Pointless posts.

[KagomeShuko]

Shhhhh!!! Keep it quiet Bridget!!! Don't let ChiRho know this! It's best if he just thinks we ignore him--keeps him humble.

Rose

Oh. . .hmm. . .well, I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Jim47]

Oh. . .hmm. . .well, I guess sometimes ignorance is bliss!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

My wife thinks I'm the most "blissed" man on earth!

 

[KagomeShuko]

My wife thinks I'm the most "blissed" man on earth!

Better than being the most cursed. . .

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Phoebe]

My wife thinks I'm the most "blissed" man on earth!

Your wife thinks you're ignorant?

 

[KagomeShuko]

Your wife thinks you're ignorant?

I think that was his poi. .. hey, wait a minute, these are supposed to be pointless posts!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[KagomeShuko]

I don't think I'll manage 144 posts by this evening. . .now, by the end of the week, I can't say. . .

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[KagomeShuko]

I was going to post something, but I forgot. . .oh well!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Jim47]

I was going to post something, but I forgot. . .oh well!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

Bridget! What are you doing up at this hour? A young lady like you needs to be getting her 8 hours of rest.

 

[SPALATIN]

Bridget! What are you doing up at this hour? A young lady like you needs to be getting her 8 hours of rest.

Jim,

I noticed you refrained from using the words "Beauty Sleep" in your post. Any particular reason?

 

[pastel]

I was going to post something, but I forgot. . .oh well!

Stein Auf!
Bridget

That's what I always do, forget! Then I say I've lost a post count ...now that's what I'll do, just say what you said up there, and I get the credit for the post, without having to remember what I was going to post! Great scheme....er idea! hehehehe....

 

[pastel]

1580, oh yeah, I'm your um. .I can't say typical. . .but I'm a local young adult Lutheran who love the order of the service, and also love Contemporary Christian Music (but for listening, not for worship services!) *runs, ducks, dives, and hides from the pitchforks* is a youth minister and youth minister in training, is a complete church nerd and is also ELCA. . .so yeah. . .it can get kinda brutal in some of these threads for me!

Oh, yes, I'm also the local completely adore the Lutheran guy in the band girl. . .no matter our ages or anything. . .all you've gotta do is check the sig. You'll see. . .

Stein Auf!
Bridget

You won't get any argument from me there. Service worship music should be just that. Contemporary Christian can be enjoyed at home. I don't even mind if they hold a DIFFERENT contemporary service on Wednesday evenings, or something - just not on Sundays. I enjoy contemporary music at home, and even play it on my keyboard. It is my personal thing.

Say, now that you mention it - where may I obtain one of those pitchforks? I may need it someday for wayward thinking peoples. hehe....

 

[KagomeShuko]

Bridget! What are you doing up at this hour? A young lady like you needs to be getting her 8 hours of rest.

I was not sleeping because I couldn't sleep. . .I had fallen asleep in the afternoon and then I didn't wake up until noon today. . .

*thinks to self* has nobody noticed, um, that. . .they've not said anything. . .

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[KagomeShuko]

You won't get any argument from me there. Service worship music should be just that. Contemporary Christian can be enjoyed at home. I don't even mind if they hold a DIFFERENT contemporary service on Wednesday evenings, or something - just not on Sundays. I enjoy contemporary music at home, and even play it on my keyboard. It is my personal thing.

Say, now that you mention it - where may I obtain one of those pitchforks? I may need it someday for wayward thinking peoples. hehe....

When churches have those "contemporary" services, I refrain from calling them worship services. I always call them praise services. I figure, that is what they are! There's nothing wrong with a praise service, but it shouldn't take the place of a normal Sunday worship service.

I think it was Recht who was chasing me with a pitchfork?

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[theologia crucis]

Interesting

Posted 1/17/2005 9:41 PM

Ad for a Bible doesn't fit

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY

The nation's largest Bible publisher, rolling out its biggest marketing campaign ever to promote a new translation aimed at "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds," has stumbled over a little rock: Rolling Stone.

This is the ad rejected by Rolling Stone. Zondervan

The magazine rejected Zondervan's Bible ad just weeks before its scheduled run date, citing an unwritten policy against accepting ads containing religious messages.

Zondervan executives say the entertainment magazine was key in its $1 million campaign to reach young adults who have rarely, if ever, seen Bible ads before. Surveys show that 53% of this age group read the Bible less than once a year or never, although they are huge buyers of books on spiritual and religious themes.

Today's New International Version of the Bible (TNIV) is a modern English translation from Zondervan, publisher of the world's best-selling English translation, the 1978 New International Version. The TNIV features updated language and scholarship.

The rejected ad shows a serious young man, apparently pondering the problems of modern life. The text touts the TNIV as a source for "real truth" in a world of "endless media noise and political spin." A blue Bible peeks up from the corner of the ad.

The Onion, the weekly satirical magazine, will carry a similar ad next month, and the February/March issue of Modern Bride has an ad featuring a woman in bridal white promoting True Identity, the women's study version of the TNIV. More ads are booked for Web sites, including VH1 and MTV. "God" isn't mentioned in any of these, only in ads for Christian media such as Relevant, a Christian monthly magazine aimed at hip twentysomethings.

