Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!

http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
--
John H.

JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!

http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u


Selling religion...again?


*This* will open your eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCCS5fixC70

On Dec 7, 7:46*am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!

http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u

Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.

Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.


Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.

Same version of song, without the visual religious stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM29rohx_xc

Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.


Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.

Same version of song, without the visual religious stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM29rohx_xc

Did I miss something? The song is a religious song, with or without any
images. Taking away the images does not make it less religious. Are
you now pushing religion on us?

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.


Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.

Same version of song, without the visual religious stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM29rohx_xc

Did I miss something? The song is a religious song, with or without any
images. Taking away the images does not make it less religious. Are
you now pushing religion on us?

Just in case you didn't know the words to Ava Maria a

Hail Mary,
full of grace,
the Lord is with thee;
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:10:43 -0500, "Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq."
wrote:

Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.


Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.

Same version of song, without the visual religious stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM29rohx_xc

Did I miss something? The song is a religious song, with or without any
images. Taking away the images does not make it less religious. Are
you now pushing religion on us?

And, it wasn't the same version. Different singers.
--
John H.

Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?


"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.


Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.


Boater wrote:


*Twas the month before Christmas*

*When all through our land,*

*Not a Christian was praying*

*Nor taking a stand.*

*See the PC Police had taken away,*



*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*



*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*



*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*



*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*



* December 25th is just a 'Holiday'.*



*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*



*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*



*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*



*Something was changing, something quite odd! *



*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*



*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*



*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*



* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*



*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*



*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*



*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*



*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*



*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*



*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!*



*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*



*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*



*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*



* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*



*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*



*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*



*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*



*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*



*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*



*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,



not Happy Holiday!*









Please, all Christians join together and



wish everyone you meet during the



holidays a



MERRY CHRISTMAS





Christ is ¡The Reason¢ for the Christ-mas Season!



If you agree please forward, if not, simply delete.

On Dec 7, 9:54*pm, Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?

"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.

Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.


Well, I'm not selling this , I'm giving it away.


"Please pass on to your wife that I think her thoughts are beautiful.
She and *** ******* seem to have a lot of the same thoughts.

I think you should post them on rec.boats also. It wouldn't hurt for a
whole bunch of folks to read them.

*****

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Schnautz
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:37 PM
To: **** ******
Subject: *****, I think you'll appreciate this....


"I'm sending this so that you might pass it along to #####.The
scripture is my idea, but the rest is from my wife

Tim


"For through the grace given to me I say to every man among you not to
think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so
as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of
faith,"(Romans 12:3) "But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God
opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6) "Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you." (1 Peter 5:6,7)

I thought I'd let Bridget have this one, As many of you know, is a
survivor of lymphoma. And she writes:

Cancer 101
lessons I've learned

"...I've learned: ~that a bunch of people genuinely love me and care
for me; even when I'm bankrupt of anything to give in return.

~not to take the freshness of a new season for granted or any of the
splendor of God's creation.

~I've had a control problem that I've spent years calling other
things. Like being organized, getting things done, leadership and at
the root of the problem have been trust issues.

~that it's OK to rest even when you have a lot to do.

~that being too busy stunts your spiritual growth.

~how to accept kindnesses graciously.

~what the power of the prayers of many can do.

~that dependency in the right context is strength, and not a weakness.

~that we are closest to God when we surrender our deepest fears to
Him.

~that God is not only with us in the present but is ahead of us as
well.

~to take greater joy in little things.

~that bad things don't just happen to other people.

~that optimism brings a lot of emotional sunshine to rainy days.

~I see the world more clearly. ~I feel with greater intensity.

~There is enrichment in life simply by the awareness of its
preciousness."

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 04:14:40 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Dec 7, 9:54*pm, Boater wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Dec 7, 7:46 am, Boater wrote:
JohnH wrote:
Open your eyes with some nice music. If you can't stand the artwork,
minimize!
http://tinyurl.com/66pe6u
Selling religion...again?

"Selling religion?"

Bah...humbug!, Harry.

Great music, great singing, and I know its purpose. But it is Herring
pushing religion. If he had shown just the singers on a stage setting,
fine.


Well, I'm not selling this , I'm giving it away.


"Please pass on to your wife that I think her thoughts are beautiful.
She and *** ******* seem to have a lot of the same thoughts.

I think you should post them on rec.boats also. It wouldn't hurt for a
whole bunch of folks to read them.

*****

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Schnautz
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:37 PM
To: **** ******
Subject: *****, I think you'll appreciate this....


"I'm sending this so that you might pass it along to #####.The
scripture is my idea, but the rest is from my wife

Tim


"For through the grace given to me I say to every man among you not to
think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so
as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of
faith,"(Romans 12:3) "But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God
opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (James 4:6) "Humble
yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you." (1 Peter 5:6,7)

I thought I'd let Bridget have this one, As many of you know, is a
survivor of lymphoma. And she writes:

Cancer 101
lessons I've learned

"...I've learned: ~that a bunch of people genuinely love me and care
for me; even when I'm bankrupt of anything to give in return.

~not to take the freshness of a new season for granted or any of the
splendor of God's creation.

~I've had a control problem that I've spent years calling other
things. Like being organized, getting things done, leadership and at
the root of the problem have been trust issues.

~that it's OK to rest even when you have a lot to do.

~that being too busy stunts your spiritual growth.

~how to accept kindnesses graciously.

~what the power of the prayers of many can do.

~that dependency in the right context is strength, and not a weakness.

~that we are closest to God when we surrender our deepest fears to
Him.

~that God is not only with us in the present but is ahead of us as
well.

~to take greater joy in little things.

~that bad things don't just happen to other people.

~that optimism brings a lot of emotional sunshine to rainy days.

~I see the world more clearly. ~I feel with greater intensity.

~There is enrichment in life simply by the awareness of its
preciousness."

Beautiful thoughts. I've sent them to my daughter, who has expressed the
same things in several of her writings. She is amazed at the support she
has received, not just from friends and relatives, but everyone.

Thanks for posting that, Tim.
--
John H.