Sears's Blog (9)

Been playing with LibraryThing. Finally thought of a use for it. I have these books just sitting there. If anyone would like to borrow one. Please let me know. You can search my library here. I'll try to add to it fairly regularly. Continue

I just put up a vidoe about Kiva, an organization that makes small loans to people in third world countries in order to help them pull themselves out of poverty. It's one of the places where our kids put their savings. Please check it out. If you're interested, here's the Kiva website: http://www.kiva.org/ Continue

Ning has updated their software so that now new comments will appear at the top of discussions. I had received some comments regarding the difficulty of keeping up with the most recent prayer requests. Well, now they will be at the top of the list, so you can easily go back to using that feature . . . as well as the rest of the site. :) Have a merry Christmas and great 2009. Continue

I added 2 videos to my page. It's the same song, Handlebars by Flobots (The Flobots?), but two different videos. I heard this song this weekend and am loving it. Also am grooving on the Flobots and what I am learning about them. One thing they are about is connecting with culture, getting their hands dirty and trying to make the world a better place. Yeah, they appeal to my radical-hippie side. And while this style of music may not work for everyone, I think it's funky. Continue

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Had some requests for the recipe so here it is. I used light cream cheese and whipped topping and it was still dee-lish. No Bake Peanut Butter Pie 1 (8oz.) pkg. cram cheese 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar 2 cups peanut butter 1 cup milk 1 (16 oz.) pkg. frozen whipped topping, thawed 2 (9-in.) prepared Oreo cookie pie crust Beat together cream cheese and sugar. Mix in peanut butter and milk. Beat until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spoon into two pie shells; cover, and freeze until firm. I… Continue

I'm finishing up a book called The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier by Tony Jones. It's a history and description of the emerging church movement, a movement that's been around for about 10 years. I find myself drawn to the emerging church and its attempt to bring Christ to the postmodern world. Scattered throughout the book are a number of "dispatches," brief statements that summarize how "emergents" see the world and the church's pla… Continue

Everybody (all 22 members) seems to be getting the hang of this pretty quickly. Adding a new blog post is just as simple. You can do it from your page ("MY PAGE"). Write about what you've been thinking about, what God has shown you recently, whatever. You can even decide who can see it and whether or not you want comments on it. And if you get interrupted in the middle of typing it, you can save it as a draft and come back to it later. And if you're feeling fancy, you can… Continue