tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35688332009-08-14T02:58:56.133-07:00John Campea's BlogA little place to bless your mind with the thoughts of John CampeaJohnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger387125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-47864674270198183422007-10-30T10:24:00.000-07:002007-10-30T10:25:45.493-07:00NEW LOCATION FOR MY BLOG You might notice the posts here are WAY out of date. The new location of my blog is actually at: campea.wordpress.com Update your bookmarks accordingly.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1060311972432464492003-08-07T20:06:00.000-07:002003-08-07T20:07:13.490-07:00Shutting down for a while As most of you have noticed, I've haven't been updating the site much since moving out here to Ontario. I think I've decided to shut the site down for a little while. No, not a Jordon Cooper 5 hour shut down, more like 2 or 3 month shut down. I have a lot of stuff to mull through about my feelings towards the organized church and I think I need to make it an internal Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1060089772145575162003-08-05T06:22:00.000-07:002003-08-05T06:22:52.130-07:00StudentMinistry.Net domain for sale A few years ago I started a website called StudentMinistry.Net. It was basically a resource site for youth pastors and youth leaders with articles, film reviews and audio files of sermons of mine. To my surprise it became rather popular and at one point was getting around 5000 people a week coming to the site. After 3 years it became just too hard to keep itJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1059965262790747352003-08-03T19:47:00.000-07:002003-08-03T19:47:42.643-07:00Jordon Cooper Rocks Jordon easily has the best blog (or personal website) that I have ever read. I don't always agree with him (which is usually more fun), but his thoughts and insights are always thought provoking. Anyone who wants to expand the way they think should read his site on a regual basis, I know I do. I'm going to miss Tuesday soup with him.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1059667748945924362003-07-31T09:09:00.000-07:002003-07-31T09:09:08.910-07:00I'm Home! I'm finally back in Ontario! Home sweet home! It's so great being back here. It's almost too hard to explain. There are many many people back in Saskatoon that I'm going to miss terribly, but here in Ontario is where I'm supposed to be. It's home. We got in last night a about 3am and slept in till about 9:30am. I've already been outside with my niece, tried to rip around on my Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1059378602919873392003-07-28T00:50:00.000-07:002003-07-28T00:50:02.890-07:00Last post for a couple of days Monday morning I will hit the road for a 2 day drive to Ontario, my old/new home. I have loved Saskatoon deeply, and loved many who live here. One chapter closes, another begins. I'll post when I arrive.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1059299366185544612003-07-27T02:49:00.000-07:002003-07-27T02:49:26.153-07:00Re-Thinking the Tithe Part 2 I've had some really interesting discussions with some people over the last couple of days since I first posted on the issue of tithing. A few common questions keep coming up that I thought I would address here. 1) What about the OT verse about bringing in the whole tithe? (Malachi 3:10) The reason I don't give any weight to this passage in terms of supporting Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1059038057190662382003-07-24T02:14:00.000-07:002003-07-24T02:14:17.386-07:00The Movie Blog is now up and running Well, I should say it's "sort of" up and running. The blog itself and the commenting system are all operational. The only things left to do are the "fluff" things like external links and a couple of graphics. Please stop in and let me know what you think. I decided to keep the look very simple and stream lined so there isn't a lot of eye candy there. Hope Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058984546271377382003-07-23T11:22:00.000-07:002003-07-23T11:32:22.396-07:00Re-Thinking Tithing I'm starting to re-think the whole issue of tithing (I think I'm spelling that wrong). I'm just getting so sick and tired of all this money we as christians are giving, ending up paying for church buildings, new wing expansions, carpet cleanings ect. ect. ect. I did a quick survey of 3 churches financial reports. As it turns out, on average 83% of all church money goes to Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058728615252091032003-07-20T12:16:00.000-07:002003-07-20T12:16:55.213-07:00Getting ready for TheMovieBlog.Com A few years ago, my friend Dave Lapsley and I had a website called Movie-Reviews.Org that we hada lot of fun with. On the site we just posted our own film reviews, but we got a decent amount of traffic. Unfortunetly, after a couple of years we both got really busy, and seeing 3-4 movies a week got pretty expensive. Now, we've decided to launch a new site Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058635415210075602003-07-19T10:23:00.000-07:002003-07-19T10:23:35.190-07:00Un-freaking-believable! Metallica are a bunch of losers. The band Metallica has just gone WAAAYYYY too far. They are now suing a Canadian rock band for using the chords E and F too much. Apparently Metallica feels those two chords are now synonymous with "Metallica". No one else may use them too much. Here's and excerpt from the article:"People are going to get on our case again for this, Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058597163953703172003-07-18T23:46:00.000-07:002003-07-18T23:46:03.940-07:00Popular Apple "Switch" campaign a miserable failure We've all seen the Apple switch commercials. Even I have to admit that the commercials are really funny and quite good. However, I was watching Screensavers on Tech-TV tonight and they are reporting that although Intel and Dell have made huge market share and profit gains this year, Apple has not. As a matter of fact, before they launched theJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058333087242465552003-07-15T22:24:00.000-07:002003-07-15T22:24:47.220-07:00My last post from this house Well, tomorrow morning at 9am the movers come to pack up my house and ship our stuff off to