Headphones

This music video always cheers me up when I'm down. I like the happy tones, the bright colors, and Britt Nicole's encouraging smile. And her sparkly headphones!

What's your favorite music video? Post a link!

Catty or What Happens When A Witch Gives A Dragon A Cold

This is a monologue that I wrote for a playwriting class in college. Enjoy.

A dragon, looking weary, makes its way up a mountain. It stops half-way up and a grinning princess appears. She helps it into the cave and puts it to bed. The dragon says, with a stuffed nose, AStob laughig at be! I can burn you idto a crisby brincess, you kdow.@ It hacks up a hairball. AOkay, so I=b still a liddle sick.@ The dragon sniffs. AId=s dot by fault dat damned witch was stobbed id the middle of the bloody road. Those stupid broobs should be made of somethig less flabbable thad wood, especiallyB@its tone becomes snobbyB Aif they thik they should be able to share the air with the fire-breathers. Idiot witch brigade. More like bitch brigade, if you ask be. Those silly diddies are worse thad you air-headed bridcesses. All that ridiculous magic, and cauldrods, and brewig - id=s doe wonder the forest is such a bess these days. Thigs were bedder back whed Barion the Fierce was id charge of thigs. And thed that dummy George had to go and slay him - made a regular bess of it, too. Now there=s talk of cadodizing the bastard. I never heard a more hare-braid idea id by life!@ The dragon has gotten worked up; it tries to blow fire on a coat rack and meows with smoke instead. It sneezes again; fluff comes out of its nostrils and the princess giggles loudly. AShud ub! Or I=ll scratch you. I haven=t lost by claws, thak Zeus. Hadd me a tissue. Thaks.

ADard, I wish we had some chamomile tea. Be a dear for once and get me some. And watch out for the hairballs id the trash; I=b not sure if I=b contagious or dot. I hate these stupid cat-colds. It=s worse than the flu. First your dose gets stuffy, and you start blowing out fluff. Then you get the cough, and hack up hairballs. If it gets really bad, you can=t even breathe fire - you meow and smoke. Dabn the witch that idvedted this stupid magic cold!

ABut the witch that gave me this? I got her back. When she gets home, she=ll find a little boy and girl at her house, and she=ll try to lock up the boy, but the girl will push her idto the oven, and she=ll burd up. Took me forever to convince them that she couldn=t eat human children. She=s a candy-witch; she can only eat sugar. But no, those silly things were sure that they would be there for dinner.@ The dragon sneezes; the princess hands it tea. AThak you dear. Oh, I got you that frog you wanted. It=s id the black chest next to the golden goblet and scarab beetle. I got them from the oddest man - he had a towel on his head. Tasted kinda sandy. Said his name was somethig like >Aladdid,= but those foreigners - one can never be sure one is prodoudcig it right. You just wait, someday those towel-headed creatures are going to cause trouble. Babbling about >Allah= and >jihad= B sounds like a good excuse for a war. >Towel= starts with >T= and that stands for >trouble.=

The dragon has finished its tea. AI=b goig to go lie down, dear. Take good care of your frog, I don=t want himb to catch by cold. These magic enchantments tend to bind to one another. You don=t want a prince who meows, do you? The princess shakes her head Ano.@

AG=night, dear. Don=t scare him too badly.@ The dragon lays down to sleep, and the princess blows out a few candles and leaves the room in darkness.

The Rainbow Connection

 I think rainbows are completely amazing. Maybe it's because they're so rare (I haven't seen one in quite some time) or because there aren't many places in nature where all the colors of the spectrum converge, I just think they're precious somehow. Maybe that's where the legend of the pot 'o' gold came from. Or because it's the only time in history that God used a recurring natural phenomenon to sign, as it were, His covenant with humanity. We shall never be wiped out again by a flood. Want to read the story of the rainbow covenant?

I love that story. God did what He had to do to satisfy justice, and the He put a promise in the sky. It's a promise to find another way to bring holiness to the world, to provide a way for His people to dwell with Him in righteousness. I believe that the rainbow was a promise of the cross, and now it  is a reminder of the cross. God so loved the world that rather than give them over to their sinful desires, He sent His only begotton Son that whosoever believed in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

Did you know that a complete rainbow is a circle? It never ends. And almost every civilization in recorded history has had a flood story in their religion. This covenant is for everyone, just like the covenant of the cross.

Here's some more information about rainbows, if you're interested. Have you seen a rainbow lately?

When Peace Like a River...

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." --John 14:27, KJV

This is my absolute favorite Bible verse of all time! I first heard it in this version during a Luci Swindoll talk. And she said it with such a soothing tone that I can still hear it in my head whenever I'm upset.

What's your favorite Bible verse?