WEDDING DAY JITTERS

I Must admit I am a bit nervous about tomorrow.

I will arrive at the Jetty, carried by Jenny The Wonder Mule No later then 9 AM... It's not that long of a drive, and if traffic is light, it should be by 8-8:30...

I don't know what to expect.

The Wedding Party will be leaving the Capitol by 8... I'm not sure how the Groom will arrive, but if I know Him, it'll be both Majestic, and Entertaining... For a Deity He's quite a "ham bone"... One of the many things I love about Him.

I haven't lost my faith, Beloved. Though I confess it has been stretched... I think that's part of the process though... bend but don't break...

I am worried that I have not been good enough. Not been True enough. Not been Holy enough, even though I am aware that my character in this production requires hypocrisy, and the "appearance of evil"... Method acting takes a toll on the actor, and I wonder partially did I play the role too well? I must doubt the doubt, and move forward... "Stumble Forward", as Daddy Kingroc sais... Another thing I love about the Groom is... His Grace... I always feel so L-O-V-E-D... though I know love is not a feeling... But any moments we've had together, have been amazing...

I have (much to the chagrin of my wicked care takers), stayed, according to what is written, with my parents... Now it's time to "leave my father and mother and cling to my Husband"... I am filled with nervous apprehensive energy... so this is what the jitters feel like... sure, but unsure. Filled with visions of the future, and dreading the thought of anything standing in the way...

I've been given the most qualified bodyguards, they are Guaranteed to protect this investment for the Master... still I am nervous... BUT NOT SCARED.

I know there will be equal amounts celebration, surprises, entertainment, laughter, music, reunions, and love in abundance... still I am so nervous...

So next time I write, all will be fulfilled... It's seemed like a long time coming, but He's not late...

Thank you Sisters and Brothers, for all your prayers, cheers, secret gestures of encouragement... I know I couldn't have made it through this with out you all...

Love and Blessings,

JD Davis

PROPHET, PRIEST, & KING OF SLEEZE

Am I really saying that? Am I so bold as to declare Kevin Smiths latest offering CLERKS II as prophetic?


A movie that contains a scene where a man has (simulated) sex with a beast of burden, (what the character calls "interspecies erotica") as a spiritual masterpiece!!??!?!??




Why the Heaven NOT?



What makes a man or woman a preacher ? The ability to share the love of Christ is it not? This movie is replete with power of the Word of God. I am thankful that I have been blessed to be able to see through the muck, to the heart of the matter.

If my math is right, this is Smiths 7th film. In his own way, each and every time, he has offered some brilliant political, social, and religious commentary, mixed in with sophomoric dialog, and crass imagery.


The movie Dogma, a film that sent Christians into conniption fits, with out ever bothering to see it, and which hundreds of so-called "believers" came out in mass to protest, was filled with the message of Grace and Truth. Not that they would know this.

See it's simple. Smith is one of the most brilliant evangelists of modern day. YES. He is gross. But he follows the "interspecies erotica" scene, with a full screen printed quote from The Gospel According To Luke.

All I have to say is Christians, this film isn't for you. It wasn't made for you. It was made, to get down on a certain level, entertain, then smack the lost between the eyes with Holy Truth.

The Apostle Paul used coarse language to make his point. As did Christ Himself. I assure you all of several things sisters & brothers. God is neither offended by nor afraid of Kevin Smith's movies... and trust me on this one... Jesus has a terrific sense of humor.


God is not afraid to get his hands dirty, to save someone drowning in mud...


La Vie Boheme

WHAT IT IS... AND WHAT IT AINT...

Channel 4 News, the Utah ABC affiliate, (owned by Clearchannel) is sensationalizing an herb known as Salvia divinorum. This link is provided so that you may know the truth about this amazing plant, and it's effects.

Word of Caution. Trust your local and national news outlets little, and your local and national politicians even less.

Some wing nut saw the report, and is now trying to make this plant illegal. The woman who wrote the article linked here, gives links to 4 sites none of which are The Salvia divinorum Research and Information Center. The founder of the SDRIC, sais "It is not a recreational drug. It produces a profoundly introspective state of awareness that is useful for meditation, contemplation, and self-reflection. Its effects are unique and cannot be compared with the effects of other drugs." Please link to the site and read his words in context. Think for yourselves Sisters & Brothers.