Hamilton. We'll be staying at my friend Trevor and Rae's place for about a week and a half as we finish saying our goodbyes to our friends here in Saskatoon. I'll miss this apartment we've been living in. It's nice, fireplace, cool large balcony and right across the street Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058328203328019832003-07-15T21:03:00.000-07:002003-07-15T21:06:39.763-07:00The one bad thing about moving back to Hamilton One of my favorite set of memories as a kid was going to see Hamilton Ti-Cat football games with my dad. Oh the days of Tom Clements and Rocky Dipietro. I'm really looking forward to going down to a ball game every couple of weeks. Unfortunetly it looks like I'll be going to watch my hometown team lose… and lose a lot. So far the Cats are 0-4 Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058299450353693692003-07-15T13:04:00.000-07:002003-07-15T13:04:10.320-07:00No Soup For You! Every Tuesday it's been sort of a tradition around here for a bunch of us (Jordon, Jeb, Mike, Darren) to get together at this little asian place for soup. I don't participate in the "Spicey Soup" (as is well documentend on Jordon's site) but I LOVE the soup I normally order. I also really like the time visiting and talking with my friends. Imagine my horror when I drove out Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058298954548626662003-07-15T12:55:00.000-07:002003-07-15T12:57:41.636-07:008 things most couples fight over I found this article highlighting the 8 main things most couples often fight over. I found it pretty interesting and also pretty accurate.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1058207748498660882003-07-14T11:35:00.000-07:002003-07-14T11:38:19.310-07:00John Maxwell status downgraded from wuss to pansy Darryl Dash has one of my favorite blogs. We share many things in common, including an extreme dislike for self proclaimed leadership guru John Maxwell. Maxwell has made a career out of spouting off vague generalities and linking business strategies with spirituality. For this and other crimes against humanity, Darryl had labeled him a "wuss".Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057998389260029422003-07-12T01:26:00.000-07:002003-07-12T01:26:29.240-07:00Why JohnCampea.Com is much much MUCH better than JordonCooper.Com Although several papers and volumes could be written on this subject, I will save you time by summing up the most vital points of the assertion. In the end I'm sure you'll agree (most of you probably already do) that JohnCampea.Com is vastly superior to the sad little JordonCooper.Com site. Let us proceed: 1) Jordon currently Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057995787959670362003-07-12T00:43:00.000-07:002003-07-12T00:43:07.933-07:00The League of ORDINARY Gentlemen & Pirates of the Caribbean I checked out a couple of flicks this weekend. The first one was the new Johnny Depp flick "Pirates of the Caribbean". The trailers for this one looked just pathetic, but to my surprise I found the film to be really charming. It was lighthearted, the action was exciting, the humour was legitimately funny and the visuals were strong. Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057944681933509542003-07-11T10:31:00.000-07:002003-07-11T10:31:21.926-07:00So #&$%!*! frustrating! It’s bad enough that jerks and other ill-intentioned people have the power in life to cause you pain. I’m not really talking about physical pain, but more along the lines of emotional pain/hurt/stress. At least you can see the jerks coming. The real problem is the not-jerks, the good people, the folks who honestly mean you no harm. I’ve often found that well meaning Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057907316421130302003-07-11T00:08:00.000-07:002003-07-11T00:10:26.690-07:00Why don't they just hand next years NBA title to the Lakers now? "The Los Angeles Lakers' dream team could give the rest of the NBA nightmares. Free agent Karl Malone, the NBA's second-leading all-time scorer, committed Thursday to join the Lakers, who are quickly becoming one of the most star-studded teams in history. He joins Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and another newcomer, Gary PaytonJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057822448602957452003-07-10T00:34:00.000-07:002003-07-10T00:36:34.176-07:00Coke vs. Water This little fact list has been floating around the internet for a while now, but I thought I'd post it anyway. I really hate it cause I LOVE my coke! I love it. I yearn for it. MMmmmmmm... Cooookkkkeeee (said in my best Homer Simpson voice).WATER 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half the word population.) 2. In 37% of Americans, the Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057734565575494592003-07-09T00:09:00.000-07:002003-07-09T00:09:25.553-07:00Some interesting lessons from Robin Williams I sat in my nearly empty apartment this evening (getting ready to move) and watched the Robin Williams Live on Broadway DVD. Robin is a very funny man, but his stand up comedy can be REALLY crude. Having said that, there was about a 15 minute segment where he joked a lot about religion. Some of it was quite offensive, but something jumped out at meJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057680522131873652003-07-08T09:08:00.000-07:002003-07-08T09:08:42.160-07:00Bush now admits statements in State of the Union Address about Iraq were “incorrect”. It’s odd. I personally thought that no one in the United States cared that they’re own President lied to them about their justification for a preemptive attack on Iraq. However, it would seem that I was mistaken. This story just won’t go away, even in the very biased CNN. Now, all Hades seems to be breakingJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3568833.post-1057616914964056242003-07-07T15:28:00.000-07:002003-07-07T15:28:34.926-07:00A Saturday Afternoon Surprise On Saturday afternoon at around 2pm Allison and I were just hanging around the house and doing some packing. Our friend Rae shows up and says “Trevor and the kids are outside in the van… so get your stuff together, we’ve going to Edmonton for the weekend RIGHT NOW”. So, off we went to Edmonton for Saturday and Sunday. It was a really nice time. Hanging out with Johnnoreply@blogger.com