Christian eggs....?

yes, this is an egg carton. the one you get in the shop, with eggs in it. when i took the last ones today, i suddenly saw these eggs are christian... the psalm in the carton says; "this is the day which the lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." hmm... suddenly i felt bad we had used up a dozen eggs without knowing they are christian. yuk! but i presume it was a heavenly sign i discovered it on a sunday... no?

its also a different brand than we usually have, and i wondered where we got those eggs from. now i finally remember; from Aldi! this is a supermarket originally from germany, and it surprises me they sell christian eggs. i really wonder whether the german aldi eggs are christian too.... wikipedia tells me aldi is already in the usa since the 70s, so they had some time for religious change, i guess...

i find it really weird to see christian verses on stuff i buy. i once showed you they do it at in-n-out burger in california (although they there only refer the verse, and do not print the actual text). same with forever21, a clothing store for young people. i recently saw that their shopping bags refer to a verse as well! but i doubt that the clothes they sell at forever21 are suitable for church....

then there are some other companies that let religious beliefs have a major impact on their business model as well, here in the usa. i have been trying to come up with a dutch or european company that does that too, but i really cannot think of one. from that (haha, i could not even remember at first where bought those eggs, but well.... from that i conclude that this is something typical american... and i find it very odd!

ah, the last 4 christian eggs were used for my very first pumpkin pie, very american too. and i have to say that it is definitely not my favorite pie.... (luckily the homemade crust and the whipped cream we flavored with some brandy made up for it, a little...)

Free.... wifi??

free wifi? at a church? is that how they get more people attending the mass (i had to check the spelling, i thought it was "mess") on sundays? while checking facebook? or do they mean a free wifi connection... directly to god?

this was in vermont, back in august.

(i get to the cranberry picking soon, i hope. now i just want to sleep...)

Sunday slogan

today was a much too long day. beeehhh. its good that in such cases i can always just let the church have their say.... what a great play on tooth decay....  this was during our holiday, somewhere in florida, but already i would have to look where approximately i took this photo. grrrrr....

good night!

Sunday slogan

last week i did a sunday slogan, and since i collected a few over the past few weeks, heres another one! taken during the same trip last saturday. they dont cease to amaze me.... in fat, whenever we drive past a church, im hoping to add another one to my collection, and im disappointed when they dont have a sign out front. sometimes theres still hope, i can see the sign from afar, but coming closer i see it only gives the hours for sunday prayer or reads "all are welcome" (how boring!).

the one above is a very bad one, i think. how on earth can they write that?! how does it make people who are maybe not so into god (or not at all) turn to him? 

because i have so many questions regarding these signs, i google around a bit this week, but couldnt find much on wikipedia (bbuuhhh). i did find this site where they posted the most hilarious church signs (and many more weird ones in the comments). some of them i have seen myself around here, in the exact wording, so i do think churches share them. still dont know how this exactly goes though... perhaps priests make a lot of road trips and just note down the ones they like, and then use them for their own signs. hmm, but they could also just use the internet. a weekly email with the best slogans? a website from which they can pick? (would it be for free or is there this full time slogan write?) maybe...

Sunday slogan

just read it; "exercise daily, run from satan, walk with the lord"

really?! which slogan generator spit that one out?! im really wondering about this. how does it work? do all the church-people sit together and come up with some witty text that in some way has something to do with normal life, as well as god, and then mixed together? did they assign one priest thats good with words? do they just google some random words and hope that something comes out? is each church free to put up whatever they feel like (provided it has something to do with god), or is there a more national oversight, and churches of the same kind put the same texts?

ofcourse, the best still remains this one.

i can only feel for the first part; exercise daily.. this year has not been very good in that respect, so far. i was sick most of the past week, although its getting better now. but i still think running is better than walking... but cant i just do that alone?!

And.... back!

we were away a few days... it involved quite a drive, this weird sign (we just passed it!), not showering for some days (yegh... im so glad i just had a shower again!), absolutely no internet, my phone did not even work, and some mountain climbing again... :)

more tomorrow, now im tired!

He lives!

 

this pic is a little crooked; i took it quickly while driving by yesterday morning...

i didnt know which picture to choose for today, until i came across this one again, and thought it kind of appropriate. when walking to the subway station this morning, we saw the headlines of the newspapers that are for sale at the station. DEAD was the prevailing word. only then we knew, as we dont have a tv. but during the day it was hard to miss; it was all over the news, everywhere, osama this, obama that.. etc etc. apparently, many students were out on the streets of boston, last night, to celebrate. isnt that a little weird, in a way?

this i think is a weird/scary video about how boston might be affected by this "significant death". and here a short video of "the celebrations".

Powerful position

so says the church..... i dont know what to add to this! maybe its related to this sign i once saw carried by a man at downtown crossing?

close to Saugus, somewhere around here... ah, and it was a beautiful day today! so sunny, and not too cold.