More fun with Google Maps

I saw this great WIN on Failblog.org and decided to once again, see if I could find that actual location using Google Maps, based on clues within the picture. I did it.

I know. I'm weird, but it's fun.

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The Google Street View:


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Q & A with Life Church's Craig Groeshel

A lot of you may know that Dave Ramsey's recent Town Hall for Hope event was hosted at the Life Church in Oklahoma. Everything I've heard about Life Church is that they are remarkable at what they do. Still, when I saw this video made by Tyler Stanton and Tripp Crosby from a Q & A session at Catalyst (another event Dave Ramsey participated in) I thought I would share with all of my Lampo colleagues. The rest of you may enjoy it too.

Joe Beam on The Dave Ramsey Show

Recently I've talked about Joe Beam (1 | 2) and his Love Path approach to improving marriage and relationships. Dave Ramsey actually had him on the second hour of his show, Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Joe's public speaking ability made him a great guest on the show. It's an hour worth hearing.

There are two ways you can listen for FREE:

The Easy Way.
You can listen to the archives on DaveRamsey.com/tdrs for free during the next 10 days.

The Premier Way
Go to Dave Ramsey's subscription site My Total Money Makeover and sign up for a free trial in order to listen to it. The quality is better, no commercials, and you can download it to your mp3 player. Just make sure you sign up within the next 30 days to get the hour with Joe. It's risk-free and you can cancel during the free trial to avoid being charged.

Finding Forrest Followers

As I've mentioned before, I don't maintain a blog roll on my blog. I've started using the Google Following feature as a substitute - located on the right navigation.

I just wanted to encourage you to check out some of the current follower's blogs. There is a good mix of content worth reading. To see who is following, click here.

If you want to follow Finding Forrest, it might work if you click here.

Your Love Path

As I've mentioned before, Joe Beam is a remarkable speaker. His topic of choice these days is in the field of marriage and family. His life experience and education has made him an expert on the subject. His program has proven itself successful by saving 3 out of every 4 marriages, including a couple who had been divorced over 10 years.

Having experienced one of his workshops, I also received his newest book The Love Path, which takes his presentation into further detail. He says that there is a path, that if followed, will help you fall in love. The four main stages of the Love Path are 1) Attraction, 2) Acceptance, 3) Attachment, and 4) Aspiration.

He also discusses the science of limerence and how it relates to the love path. It's really fascinating stuff.

I decided to go back through this book again with a different pair of glasses. Instead of looking at it in regards of love and marriage, I decided to look at it from the perspective of relationships in general. There is a lot to be discovered!

The principles Beam teaches are very transferable when it comes to relating with not only your spouse, but with your friends, family, coworkers, and strangers. Obviously, all of it doesn't apply but there is some fantastic information between the covers.

Our response to injustice

I've been challenged recently by several authors and speakers on the issue of being a pacifist, particularly from a Christian perspective. On the surface, I could make an argument for or against war and walk away not thinking much more about it. However, the more I contemplate war and violence and whether it is "right," the more difficult the topic becomes for me. From this point forward I may ramble, but it is in response to this twitter note.

In the midst of many thoughts, one has risen to inspire me to be proactive rather than reactive. Many people have reacted to the War in Iraq, negatively. They've argued that war causes injustices for the people who live in that country. The American sentiment can be that war is good because war is the only thing that will fix the injustices that have already taken place. Others argue that war only adds to the injustices that have already happened.

I never heard of anyone going to help people in Iraq before the wars took place. Whether you think war will resolve, worsen, or maintain the injustices that exist, the war first got my attention back in the 90's as a teenager. Regardless of any injustice, if it takes a war or a rally of protesters to attract attention or to fix an injustice, we've already failed.

I don't think I'm a pacifist, but I don't think war trumps love either. But as a man, I am attracted to war and violence. John Eldredge talks about this in his book Wild at Heart. It's why I like to wrestle and box with my son. There's something more about the way God made men and women differently.

You see, if I can resolve an injustice before protest or war, then I become proactive. But let's say it comes to being reactive and strangely we all agree that some kind of war or violence is the only solution, can a war be fought in love?