Are You Seeing What You Think You Are Seeing?
26 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
This is spoken in English with Spanish subtitles.
Email and Internet Trivia
17 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
Did You Know?
1. A hacker can get into a public email account (yahoo, hotmail, mail.com, etc) and change your password and then you can never get in and they have access to all of your emails and your contacts
Verify this: It happened to my friend. The hacker emailed all of her friends (I got one) and asked for money, claiming to have left a wallet somewhere.
What to do: see #1
2. A hacker can get into your paypal account and make a payment online using your money
Verify this: It happened to me
What to do: Change your password frequently. Don’t go to paypal through any email. Don’t write your password down on your computer or use the remember feature. Call your bank immediately if it happens.
3. A hacker can use your FB account to email all your FB “friends” asking for emergency money and make it look like it is from you
Verify this: It happened to someone I know… the hacker received money from her friends and she had to figure out what to do… she is no longer using FB
What to do: see #2
**Please be very careful what you do and say online. Email is as public as a newspaper and there are EYES and EARS EVERYWHERE!**
Do You Eat McDonald’s Burgers?
15 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Consider This, The National Crier Tags: 18 year old hamburger, bionic burger, chemicals, hamburger, healthy living, mcdonalds, preservatives
Acceptable Witchcraft?
10 Feb 2010 Leave a Comment
in Consider This, Stories That Affect Our Lives, The National Crier Tags: "white magic", a pondering heart, CS Lewis, Disney, harry potter, lord of the rings, LOTR, magic, Narnia, star wars, the hobbit, Tolkien, white witch, witchcraft, witches, wizards
I was wondering what I was going to write about next and then I ran across this article, which is exactly what I’ve been looking for to confirm what I already knew, I just wasn’t looking for it at this moment. =)
I was reading from the blog A Pondering Heart, written by a 19-year old young lady who, sadly, has more wisdom and discernment than many who are decades older than her. (here comes my usual disclaimer that I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with everything she says in her website ~I haven’t even read most of it yet~ but I do really appreciate her heart!)
Anyway, I found some articles on her website that I know are very controversial, but I feel very passionate about this subject, so I am going to risk sharing them with you all.
The topic is Tolkien, CS Lewis, magic and the like.
Is There Really Such a Thing as a "White Witch"?
The links:
A Former Witch looks at Lord of the Rings
Jocelyn Responds to Comments (she does not mince words, she is VERY STRONG in her statements, but I still think this should be read)
Magic For Pleasure What about the “innocent magic” like that found in Disney movies?
Please, I am pleading with you, read all of these! It will take some time, but please prayerfully do this. Please do not be offended or defensive. I am sharing this in a spirit of love and concern (and maybe with those who read this blog it isn’t even an issue. If that is the case, please pass it on )… but if it is an issue for you, PLEASE do not dismiss it lightly. I believe this is VERY SERIOUS and I agree with these ideas about Tolkien, CS Lewis, Star Wars, witchcraft, and magic.
This will be required reading for all of my children tomorrow so that they are informed and armed. Of course, I will filter it for the younger ones…
I am open to discuss any of this in a gentle, loving and Christ-like manner as long as everyone is willing to be open-minded and use Scripture to support what they say. =)
Book Recall
19 Dec 2009 2 Comments
in The National Crier Tags: book recall, books for children, books with lead, children's books, unsafe books
I was snooping around the internet and ran across this article about a recall on all children’s books previous to 1986. The reason? Unsafe levels of lead.
You’ve got to see this for yourself…
Then post your thoughts here. Do you think there is really lead in the ink? Will you participate in the recall? What is your local library doing?
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