3 Aug, 2009
No Kissing At Rock Concert!
BERLIN (Reuters) - Fans attending one of the world's biggest heavy metal festivals in Germany were asked on Thursday to avoid "hugging, kissing on the cheek, and shaking hands" lest they spread the H1N1 influenza. 
On its website, the health ministry of Germany's northern Schleswig-Holstein region optimistically advised revelers to restrain from any such sociable behavior so as to minimize the infection risk at the Wacken Open Air festival, which runs until August 1.
It also recommended fans did not share bottles of beer.
"We know that kissing and what have you can't be ruled out," said ministry spokesman Oliver Breuer. "They're just tips."
Stalwart rockers Motorhead, Anthrax and Napalm Death are among the bands due to perform at the three-day festival, which organizers expect to attract about 75,000 fans.
More than 430 people worldwide have died from the flu and more than 94,000 people have been, or are, infected.
Story and photo taken from http://www.reuters.com
Matthew 22:37-40
Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
Is Our Faith Contagious?
In today's world we are consumed by being healthy. As we see in this aritcle the "swine flu" is the health concern of the day.
New storys are constantly reporting its status and how we might avoid it.But what about our faith? Do we avoid sharing our faith like we do catching the swine flu? I have been convicted recently how much more interested I am in my comfort than in loving God and loving others.
I've been reading a book lately that states our goal as people who follow Christ should be no less than becoming people who are madly in love with God. I've asked some hard questions of myself and realized I have been more concerned with my own comfort than loving God.
Can you relate? It is very easy in our culture to enjoy its blessings and ignore the Giver of those blessings. God pursues us continuously but we also must pursue him in turn. Any relationship that we don't show attentiveness to will eventually deterioate.
My prayer is that as Christians, we take small increments to pursue God as He has pursued us and that the result of that would be a faith that is "contagious" to those around us.
- Begin each day with the prayer that God would help us make Him our greatest love and desire.
- Ask questions of yourself like, "is this best way to love my neighbor?" and "is God pleased with my thoughts, desires, and actions?" God's response will most likely be different for each of us so don't judge others according to what God has shown you.
- Try and live this week like each person you come in contact with is Christ. Notice how differently or similiarly you respond to others (and how they respond to you) with this attitude.
- February 2012 [5]
- January 2012 [18]
- December 2011 [20]
- November 2011 [15]
- October 2011 [15]
- September 2011 [14]
- August 2011 [22]
- July 2011 [19]
- June 2011 [21]
- May 2011 [20]
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- March 2011 [21]
- February 2011 [20]
- January 2011 [21]
- December 2010 [21]
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- August 2010 [21]
- July 2010 [22]
- June 2010 [20]
- May 2010 [18]
- April 2010 [21]
- March 2010 [23]
- February 2010 [19]
- January 2010 [22]
- December 2009 [22]
- November 2009 [21]
- October 2009 [22]
- September 2009 [21]
- August 2009 [20]
- July 2009 [21]
- June 2009 [22]
- May 2009 [18]
- April 2009 [15]
- March 2009 [7]
- February 2009 [17]
- January 2009 [20]
- December 2008 [23]
- November 2008 [19]
- October 2008 [22]
- September 2008 [22]
- August 2008 [19]
- July 2008 [22]
- June 2008 [11]
- May 2008 [19]
- April 2008 [22]
- March 2008 [21]
- February 2008 [18]
- January 2008 [20]
- December 2007 [18]
- November 2007 [15]
- October 2007 [19]
- September 2007 [18]
- August 2007 [12]
- July 2007 [12]
- June 2007 [9]
- May 2007 [11]
- April 2007 [10]
- March 2007 [11]
- February 2007 [14]
- January 2007 [7]
- December 2006 [4]
- November 2006 [13]
- October 2006 [17]
- September 2006 [11]
- August 2006 [16]
- July 2006 [10]
- June 2006 [3]
