Jeremy Jernigan Posts

Guest Blogging

I was asked to write a blog on prayer for Central’s brand new prayer website. I called it “Coke Prayer vs. Seed Prayer.”

Click here to read it.

Chaplain Highlights (2-20-09)

I volunteered my time last night as a chaplain for the Mesa Police Department. Here were some highlights:

  • –Investigated two different (but nearly identical) instances of mothers leaving their three children in the car while they went in and shopped at Wal-Mart. Apparently, this is a growing crime problem in Mesa.
  • –Made my first trip inside the Mesa jail and got cursed out in Spanish.
  • –Ate dinner at a Barcelona/Italy family diner on the SW corner of Lindsay and Main. 5 words: all-you-can-eat-meat
  • –Screamed through about half of Mesa doing Code-3 (lights and sirens)
  • –And spent at least 30 minutes listening to a lady from Vietnam tell me all about her life. I determined that I could only understand one fifth of what she was saying. I did a lot of smiling and nodding. And she did a lot of ceaseless talking. She apparently really likes John McCain.

The Reason for God

I just finished Timothy Keller’s book, The Reason for God. It was amazing! I give it a 5 out of 5. I would compare it to a modern day Mere Christianity. In the first half of the book, Keller addresses the most dominant reasons people currently have for not believing in God and explains why they don’t add up. Then, in the second half he gives different reasons why believing in God makes the most sense logically. Too often, people think you must choose faith over logic/reason if you want to believe in God. Keller explains how absurd this notion really is. Faith is involved in atheism and religion alike. This is a well articulated book that explains the Biblical view of Jesus and challenges people to not only doubt, but to push through the doubt and find the truth at the end of it.

“A faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person’s faith can collapse almost overnight if she has failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.”

Blackberry Storm

My Verizon “new every two” plan was up so I was eligible for a new phone. I took a step of faith and went with the ever-debated Blackberry Storm. Obviously, this is Verizon’s attempt at an iPhone. But since I have no intention of switching to AT&T, this phone will have to work.

I personally love the click-screen and have no issues with it. The only problem I found is that is has a tendency to run a bit slow. However, one visit to crackberry.com (yes, that is really a website) and I found a software that fixed the slowness. I bought a memory boost and a battery booster and the phone now runs flawlessly. So if you are interested in a Storm, this will get you locked and loaded.

Kiva Update

Michelle and I got our first reimbursement check from our first Kiva (peer to peer lending to end world poverty) loan. Our lady is a month ahead of schedule. I’m impressed. So far, this loan system seems pretty well organized. We split our first repayment check among two different groups and re-loaned it. This has been a great experience and I look forward to seeing the updates each month. If you haven’t checked this out yet, I strongly recommend you give it a look. Make poverty history.

Abe Lincoln Gets Snoped

In light of the book I just finished, and the book I’m soon to begin about Abraham Lincoln, I came across a new Snopes article that details the fact from the legend when it comes to our most famous president. Did Lincoln really endure “constant failure and defeat from the time he was born until he was elected President?”