A Quick Word
Christ, as a light
illumine and guide me.
Christ, as a shield
overshadow me.
Christ under me;
Christ over me;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Be in the heart of each to whom I speak;
in the mouth of each who speaks unto me.
This day be within and without me,
lowly and meek, yet all-powerful.
Christ as a light;
Christ as a shield;
Christ beside me
on my left and my right.
- The Canticle of the Northumbria Community’s Morning Prayer in the Daily Office.
Go in Peace.
WK
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Battle of the Church Signs
Ok, this is the last thing before the off time, only because it is hilarious.
The Battle of The Church Signs
Enjoy
WK
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Posts to Resume Saturday
1 & 2 Kings Mid-term. I need to study A LOT.
Here’s a little thing about Heaven:
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
- C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
See you later,
WK
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30 Things I love about…married life.
Ah…that time of week when list, instead of coherently write (which isn’t that often anyway):
Here goes!
This entry was written by , posted on October 21, 2008 at 1:28 am, filed under Things I love and tagged 30 things I love, Marriage. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
Target: Women
Move over Tina Fey (only a little) [Update: Pat feels I need to make sure everyone knows this is hyperbole: Tina Fey is still the Matriarch of Comedy], Sarah Haskins is in town.
Who?
In my effort to see everything on the internet, I have stumbled across what may be the funniest advert pundit segment ever : Target Women, starring Sarah Haskins.
Basically, Sarah makes fun of topical advertising directed at women for 3 minutes at a time. At this point, I’ve watched one on cleaning, yogurt, birth control, feeding your family, Sarah Palin, etc. (the etc. is for the one I’ve clearly forgotten). Sarah Haskins expertly (and at times, with a couple well-placed crude-etries) dissects the messages under the advertising to compel women to buy. I love this for two reasons: first, because it’s hilarious; second, because I have a nearly psychopathic love-hate relationship with advertising.
Some may know that, before I was at Tyndale, I was in Business Marketing. There, I learned how to find (or create) a target market and show them the benefits (or trick them using their own norms and morays) of buying my product. Couple that with what I learned about Public Relations and now I don’t believe anything that comes from the media, ever. Advertising is manipulative, deceitful, ugly and unnatural. Take some time and read a copy of AdBusters, and you’ll understand my anger, grief, and torment … until I see something really innovative, like Waking Up Hannah, by Dove.
I like Dove’s advertising over the last few years, because while it is selling an image and state of mind (oh right, and a product), at least it is a wholly positive one. For me, that’s enough of a compromise, for now.
Is advertising redeemable? I hope so, because today I really like it. If we could make advertising reflective of cultures, and not creative of cultures, I think our world would be a better place.
All that text for that last line, and I’ve convinced you to click on 3 links – that’s good and sneaky advertising.
WK
This entry was written by , posted on October 20, 2008 at 12:35 am, filed under Life, Politics and tagged Advertising, Dove, Sarah Haskins. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.
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