Tim Hawkins - Funny Man

We just returned from our vacation and I hope to blog about it soon. In the meantime:

Need a Good Laugh?

I have had the opportunity to go to a Tim Hawkins Comedy Night not once, but twice, this year. What a funny guy. If you are not familiar with him, you can see some of his comedy routines at http://www.timhawkins.net/. He not only has a wonderfully quirky view on life, but he plays the guitar and sings as well. He parodies a lot of songs, one of my favorites is his music video Cletus Take the Reel (Jesus Take the Wheel) which you can watch on his website.

Check out his calendar to see if he is coming to your town anytime soon.

Miracle Camp and BMA

After reading and commenting on a friend's blog entry about memorizing poetry and songs and Bible verses, I took a stroll down memory lane. It all came back to me: Bible Memory Association, Miracle Camp, Dr. W, and those wonderful little memory books. I suddenly recalled humid nights at Miracle Camp in Shreveport, LA and the song we would sing every night: "Miracle Camp." A few years later, when I heard the anthem "God of Our Fathers," I thought "Hey, they took the Miracle Camp song tune and changed the words!" (Yes, I lived under a rock.) Here are what I thought were the original words to the song:

Miracle Camp, we gather here again.
Miracle Camp, the place that God did plan.
Through many years, Thy wisdom did design
This lovely place for fellowship divine.

Here are the original lyrics:

God of our fathers, whose almighty hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies.
Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.

Which do you like the best?