Giving Answers (1 Peter 3:15)

Went to the hospital today to visit a beloved member of our church.  My son was coming into town with me and knew this member well and wanted to visit too. We went to the downtown hospital where my son had his surgery a few months before.  During one of our visits, we noticed that the hospital had a piano with a sign on it.  The sign basically said that anyone could use the piano, as long as they were not a beginner.  It was there to be a soothing balm to those who were recovering or going through a hard time. I had seen it many times before, but never in use.  I mentioned to my son that it would be great to come back after his finger had healed and play some on the piano as a ministry to those in the hospital.  He agreed and we kind of left it at that.... ...until today. After spending some time with our dear friend, who encouraged us with his Christ-like attitude amidst his situation, we found ourselves going down the elevator and the thought of t...

Image courtesy of Scott Chan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net The SuperBowl is coming!  You know what that means...commercials!  Not just ordinary commercials either.  Whole creative teams come together to hopefully make an advertising campaign that people will never forget, paying millions of dollars for a 30 or 60 second spot. Here are some of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R55e-uHQna0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Oag8iBB7HE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbSpAsJSZPc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiO1_nVr3no http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Set-r53xvBI But why do companies pan out so much cash for cute, funny and hopefully unforgettable commercials? Answer:  So that their audience of 100 million people might see their product, become interested in their product and hopefully go out and buy what they are trying to sell. Seems simple enough, right? It works too.  Just after Christmas, my family went out to Buffalo Wild Wings (which we ...