{"id":5830,"date":"2013-09-19T21:58:19","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T04:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2013-09-20T21:09:19","modified_gmt":"2013-09-21T04:09:19","slug":"7-quick-takes-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5830","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Jaguars, Prayer Requests, and Twitter Personalities"},"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><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colbert does it again.<\/strong>  Stephen Colbert takes on allegations by FOX Noise that the Syria conflict is a sign that the apocalypse is coming.  You know, I&#8217;d believe the verses they were citing&#8230; if they didn&#8217;t refer to the fall of Jerusalem in the 6th century BCE.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:#000000;width:520px;\">\n<div style=\"padding:4px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:cms:video:colbertnation.com:429163\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;background-color:#FFFFFF;padding:4px;margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;\"><b>The Colbert Report<\/b> <br \/>Get More: <a href='http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/full-episodes\/'>Colbert Report Full Episodes<\/a>,<a href='http:\/\/www.colbertnation.com\/video'>Video Archive<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Orphans.<\/strong> Do you see these two lovely children?<\/p>\n<p>L-R: <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett\">Brett<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/52215\/iris\" title=\"Iris\">Iris<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/brett2.jpg\" alt=\"Brett\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/iris.jpg\" alt=\"Iris\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett\">Brett<\/a> still needs a mama. <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/52215\/iris\" title=\"Iris\">Iris<\/a> finally has a family committed to her and they are compiling their dossier to send to her country.<\/p>\n<p>Click on their names to see their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reecesrainbow.org\" title=\"Reece's Rainbow\">Reece&#8217;s Rainbow<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer Request.<\/strong>  One of the benefits of blogging is that you get to meet interesting people as well as people who you swear live inside your brain.  <a href=\"http:\/\/fuller-life.blogspot.com\" title=\"Fuller Life\">Thomas<\/a> in both of those categories.  He has the strange habit of saying things to me that make total sense after I&#8217;ve been struggling with them and I think the two of us could probably solve the problems of the world if we could sit down for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, <a href=\"http:\/\/fuller-life.blogspot.com\" title=\"Fuller Life\">Thomas<\/a> is dealing with some devastating news.  His wife is pregnant with their twin boys and having complications at 21.5 weeks that might cause her to lose the babies.  We&#8217;ve been asked to take part in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewtn.com\/devotionals\/novena\/Gerard.htm\" title=\"novena to St. Gerard\">novena to St. Gerard<\/a> on their behalf, ending on September 24th.  If novenas aren&#8217;t your thing, please just pray HARD.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Another prayer request.<\/strong>  Elizabeth of <a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/keeponspinning.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"Keep On Spinning\">Keep On Spinning<\/a> got some craptastic news: <a href=\"http:\/\/keeponspinning.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/19\/blogging-sadly\/\" title=\"Keep On Spinning: Blogging Sadly\">the cancer is back<\/a>.  She&#8217;s been fighting this for 5 years &#8212; since just after the birth of her son George.  They&#8217;re doing a massive amount of testing but it&#8217;s looking like this is a fast-growing one.  Prayer is needed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anonymous Twitter profiles.<\/strong>  Christianity Today interviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Rev_NoRespect\" title=\"Rev. No Respect\">Rev. No Respect<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrchCurmudgeon\" title=\"Church Curmudgeon\">Church Curmudgeon<\/a> in a two-part interview.  Part I is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2013\/september\/seeing-church-through-eyes-of-two-twitter-rockstars.html\" title=\"Seeing the Church Through the Eyes of Two Twitter Rockstars\">here<\/a>.  Part II is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2013\/september\/seeing-church-through-eyes-of-two-twitter-rockstars-part-2-.html\" title=\"Church Realities Seen Through Twitter Anonymity\">here<\/a>.  I recommend both parts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Forty to Forever.<\/strong>  Wanna help out some orphans? I&#8217;m part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/fortytoforever.com\" title=\"Forty to Forever\">Forty to Forever<\/a> fundraiser and we need prayer warriors.  If you&#8217;re interested, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fortytoforever.com\/#!prayer-warrior-sign-up\/c8qa\" title=\"Sign-up to be a prayer warrior for Forty to Forever!\">the sign-up page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>New jaguar.<\/strong>  Nope.  Not the car.  The <a href=\"http:\/\/saczoo.org\" title=\"Sacramento Zoo\">Sacramento Zoo<\/a> is getting a new one and the old one is shipping out on Sunday.  I might be persuaded to make a trip to the zoo this weekend to say good-bye.  Once the new one comes, it will be mentored by the zoo&#8217;s female jaguar, Tina.<\/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; Colbert does it again. Stephen Colbert takes on allegations by FOX Noise that the Syria conflict is a sign that the apocalypse is coming. 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