But every ad carries the slogan: "Timeless truth; Today's language"

And that assertion of "truth" evidently triggered the rebuff from Rolling Stone.

Although Zondervan bought the space in July for a February ad, magazine executives first saw the actual copy only last week and concluded that "it doesn't quite feel right in the magazine," said Kent Brownridge, general manager of Wenner Media, parent company of Rolling Stone.

"The copy is a little more than an ad for the Bible. It's a religious message that I personally don't disagree with," Brownridge said, citing "a spiritual message in the text." But, he said, "we are not in the business of publishing advertising for religious messages."

He did not comment on why Rolling Stone sold ad space to Zondervan in the first place or whether any Bible ad could be acceptable. "It's hard to have a policy that covers every conceivable product," Brownridge said.

Zondervan marketing vice president Doug Lockhart said offers to change the ad text were refused and Rolling Stone would not show them a written policy ruling out religious advertising.

"We're really surprised and disappointed," Lockhart said. "Our mission is more people engaging the Bible more, and Rolling Stone was a perfect fit for the group we want to reach. This rejection underscores the challenge we face."

 

[Phoebe]

I'm hoping that Rolling Stone would also turn down Wiccan or Satanic ads. (Buddhist, Muslim...)

 

[SPALATIN]

Interesting

Posted 1/17/2005 9:41 PM

Ad for a Bible doesn't fit

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY

The nation's largest Bible publisher, rolling out its biggest marketing campaign ever to promote a new translation aimed at "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds," has stumbled over a little rock: Rolling Stone.

This is the ad rejected by Rolling Stone. Zondervan

The magazine rejected Zondervan's Bible ad just weeks before its scheduled run date, citing an unwritten policy against accepting ads containing religious messages.

Zondervan executives say the entertainment magazine was key in its $1 million campaign to reach young adults who have rarely, if ever, seen Bible ads before. Surveys show that 53% of this age group read the Bible less than once a year or never, although they are huge buyers of books on spiritual and religious themes.

Today's New International Version of the Bible (TNIV) is a modern English translation from Zondervan, publisher of the world's best-selling English translation, the 1978 New International Version. The TNIV features updated language and scholarship.

The rejected ad shows a serious young man, apparently pondering the problems of modern life. The text touts the TNIV as a source for "real truth" in a world of "endless media noise and political spin." A blue Bible peeks up from the corner of the ad.

The Onion, the weekly satirical magazine, will carry a similar ad next month, and the February/March issue of Modern Bride has an ad featuring a woman in bridal white promoting True Identity, the women's study version of the TNIV. More ads are booked for Web sites, including VH1 and MTV. "God" isn't mentioned in any of these, only in ads for Christian media such as Relevant, a Christian monthly magazine aimed at hip twentysomethings.

But every ad carries the slogan: "Timeless truth; Today's language"

And that assertion of "truth" evidently triggered the rebuff from Rolling Stone.

Although Zondervan bought the space in July for a February ad, magazine executives first saw the actual copy only last week and concluded that "it doesn't quite feel right in the magazine," said Kent Brownridge, general manager of Wenner Media, parent company of Rolling Stone.

"The copy is a little more than an ad for the Bible. It's a religious message that I personally don't disagree with," Brownridge said, citing "a spiritual message in the text." But, he said, "we are not in the business of publishing advertising for religious messages."

He did not comment on why Rolling Stone sold ad space to Zondervan in the first place or whether any Bible ad could be acceptable. "It's hard to have a policy that covers every conceivable product," Brownridge said.

Zondervan marketing vice president Doug Lockhart said offers to change the ad text were refused and Rolling Stone would not show them a written policy ruling out religious advertising.

"We're really surprised and disappointed," Lockhart said. "Our mission is more people engaging the Bible more, and Rolling Stone was a perfect fit for the group we want to reach. This rejection underscores the challenge we face."

I see it as a positive. Like having a book banned by certain libraries. If Zondervan really thinks about it they could turn this around and make hay on Rolling Stone and any other magazine that seeks to deny ad space on account of religiosity in the ad.

Make Rolling Stone the bad guy by citing that they are being discriminatory even though they really aren't because advertising is a paid endeavor they have the right to choose who their sponsors are going to be.

 

[KagomeShuko]

I'm c-c-cold!!! brrr :shivers:

Okay, I'm ready for more typical Louisiana weather again! This is getting silly. . .

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Phoebe]

How cold is it in Louisiana?
We're supposed to have a small thaw tomorrow. It's going to get above freezing!

 

[KagomeShuko]

How cold is it in Louisiana?
We're supposed to have a small thaw tomorrow. It's going to get above freezing!

Definitely not as cold as it is for you, but I also don't have cold weather clothes, so the wind chill is 38, and here I am in small tennis shoes, pajama pants, a t-shirt, and a jacket.

Stein Auf!
Bridget

 

[Phoebe]

The wind chill is at 38??!!?? That's warm!