{"id":5059,"date":"2013-03-21T21:42:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5059"},"modified":"2013-03-21T21:42:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T04:42:49","slug":"7-quick-takes-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5059","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>March Madness.<\/strong>  The stupid basketball games have started again (later than usual) so I&#8217;m grumping about my CBS shows being pre-empted.  Because I couldn&#8217;t care less about who wins, I thought I&#8217;d share some non-basketball alternatives, of which there seem to be an abundance this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lentmadness.org\" title=\"Lent Madness\">Lent Madness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2013\/03\/21\/36465\/poll-public-radio-bracket-madness-round-2-vote-for\/\" title=\"Public Radio Bracket Madness\">Public Radio Bracket Madness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanjesus.net\/?p=9302\" title=\"American Jesus Madness\">American Jesus Madness<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.emergingscholars.org\/2013\/03\/the-best-christian-book-of-all-time-selection-show\/?fb_source=pubv1\" title=\"The Best Christian Book of All Time\">The Best Christian Book of All Time<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zimbio.com\/brackets\/TV+Couples+March+Madness+2013\" title=\"TV Couples March Madness Challenge\">TV Couples March Madness Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett.<\/strong>  This is Brett.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/brett.jpg\" alt=\"Brett\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He needs a mama.  Wanna help?  Head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett\">his page<\/a> and share it on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\" title=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\" title=\"Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>\/whatever.  His mama is out there and I hope we can find her soon.  Want <a href=\"http:\/\/peacefulwaters.org\/brett\" title=\"Blogging for Brett\">updates<\/a> on the process?  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Blogging-for-Brett\/405152389564314\" title=\"Blogging for Brett Facebook page\">Like him<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kaia.<\/strong>  According to <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/53777\/sponsorheaton\" title=\"the Heaton family's FSP\">the FSP for Kaia&#8217;s family<\/a>, their homestudy is done.  Yay!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/kaia.jpg\" alt=\"Miss Kaia\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/53777\/sponsorheaton\" title=\"the Heaton family's FSP\">show her family some love<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Search term fun.<\/strong>  I installed <a href=\"http:\/\/jetpack.me\/\" title=\"the Jetpack plugin for WordPress\">Jetpack<\/a> for my <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\" title=\"Wordpress\">WordPress<\/a> a month or so ago which means that I get to see the search terms that come in for my site.  There aren&#8217;t a lot because I chose to hide it from spiders and search engines for a long time but occasionally some interesting ones come through.<\/p>\n<p>The current interesting one: &#8220;serving with a prickly pastors wife&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I am so honored.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible student essays.<\/strong>  The professor who runs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BibleStdntsSay\" title=\"Bible Students Say...\">Bible Students Say&#8230;<\/a> is grading tonight.  *rubs hands gleefully*<\/p>\n<p>Some gems: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;God used diff. people to write the Bible b\/c diff. author writing abt the same story paid attention the things the other author different.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don??t think not following the bible as is doesn??t mean you&#8217;re criticizing the bible &#038; people who are offended need to get with the ages&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think, as a believer somebody needs to be bless with an understanding of the bible from the holly spirit to interpret it right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Bear.<\/strong>  Please pray for Little Bear.  He was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/littlebear\" title=\"Little Bear\">born with deformed legs<\/a> (which honestly made him much cuter) and he won a contest to be on the cover of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moderncat.com\/\" title=\"Modern Cat Magazine\">Modern Cat Magazine<\/a> earlier this year.  He is currently at the vet having one of his legs fixed and will be back home with his mommy on Sunday.  Truthfully, he&#8217;s stinking cute as is (his feet add to the cuteness) and he doesn&#8217;t even know that his feet aren&#8217;t normal.  He manages to beat up his siblings and get around just fine but his mommy wants him to have full function.  He has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\" title=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a> page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DeformedKitten?fref=ts\" title=\"Little Bear's Facebook page\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lenten blogging.<\/strong>  As one of my Lenten disciplines, I&#8217;ve been blogging on hymns and praise songs.  You can find all my posts on them <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?cat=46\" title=\"Lent 2013 blogging\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\">ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; March Madness. The stupid basketball games have started again (later than usual) so I&#8217;m grumping about my CBS shows being pre-empted. 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