THE BIRD

My Church and Me

2012-01-08T22:36:00.000-08:00

I have been working a lot lately with my home church - Grace Harvest Church in Burton, MI. I started there strictly looking for a church I could attend and feel welcomed - and welcomed I did.

I used to run the camera to record the sermons for our website but the last few weeks I've moved upstairs to the sound both area. In the sound both my job is to operate the program for the projector. Part of this job - my choice - is to prepare slides of the sermon outline and other related items for each Sunday.

When we first started using the projector system we mainly used it to display the song lyrics we were singing and show announcements. I am going to do everything I can to increase the use of the projector so our members get the very most out of each sermon.

You can learn more about my church on our website by clicking on the link above or visit us on FaceBook at Grace Harvest Church in Burton, MI.

Where Have You Been?

2011-12-08T17:08:00.000-08:00

For some reason I have neglected this blog while working on my other blog. According to my stats I am averaging over 150 views per month on my other blog. That is great but this is or was suppose to be my main blog for daily posting. Not sure how I messed that up.

If you haven't checked my other blog I would be gracefully appreciative if you would check it out. We the People are Confused. We the People are Confused: Streams of Consciousness seems to be where I spend most of my time ranting about our failing, selfish government and other injustices. That would be funny to those that have known me for a very long time because I know little to nothing about politics and avoid political debates. Sadly as I have gotten older I have come to view things differently and feel that it is every American's responsibility to be heard - even if they're wrong. I'm the first to admit I am likely wrong about a number of things.

I have another blog post also called "Pictures from Emails". I had first started that blog to share some of the wonderful email pictures I had received over the years but shortly after starting it I seem to have lost contact with people that actually send me emails. Only emails I get now are spam, things from FaceBook applications or my many many financial supports in Nigeria wanting me to send my full name, address, banking routing number, phone number, etc etc so I can collect the millions of dollars I've been rewarded from various wealthy persons I don't know. One of these days I will hopefully start receiving emails from people that actually know me and want to share funny, cute or thought provocative pictures with me. Until then I'll sit back knowing I have all the money I'll ever need once I send my information.

If any of you that happen to read this would like to share such emails as mentioned above please let me know. I would love to share with others some of the wonderful pictures I receive.

Have you ever?

2011-09-23T23:03:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had a friend you've wronged? Have you ever said something innocently that was taken so wrongly someone cried? I have done both of these things and both still haunt me today.

I believe we have all likely said something innocently at one time or another only to have our comment taken insultingly. What happened to me started off as a wonderful day, in a new city while looking at a rental place. The older lady that showed us the house had her grand-daughter and grand-daughter's husband.

The grand-daughter and her husband were a young couple and out going. Through the conversation I off handily ask the grand-daughter, "When is the baby due?" The grand-daughter and her husband turned white and she started crying as she left the room.

I don't know if she cried because I spoiled a surprise to the grandmother or if she thought I was implying she looked fat. I won't say she looked fat but I will say she looked pregnant (Hench my thinking of pending delivery). As you can imaging we never heard back about that house after that.

Wronging a friend is the hardest to deal with emotionally for me. Friendships are bridges people like myself can't afford to burn. In this case I didn't so much burn it as badly destroy it, requiring time and energy to repair. I still have this person as a friend, thankfully, but I'm very much aware that the relationship we had will never be what it once was.

This friend invited me to their home state and treated me to a beautiful hotel close to the Atlantic Ocean, great food and wonderful conversation. What I did was ruined everything this friend tried to offer. I was ruined, moody and acted worse like I had a right to feel what I was feeling - even though I didn't!

My hope, prayer and wish for this friend is for us to someday to share time together again. I want so badly to show this friend that I'm not a selfish jerk, spoil brat, total ass who only things of himself. For now settling for a strained friendship is better then a total lost of that friendship.

I can live with the first example and have for over 20 years now but the second example haunts me daily.

Day of Rememberance

2011-09-11T11:32:00.000-07:00

America is a country with a high resolve to over come. That resolve has been tested time and time again since the first settlers came to this continent.

The Revolutionary War brought us together as a nation bound together by a common desire to live independently from another country.

The Civil War forced us to take a serious look within ourselves and find the courage to stand, brother against brother, father against son, family against family and stand up for what we believed.

World War II forced us to take a stand by awaking us to realize that the world affairs were indeed our affairs. We learned we could not stand idly by and expect the world to respect our resolve.

Our lessons have been hard. Our losses has been great yet we've remained strong.

Ten years ago today once again or resolve was tested not by another nation nor by a dictator but by a terrorist. A terrorist who's only true goal was to break our resolve and make us question the very foundation of belief we live. This terrorist brought the fight to us in our very home and we met him head on.

Like in every other time in history we gathered together. As a nation we told the world we will not run, we will not hide, we will not crumble, we will not fear but we will over come. We will meet this challenge head on. We will hold our head high, reaching out to our brothers and sisters offering encouragement and support. Together we have moved forward! Together we have fought! Together will have survived!

America stands before you today as a re-united nation bound within our resolve to maintain our independence and not live in fear or hate. You can burn our homes, destroy our buildings or crash our planes but you can not, will not ever break our spirit!

Unsent Letters Needs You

2010-07-04T23:39:00.000-07:00

Have you ever written a letter but for what ever reason you didn't send it? Maybe you felt it wasn't the right thing to say or maybe it was the right thing but that person passed away before you could send it.

Whatever the reason Unsent letters can be and are keepsakes for many people all over the country and world. They tuck them away as a way to remember what they wanted to say or meant to say. They cherish those letters as a way of keeping the love, passion, fear, anger or whatever it was that made them write them alive.

Twin Trinity Books in conjunction with Accentuated Writers Forum and headed by Editor and professional dreamer Michelle Devon has collected a series of Unsent Letters in a book to be published very soon. To do so requires funds to pay for printing, binding, and other items. It is also their hope to find a distributor willing to ship all over the country so everyone can enjoy this wonderful collection of Unsent Letters. They need your support.

To make a donation please check out this wonderful site for more information - Unsent Letters

Starting Over

2010-07-04T06:42:00.001-07:00

For the few that have actually been here I thank you. If you have seen other post before this one but don't see them now it is because I've deleted them. I'm starting over and putting more effort into making them better.

Please come back soon and check to see what Bird has to say.

2008-01-31T05:10:00.001-08:00

My Motto
The history of yesterday is the chisal that shapes the tomorrows we live today.
Each of use can make a difference in anothers life.
Sometimes we do so without even realizing it.
If you love someone take time to say it.
If you need something ask for it.
If you have a memory share it
We are all faced with problems and situations from time to time that seem impossible to over come or to finish. While I was in High School I had a chance to met a wonderful lady who taught me a poem. I will never forget this poem.
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,But, he with a chuckle repliedThat "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be oneWho wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that;At least no one has done it";But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,Without any doubting or quiddit,He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,There are thousands to prophesy failure;There are thousands to point out to you one by one,The dangers that wait to assail you.But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin,Just take off your coat and go to it;Just start to sing as you tackle the thingThat "couldn’t be done," and you’ll do it.
from Collected Verse of Edgar GuestNY:Buccaneer Books, 1976, pg. 285

My Opening Remarks

2007-12-28T18:55:00.000-08:00

Hello and welcome to my blog pages. Over the next few weeks, months and year I hope to offer everyone something interesting to read. Things that will make you laugh, cry, wonder, and maybe even mad.

Please bare with me if some things are slow in coming. I do have a job and other things going on here. There may be long periods of time between post. However I assure you there will be more and more post.