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a fun game resource... it's called: Right / Left Cooperation

Instructions: THIS ACTIVITY IS DESIGNED FOR A GROUP TO BE IN A CIRCLE. EACH PERSON HAS A PIECE OF PAPER TO CRUMPLE INTO A BALL. EACH TIME THEY HEAR THE SOUNDS OF THE WORD ‘RIGHT’ THEY ARE TO PASS THE PAPER TO THEIR RIGHT. IF THEY HEAR THE WORDS ‘LEFT’ THEY ARE TO PASS THE PAPER TO THEIR LEFT. AT THE END OF EACH PARAGRAPH, STOP AND TAKE INVENTORY. IF ANY PERSON REMAINS HOLDING MORE THAN ONE PIECE OF PAPER, THEY ARE THEN REMOVED FROM THE ROTATION, BUT THEY STAY INTHEIR PLACE. THE PAPER MUST BE TOSSED ACROSS IN FRONT OF THAT PERSON DURING ROTATION. REPEAT SEQUENCE UNTIL ONLY FEW REMAIN.
Mr. And Mrs. Wright had just finished dinner. Mrs. Wright was in the kitchen putting away leftovers when Mr. Wright entered the kitchen. “Is there a piece of pie left?” – Mr. Wright asked. “No,” said Mrs. Wright, “there’s none left but I will make another one right away.”

“Thanks,” said Mr. Wright and he left for the den to watch T.V.

Mrs. Wright went right to work gathering the right ingredients for the pie. She found there was no flour left. No problem. I’ll run right over to the store and get some. She grabbed her purse and left. She turned right on Maple, left on First and right into the parking lot of the neighborhood Shop-Right. She dashed right in and raced up and down the aisle looking from left to right for the right flour.

Meanwhile, Mr. Wright’s TV watch was interrupted by a phone call from his mother, the elder Mrs. Wright wishing to speak with Mrs. Wright. Mr. Wright told her Mrs. Wright had left for the store but would be right back and he would have Mrs. Wright call her right away.

Returning home Mrs. Wright dashed into the kitchen and got right to work and prepared a beautiful pie. She took it right in to Mr. Wright who had fallen asleep. She left the pie on the table and spotted the note he’d left. She left to call Mrs. Wright.

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Well... that day too has passed! The exercise in video editing was truly a LESSON! lotsa time to get just a few secs of video, but thank God for Premiere and technology! We will see what God brings up for us next. Take care

Take a Stand

Well... what do I say... what a week...! quite a few meetings, campus visits, organizational changes, and self-diagnoses. I took one of those on-line tests that just affirmed my thought regarding... i need help!! without being tooooo transparent on this column, suffice it to say that thought patterns do not always line up with reality in my life. I guess i can take comfort in the fact that even if noone reads this, it is cathartic to express 'one's self.'

We (as humankind) should practice expressive thought more often. As children we are encouraged too, but our busy lives sometimes schedule those types of activities away. If you are still in the habit, don't lose it. If it has been a while, revive it. As S. Covey says, "Sharpen the Saw."

The best part of this week was during the Master Gardener volunteer time when several of us entered a discussion regarding "The REAL problem with young people." I will probably get expressive later on, but in a one-word answer it is the "FAMILY."

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When I read Gordon MacDonald's article... using the spaghetti test... this stuck:

From my (Gordon MacDonald's) journal: Being a frequent flyer makes it possible for me to get a seat in the exit row on most airline flights. Great leg room. But with privilege comes responsibility.

The flight attendant comes up, kneels by my aisle seat and says, "Have you read the instruction card that tells you how to open the door in the case of emergency? I need a verbal answer."

I fudge the truth a bit and say yes when the truthful answer is no. I mean, does it take a rocket scientist to know that you simply swivel the handle and push the door out and to the side? So I tell her yes, I've read the card.

But she's smart. She says, "If an emergency happens, I'll be depending on you to open that door. Dozens of other people will also be relying on you, too. So are you sure you know what's on that card?"

Suddenly, she has my attention.

It occurs to me in that insightful moment that this is not unlike the way some people respond to sermons (mine anyway). You build a talk with the notion that people really need a particular idea. But are they listening (have they read the card)? Will they know how to "open the door" if something in life goes wrong? Too often it seems as if the church crowd nods their heads—"I've read the card"—but blow the test when crunch time comes. A relationship turns sour; health breaks; a job is lost; an ugly thing happens, and they panic, blame God, get mad, leave. And in the middle of the chaos, with people lined up behind them, they cry out, "How do you get this door open?"

In my reverie, I hear the flight attendant calling out, "Read the card, stupid!"

I really do read those cards now.