Two similar guys

So I noticed another peculiar similarity in the course of my work. I thought I would like to write about it.

A cousin of mine comes into the place where I work, the other day. He is not someone I am real close with, but we have a few laughs and we just talk about things. The thing is that whenever he is speaks every sentence has to have at least one word of profanity in it. The conversation always contains such classic phrases as, “you know how it “f-n” is, how the “f” do you like that, that “f-n” guy”, something along those lines. I find it to be a little bit crude, but its the way he talks, so I just let it slide.

Now my cousin is not the most wealthy guy, but he does strike me as being fairly intelligent and had he’d been given a different set of circumstances maybe he would be a different person. I would suspect that most people would view him as being a trouble maker and would look down upon him. I know him so I don’t feel that same sense of intimidation as others might.

But get this, I am downtown, with my supervisor, the other day and we end up having a lunch meeting with a man that works with the Dept of Justice. The guy we have lunch with is fairly influential in his world and is probably well off financially, or at least doing okay. Anyways, when we are having lunch with the guy, every sentence that he speaks has to have at least one word of profanity mixed in it. So the conversation sounds something like this ” that gee dee guy, always f-n up, couldn’t get his head out of his “a”,  g and d this, g and d that. I am thinking this guy sure is crude for an affluent and seemingly intelligent government guy

Its a strange world I live in and it makes me wonder how people get to where they are, even though I have my suspicions. If anything, I like the humour that I find in it

The Truth is Out There

So one day from now, I step back into the ministry. At least, it seems like a backwards step to me and I think for many, myself included, this would be an odd way to describe any person’s decision to work within the field of ministry.

It feels like a backward step, because I feel like I’m alot further ahead these days in my approach to Christianity and ministry. Even though, I am moving into a ministry that allows for more freedom than the average evangelical church, this ministry still has a fairly concrete set of beliefs, as every religious group does, which I will have to learn to work around.

Regardless of the views of the evangelical church and the minsitry that I am working at, I honestly feel like I have an opportunity to build something that will actually be a benefit to the community, rather than just reproducing the same old tired clone. I will write more on this in the future, as I seek guidance on the things that I am doing or trying to do.

So I step back into a world that has been very restricitve and at times pretty harsh to me. And I wonder, is this a good move?

Not knowing if this is a good move, I have decided that I am also going to begin another project. Something that operates outside of this particular ministry, but has a similar basis. I am calling it PRAI, its a variation of the word “pray” and I am using it to help people deal with their fears and superstitions. It has always been a personal passion of mine to help people understand the source of their fears and to help them move along into a more healthy frame of mind.

PRAI is short for Paranormal Research And Investigations. It is as it sounds. Now don’t think I’ve gone weird or anything and that I will be promoting all kinds of crazy conspiracy theories. I just see alot of similarities in peoples off the wall beliefs and their views on religion and Christianity. Both worlds exist and prey on peoples fears and are far too superstitious in my view. They need someone to help them discover the truth and thus help them to become set free.

The truth is out there, hopefully I can help people discover it.