then don't draw one

Today I did go and see the new moon movie. I actually liked the book better but did really enjoy some parts of the movie. The fight scenes with the werewolves were pretty cool as well as the vampire action scenes also. I am still not impressed with the vampire attitude. All the moping around and longing to be a vampire is a bit much for me. The vampires are just very keen on themselves and its too much for me. The Jacob character was much better and more interesting. The movie skipped out on several parts, but the ending was better than what happened in the book.

Today at church we got a special homily. The homily was special in that Father Mike didn't deliver it. Instead we got to hear a synopsis on the church's financial strain. Essentially, they took out a loan to develop a school and don't quite have enough funds to pay it back in a timely fashion. The message or advice they are getting from the diocese is that they need to focus more on their mission than the debt they owe. It has come down to providing a good quality christian education for the young people of our parish. I like the goal well enough, I am an educator myself. Well, maybe only an educator in my own mind, but a willing educator when the job ever comes along. The thing that struck my interest at the end was a fundraiser Father Mike was promoting. The fundraiser was to raise money for the mission work of the students. How can we be expected to give money to the church that won't go towards their apparent mission? Any money that doesn't go towards the church itself or the school they have in place shouldn't be asked for. I don't want to get lectured about money woes only to give more money to something that won't help the money woes. I did put 60 in the collection this week. I do think that 20 might not accurately represent 10% of my income, so I should be putting more in anyways.

I did go to the bengals game today. I also finished reading the book of Job for the first time through. My recap will have to wait until my second read for that to happen as promised.

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