Jack’s Winning Words 10/28/13
“Some people say I’m a dreamer, others say, 'If you fall asleep at work again we’re going to have to let you go.'”  (Uncle Si)  Am I the only one who’s never seen an episode of Duck Dynasty?  The head of General Motors once hired someone whose job was just to sit and dream, hoping that he would come up with new ideas.  Walt Disney said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”  Are there dreams that you have?    ;-)  Jack

 FROM SHARIN' SHARON:  I'm a dreamer and a reader and empathetic to people who are suffering in this world's economic injustices.  Just got a book from Augsburg Fortress Christian Economic Ethics:  History and Implications by Daniel K. Finn, hoping to get a better handle both on the problem and what the Bible might say about how we Christians should make decisions in today's world.  It's sort of interesting to me that there are also so many references to work and even a corporation in your commentary of the winning words.  My most urgent dream is that no person in the world would be without shelter, water, food, medical care, good government and dare I say even an education to rise up from all the withouts.  I haven't seen Duck Dynasty, will look it up on the internet and find out what it has to do with things.  Glad you're back in the saddle again.  Thought-provoking WW as you always seem to come up with.====JACK:  I talked with a man who wanted to help small farmers in Tanzania increase their crop production.  He organized a help force which went to Africa and helped the farmers increase yields 4 to 5 times what they had been in the past...a dream becomes a reality.

 FROM DS IN CALIFORNIA:  I'm with you, Jack.  Never have seen Duck Dynasty.  Are we missing something?  I  thought I saw all of that stuff when I lived in Georgia.====JACK:  I've heard that there's a "religious" bent to the program.  I've also hears that certain "religious" words are bleeped by the censor.  Since I haven't seen it, I can't comment one way or another..

 FROM HR IN MICHIGAN:  Duck what? I have seen commercials but never the show, although I like the quote.====JACK:  So...I'm not the only one.

 FROM PLAIN FOLKS CHESTER:  I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair ... or am I fantasizing? ====JACK:  You often seem to be in a dream world.

 FROM GUSTIE MARLYS:  I have not seen Duck Dynasty!====JACK:  I suspicious when it comes to TV rating figures.

 FROM FACEBOOK LIZ:  I watched about five minutes of it, and couldn't stand it...  I do not like, however, that the cable network is censoring their references to Jesus, and "bleeping" the characters, as if they are swearing...  which they swear they are not. It is a shame that we have grown so intolerant of other people's religions. Or lack of it. Freedom means never having to say you're sorry for your religion. Or lack of it. I am not offended by anyone's menorah, cross, whatever... it is their right.====JACK:  Have you checked out the validity of your information about the censor?  There are so many different religions with so many different ideas that's it's difficult not to offend somebody sometime.====LIZ:  yes, the duck dynasty guy said it in an interview... they want that changed in new contract.====JACK:  When they start bleeping the Charlie Brown Christmas Story, I'll believe that there's a conspiracy.

 FROM TARMART REV:  Early on as a young summer intern your pastor in Denver, CO...the pastor told me he wanted me to study at college, not to sit there reading a book about your ministry...another pastor I worked with as his assistant told us as a staff that we should take time out of our schedule and day dream as to how to make a areas better equipped for ministry...I preferred the latter  approach...Tally Hall in Farmington Hills, 1988 dreaming ...where I came up with the ministry I've been apart of these past 40+ years in Willmar and Kandiyohi County Minnesota.====JACK:  It's rewarding when our dreams can be seen to come alive, affecting the lives of other people.

 FROM BLAZING OAKS:  YOU ARE NOT ALONE...I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN EPISODE, AND DON'T INTEND TO!====JACK:  I suppose you're too busy watching Honey Boo Boo.

 FROM JT IN MICHIGAN:  I haven't seen Duck Dynasty this fall but watched it several times last year.  How several normal, attractive ladies ended up with those men beats me but they are a close-knit family.  (How many other TV programs do you see where the family says grace together?====JACK:  Sounds like the couple on Green Acres....Oliver and Lisa.  Do you remember Arnold Ziffle?