The Dividing Effect of Miracles

For anyone who might be interested, I wrote a paper for the student religious symposium recently and it was accepted to be presented. The topic was the dividing effect of miracles. It centers on scriptural examples where a miracle was witnessed by a group of people and the group of people divide with very polar opinions. Some know the miracle was an act of God while others claim that it was of the devil. I looked further into the motives and characteristics of the 2 groups of people. If anyone has the time and wants to come see: I will be presenting at 2:00 on Friday. Room 3222 of the Wilkinson Student Center.

American Idol Predictions

Let it be known here and now that I, Chris Barlow, predict that David Archuleta will win American Idol Season 7. Stamp it. Notarize it. This is my prediction.

Jenny and I have been watching it faithfully this season and I think he's been my favorite since day one. For those who doubt my credibility, the last time I had that gut feeling was during Carrie Underwoods first tryout. Hopefully, he'll still serve a mission though even after he's famous. Some of my other favorites: Syesha Mercado, David Cook, & Asia’h Epperson.

A Wood floor for Christmas

So, speaking of how great my dad is, here is the project he helped head up and work on this weekend.




For Christmas my grandparents gave "aunt" Chris new wood floors in her house. My family's christmas present to Chris was the labor to put in the floors. Dad came up Thursday night and he along with "my" Chris and my 2 brothers, Sam and Tom, spent all of the holiday weekend working on putting in the floor. It was quite the project and its still not quite done but WOW, it is looking so good and I am way impressed at all of their hard work. And although, the boys did most of the work I can't forget my sister Emily, sister-in-law Michelle, our good friend Brittany, "aunt" Chris and even myself for the work we all did. (Although, all I really did was pull out a couple of staples from the old flooring.) Good work everyone! Here are some pictures of the work in progress. We will get some more of the finish product once everything is done.
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Happy Happy Birthday!

We all sure love you so much! Thank you for all that you do and for being such a good example to all of us and all you meet. You are the best!