. LifePoint is the…
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