sacred journeys

I got so tired of the blog updates, and losing posts — that I gave up blogging for a couple of weeks. However (crossing my fingers) — voxtropolis, my blogging host has resolved their issues.
A friend of ours (Dan) — sent this email yesterday:
From: Dan ….
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:12 PM
To: Greg Larson
Subject: dude, […]

Great ad from last night. (great game also, from what I hear)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAwi2J1J5GE

Psalm 135
15 The idols of the nations are merely things of silver and gold,
shaped by human hands.
16 They have mouths but cannot speak,
and eyes but cannot see.
17 They have ears but cannot hear,
and noses but cannot smell.
18 And those who make idols are just like them,
as are all who trust in them.
There are some kinds […]

Our church neighbors only 2 blocks down (The ‘church’ of Scientology)

- had all sorts of tents out in their parking lots set up a few days back. I was not sure if they were holding ‘revivals’ down there or not.

If I would have time, I would have wandered down there to check it out.
Who knows, […]

This is great. It seems “China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering “the management measures for the reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism.” This “important move to institutionalize management on reincarnation” basically prohibits Buddhist monks from returning from the dead without government permission…”
HT: Ben Witherington’s blog

Not everyone is born with the talent to make up plausible alibis on a moment’s notice. Take the gang member walking down an L.A. street…
‘What gun? Oh, this gun? Uh, it came with the pants’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDXIyRdwG0

Garrison Keillor was just out here in L.A., and here is what a Midwesterner had to say about this great city.
(the subtitle of the article — “How an out-of-towner learned to appreciate the paradise of Los Angeles — traffic, drought and all.”)

We love living in LA so far, but there are many things we miss about MN. The most being good friends that we knew for a very long time. Some we stay in touch with, others (sadly) we don’t.
One such friend is Peter. If I remember correctly, I met him in the summer of 2000. […]

…left the coffee shop early this morning & a flyer was on my window for a home that is for sale.
It read: 1800 square foot house, 3 bedrooms — (& then in big, bold letters) ‘ONLY $629,000 !‘
Our Minnesota friends will get a kick out of that, while our new Californian friends — will say […]