The Lucarellis are making a transfer.
Nope, we're not physically moving yet, though you can keep an eye out for a discipleship pastor job for me, but we are moving our blog over to wordpress. The Lucarelli Ramblings will have all of our personal stuff--pictures, videos, updates on Bella, while Jeremy Lucarelli will have all of Jeremy's stuff--writing, speaking schedule, and thelogical what not.
Come and join us!
What a bunch of former Hicks!
Beautiful Blues from Bella-boo! She did so great... all of the little ones made it through the weekend (Spring Forward and all) without a hitch!
Except for blurry Bella and Jeremy's cup, this is a great photo of the family (minus Max).
Rehearsal Dinner snap.
Anyone hear the chants of, "No taxation without information," or "Give me Liberty or give me debt," in their neck of the woods? Chances are, others are chanting. No longer will I be apart of the silent majority!
I'm not a math person, but someone described the growing 1 trillion dollar stimulus package like this:
Okay,
While I was in Lawrence, KS this past weekend I saw this report playing in the background of my hotel room (the guy I was rooming with was watching while I was working on another paper).
As a result of the nationalized banks, paying for other people's mortgages, and the looming infiltration of socialism to every strata of our society, I'm joining a Tea Party. Yes, I know what some of you will say... "We're supposed to pray for our government." Oh, let me reassure you, we've been praying! We've been realizing that unless the king or the government officials turns his heart toward the Lord, then judgment falls upon the nation, not just Israel... but every nation (Ezekiel 14). We've also realized that Righteousness exalts a nation, pride comes before destruction, and that you can't build a house on greed and expect it to stand. So, we pray for the President... to repent and relent.
I'm not saying that it is wrong to help those that are in need! I believe the church has missed the mark when it comes to defending the helpless, widow, orphan, and alien. Even more personal, we've been evaluating our role in fulfilling this kingdom initiative within our community. However, this is not a call for government to take over. This, too, is another reason why our family is joining the Tea Party... maybe even organizing one here in Chattanooga. I work. I pay taxes. My tax money is going to things that do not promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Congress and the President are signing millions of dollars away without even reading the bill! Media is screaming that GOP members refuse to be bi-partisan on this issue... GOOD! It is about time some people stand up for the fundamentals of the party. In the meantime, my tax money is now rewarding and, thereby, enabling those who have made wrong choices. Why work? Why go to school? Why pay the mortgage, electric bill, or the credit card when other tax payers can pay the bill?
You might be mad too... as stocks continue to plummet, jobs are lost, and benefits dry up... while representatives and "Change We Can Believe In" continues to spend an unprecedented amount of our money. The only thing the stimulus packages have stimulated is the public outcry of Americans. Hopefully, it will stimulate the need for personal responsibility, revival, and a resurgence of the Judeo-Christian work ethic in this country.
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Veracity Group update:
Our online counterpart, www.veracitygroupllc.com, is now live. Be sure to check out the VG history, current studies, and register so that you can view the samples! In one day, we've already had internationals sign up for the samples in addition to a couple hundred people in the States!
Also, VG has made some significant connections with other ministries via Twitter. If you're on twitter, check us out at www.twitter.com/veracitygroup
Facebook? Yep, VG is represented there as well. Type in Veracity Group in the FB search engine to find us... better yet, just go to the veracitygroupllc.com page and we'll put a link up to both feeds for ya!
Keep praying for us. The Lord is doing some pretty amazing things. Though the circumstances look horrific with the economic crisis and the stumbling of truth in the streets, the Lord is raising up a generation of Jeremiah's!
Someone posted this on Twitter (@joshuaesc)--I did not write the following post, but wanted to share! The original post can be found at The Weight of Glory
Posted by: B.C. McWhite | February 12, 2009
I Love memorizing Scripture.
But I don’t do it much. I love memorizing Scripture because it enriches my prayers with Scripture, it helps me counsel people well, it saturates and sanctifies my mind with God’s words, and in general helps me to set my mind on things above (Col. 3:2) and to think about what is pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and worthy of praise (Phil. 4:8).
I don’t do it nearly as much as I’d like, however, because I can’t find the time. My devotional times, when my snooze button goes untouched, already generally run to 60-90 minutes, so I have a hard time finding a way to fit memorization in—especially because I find it to be (for me personally) among the most time-consuming of the spiritual disciplines.
Fortunately for me, ESV Online Bible site absolutely rawks.
I always knew that you could listen to streaming audio of individually selected passages of Scripture from the ESV online—provided you’re willing to sit within the length of your headphone cord from your computer and listen to them. A few times I’ve tried to do this while washing the dishes, setting my laptop next to the sink. But I’ve splashed soap and water a bit too close to my (church-owned) keyboard enough times that I stopped doing that. One time I actually forgot that I was connected to my laptop rather than my iPod, took a step away from the sink while my headphones were in, and only saved my laptop from being completely submerged in soapy water mixed with spaghetti sauce by virtue of my catlike moves and reflexes.
But this morning—a revelation—I found a way to download individually selected passages from the ESV as MP3 files, so that I can load them onto my iPod, hit “repeat,” and listen to passages I want to memorize about a dozen times between my garage and my office. I’m using it to keep fresh on passages I’ve already memorized and don’t want to lose, and I’m going to use it to memorize the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 5:3-7:27) while I’m on the ellipsis machine at the gym.
There are a few steps to it, thought, so here's how it goes ( I promise, it's not as complicated as it sounds):
1. Open another browser tab so that you can refer back to these instructions as you do what I tell you to do.
2. Go to the ESV Online site.
3. In the top right corner, click on the “Options” tab.
4. Under “Audio Options,” click in one of the buttons for MP3 (I use David Cochran Heath because he has the most “normal” sounding voice).
5. At the bottom left of the page, click the “Save” button (that should open a page that says, “Your preferences have been saved” at the top).
6. Type the passage you want (e.g. Ephesians 4:29 or Matthew 6:25-34) into the search bar and click “search.”
7. When the passage comes up, you should see a link that says “Listen” next to the passage reference. Control-click (silly PC users right-click) on the “Listen” tab. A menu box should come up. Click on “Save Link As…”
8. When the box pops up, you will have to add an extension name on the end of the title if it doesn’t have one. So, for example, if the title of your selection is “49004029″ then you need to add .mp3 on the end, so that it reads “49004029.mp3″. Save the file to your Desktop.
9. Find the file on your desktop and open it with iTunes or Windows Media Player, or whatever you use. You can then load it onto your iPod, MP3 player, or burn it onto a CD for your car.
Yes, folks, it’s just that simple.
And here’s the most amazing part: It’s free! If it were almost any other organization there would be a subscription fee or a download fee or a 1-month access fee, etc., etc. Thank you to the good people at Crossway and the English Standard Version!
Let me know if you have any problems. Otherwise, redeem your commute! Memorize Scripture!
A friend of ours sent this to us the other day. Pretty humbling and convicting scenario by Comedian Penn, from the show Penn and Teller.
Our little suga is 2!
Here are some of the highlights from her Circus Party on Feb. 14th.
Becky and I are so blessed--healthy little one, great family, and great friends. Children are a gift from the Lord!
PS-We've made the transition to the digital age around here. If you click "HD" on the video and then click the HD icon that comes up... you'll see a pretty sweet video in HD. We figured we'd do our part so that those dumb commercials would stop.
Bella's 2nd Birthday Party from jeremy lucarelli on Vimeo.
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