Beware the program.

Fear the Fearmongers...

La Vie Boheme

"9 Mos. Hello... Yeah Right"

If it seems slow in coming, wait.
It's on its way. It will come right on time. HABAKKUK 2:3

americAns Love Shiny Things

With colored lights a flashing, and catchy techno tunes...

they can sell nearly anything to the americAn fool.

They log your purchase preference data into your permafile.

Then dangle carrots and tempt you laughing all the while.

With a clever slogan, they stick words into your brain...

so you will buy the latest version, again and again.

The speeople bray while they wait in lines, sometimes overnight...

and for the new Playstation, they will surely fight.

The capitalists love this, which is why they only give out a few...

to start the Christmas season with a fist to cuff or two...

If you don't vote your favorite "Idol" in, or "watch again on line"...

they devise something else to apprehend your mind.

They predictively program us to believe damn near anything...

tell us that they love us, which is why we need...

to consume the latest wonder drug, they 'GAAuuRrron-Tee'...

will cure what ails us, (though the side effects may be akin)

to constant diarrhea, head ache, nausea, or reddened skin...

though these cases were low in number, you must ask your doctor for his word...

(but a weekly lunch from Pharmaceutical representatives

may cause his/her opinion to be on the curve).

Yes it's true americAns like the shiny things...

then lead the world to follow us, in the shiny americAn dream...

we line up for the shearing, and the heed the Branders call...

to sear our flesh with microchips

the "American way" ... truth and justice for all...

Paper Permission To Squelch The Revolution

Sisters and Brothers... our fearless "leader" has signed into Law a bill on the 17th of October, that is entitled the Military Commissions Act of 2006.

This "Act provides for controversial practices relating to the US government's detention and treatment of unlawful combatants."

The following is a letter that appeared in the Provo Daily Herald: (emphasis mine)

"Monday, October 23, 2006
Military act takes away basic rights
Daily Herald

Does no one realize what the Military Commissions Act of 2006 did? It took away habeas corpus (the right to have a trial.) It allows the presidency (any presidency) to arrest anyone (even Americans) as "an enemy combatant" and hold them forever without trial.

That would be almost acceptable in a terrible time of war if they also didn't give the presidency the ability to determine who is an enemy combatant. This combination makes it so that the president can arrest anyone, at anytime, for whatever reason, hold them forever, torture them, and never have to show anyone why they did it.

On Sept. 11 I was sad, shocked, depressed, angry, but never scared. I am now, but not from foreigners. It is acts like these bills that will make us lose this war on terror, not random murders.

To deprive Americans of their basic inalienable rights, to lose sight of everything that America has stood for, bled for, and died for does more damage than any invader could ever do with any weapon.

Ben Jones,

Orem"

Kudos to Ben Jones for this articulate, and informative letter...
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Here is another.


What is and was conspicuously absent from the paper is a full blown story. A front page article... information for Utahan's to digest...

The closest I found in the archive was this one from the LA Times.. Buried on page A5.

and this one... which is not about the Act per se'... But about {sic}Chris Cannon, and a blurb that he endorses this travesty of Civil Liberty abuse... I want my America back, damnit!

I myself would not have even heard of this, had I not stopped for coffee this morning, and engaged in a convo with someone who had just heard of it, from an out of state relative...

Why are we kept in the dark on this kind legislation?

Perhaps, to keep Utah voting the way it traditionally does... Elephant...

Wake Up Sheople Of Utah... Or be "mowed down" whilst thou sleeps...

La Vie Boheme

GLASS

why do poets always speak of glass?

though it truly does enclose our path... unless we dwell under the stars

but at some time glass has left it's scars

the windows we have looked out of and longed for something more

become the perfect metaphor for something ingrained deep within

the glass that holds the sand that falls

the glass that encases the clockworks and clocks faces

the glass that holds addiction to our lips

the glass that is our shield from wind

the glass that all comes crashing in

the glass as thick and strong as wooden sticks and iron bars



sun beams are the only freedom I can taste

when to something else the water's changed

even the rain is Prozac falling on my face

when sun beams are my metaphor

my longing for something more

my one taste of freedom... why


do close myself in glass...

and hide inside?