Skylar's Blog & Podcast

For those of you who weren't around for the fifties or you haven't seen Newsies yet the title of the blog is what paperboys would scream out while selling their newspaper on street corners. Now, I don't know how many of you are into watching the news or reading newspapers. I'm sure there are a few of you who really enjoy being up to date on what's going on, some of you care more about the soap scum in your bathtub, and the rest of you are in between; but even if you have never watched a news program or read a newspaper in your life you still receive news of some sort. What do I mean? Here are some pieces of news you've probably received over the last few weeks, months, or years: your grades from school, Obama is president (for those of you who didn't know that...well there is no hope for you), gas prices have gone down (HALLELUJIAH), I am your youth pastor, people are still doing steroids in baseball (shocker), Fall Out Boy has a new CD, the Dark Knight got jipped at the Academy Awards (ok maybe that's a personal opinion), etc. You also have received news from your friends(both good and bad, regarding their life and events going on in your circle of buddies) and parents (again, both good and bad). We are always receiving news from some source. Now, here's where you have to think. How would you answer if you had to guesstimate what percentage of the news you received was good news and what percentage of it was bad. Is it 50% good news 50% bad news? Is it 10% good news 90% bad news? Is it 100% good news? If your answer was the last one then you are way too optimistic...jk!!! I can safely say around 30% of the news I receive is good and 70% is bad. On Sunday we're going to talk about good news...THE good news. So, I want you all to think about your guesstimation and on top of that I want you to think about some good news and bad news you've heard in the last month. We're going to talk about all of these things so come prepared!!! I'll see you soon.